Engineer Mine Scheduling

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About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Mine Scheduling Engineer to join the Short-Term Scheduling team at Olympic Dam. Through collaboration with execution, planning and design teams, you will deliver a schedule that enables safe, efficient and productive mining to achieve our mine vision.

This position is based at Olympic Dam, on an 8/6 roster with residential, DIDO or FIFO options available.

In this role you will:

• Be a safety leader, demonstrating your commitment to health, safety and environment responsibly;
• Deliver a rolling 28 day plan, building towards a rolling two month plan, all whilst considering mine priorities. We're currently in the process of transitioning to Deswik Ops for all short-term scheduling;
• Liaise with stakeholders to produce an accurate & comprehensive mine area plan, ensuring all scheduled activities have been scoped & integrated into the mine schedule;
• Monitor execution of the week 0 schedule to drive compliance and maintain focus on critical path activities;
• Effectively liaise with our mid-term planning and engineering teams to supplement the building of a comprehensive five year plan;
• Support the schedule escalation process through investigation & documentation of variance; and
• Identify & implement process improvements to benefit our customers & the overall value chain using our BOS principles.

About You

• Mining Engineering qualifications or an aligned discipline with significant operational experience
• Previous experience with Mine scheduling/mine planning in hard-rock underground mining operations
• Mining experience across different execution disciplines, mine production, development, rehabilitation & mine services is beneficial
• Knowledge of sub level open stoping extraction method
• Understanding of ventilation systems & networks
• Competent in developing planning strategies, identifying & escalating schedule threats, risks & opportunities
• Microsoft Office suite & Deswik Suite is essential, PowerBi, SAP, production reporting databases & platforms advantageous

How to Apply

Please apply before 18 September 2025

About Our Process

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.

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The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.

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