About the Role: Carrapateena is a large-scale, world class modern mine operated by world class people. This exciting role is now available, and we want the very best of the best on deck to lead the team and collectively deliver exceptional results. At Carrapateena, we believe our greatest asset is our people and we are working hard to provide a wonderful mix of age, cultural and geographical backgrounds to further enrich our inclusive workplace culture. We truly value your ideas and encourage you to champion innovation and collaboration; we are here to unlock your value and offer opportunities that supercharge your career to go beyond what is possible. We are seeking an experienced Senior Engineer – Long-term Planning with previous planning experience (preferably in Sub Level Caving or Block Caving) to join our Block Cave (BC) Planning team. The BC Planning team within the Mine Technical & Technology team is responsible for the 5-year plan and life of mine plans with a focus on the block cave transition.
Location: Work from Adelaide for Carrapateena
Roster: 5:2, Monday to Friday 38h week.
Department: Mine Technical & Technology
Manager: Manager - Mine Technical & Technology
Employment Type: Permanent, Full Time
Applications close: October 18 2024
In This Role You Will:
- Undertake trade-offs to understand optionality and narrow a broad work package (multiple options, constraints, stakeholders, and priorities).
- Undertake detailed project work to move work programs into the next phase of detail.
- Be a key interface with internal teams; ore body knowledge, vent, services, technology, operational readiness – and support the implementation of direction and projects associated with these areas into the long-term plan.
- Take design and schedule outputs and develop phased integrated mine plans, to facilitate handover to the medium-term planning team for executional planning (plan of intent documentation).
- Engaging and aligning with stakeholders (internal & external to Mine Technical & Technology), ensuring inputs are captured and integrated in line with the minewide priorities, and outputs are fit-for-purpose and meet requirements.
- Be an active member of the caving community, including contributions to benchmarking and industry engagements to ensure the latest industry learnings are captured and incorporated where relevant.
About You:
- Previous underground mining experience with exposure to Sub Level Cave or Block Cave mining operations (preferable).
- Proficiency in Deswik Suite (Cad, IS, Sched).
- Tertiary qualifications in Mining Engineering or equivalent.
- Demonstrated understanding of interactions between mining and other site functions such as projects, construction, maintenance, and processing.
- Sound problem-solving skills and can-do attitude.
- Strong communicator, collaborator, and proactive engager.
- Exposure to strategic and long-term planning work requirements.
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. 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 provide 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.
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