Mining Engineer | Mine Scheduling | BMA Caval Ridge

5 days ago


Bowen, Australia BHP Full time

About BHP 

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

Come and be a part of this success.

About the Role

Reporting to the Mine Scheduling Superintendent, as a Mine Scheduling Specialist (Weekly Scheduling) at BMA Caval Ridge Mine, you will be responsible for completing the short term schedule (12 weeks) to ensure delivery against business targets and operational demands.

This role will require you to interact with all disciplines in the Mine Scheduling team including truck and shovel, drill and blast and draglines. You will need to ensure a seamless transition from the budget schedule to the weekly planning horizon as well as identifying and resolving interactions. Additionally, you will be required to effectively engage with the operations team to ensure the success of the mine plan.  

The position is based at  BMA Caval Ridge Mine with a 8/6 roster and offers FIFO (via Brisbane or Cairns) / DIDO travel arrangements.

Your responsibilities:

  • Maintain and support the safety culture at Caval Ridge including completion of field leadership and hazard identification.

  • Input of reserves, completion of face updates, equipment sequencing and capacity allocation to ensure accuracy of weekly schedule.

  • Weekly reporting on plan metrics and delivery of short term schedule.

  • Identify and implement production and planning improvement initiatives;

  • Build effective relationships with Mine Scheduling functions and operational teams.

About You

  • You will have a tertiary education in Engineering (Mining / Civil) and previous experience in Mine Planning.
  • Scheduling experience in Spry or similar is preferred.
  • You must have strong communication and interpersonal skills allowing you to build relationships across departments and to communicate with disciplines at all levels.
  • A strong working knowledge of Deswik and or Vulcan, Spry and Microsoft Office programs is essential.

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. 

Please note as part of this recruitment process the successful applicant will need to conduct a Queensland legislated coal mine workers’ health assessment.

From 1 April 2023, ResHealth will be mandatory for the completion of coal mine workers’ health assessments, allowing you to submit, monitor and review the progress of your health assessment in a secure online environment.

For more information please go to the ResHealth website.

If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal

Supporting a Diverse Workforce  

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.  

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.

BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at inclusion@bhp.com.

This opportunity will close midnight Thursday 26th September 2024. 



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