Mine Planning Specialists / Mining Engineers (Peak Down Mine)

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 BMA

BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) is Australia's largest coal producer with currently eight operational mine sites and a coal loading port in Central Queensland. As the world's largest seaborne coking coal supplier, and part of the BHP Billiton group, BMA is uniquely poised to offer experience and career development opportunities difficult to find elsewhere.

This is a great opportunity to hone your mine planning skills as you gain exposure to a variety of equipment and mine geology whilst seeing the results of work as your pit is developed. You will also have access to a supportive, inclusive and results-oriented leadership team.

About the role

Reporting to the Mine Planning Superintendent, as a Mine Planning Specialist you will be engaged in providing design, scheduling and execution direction around the +1 to 12 week time frame to our Peak Downs Operation. This role will provide you opportunity to gain experience in many aspects of Mine Planning; with an initial focus on Truck/Shovel Prestrip design & scheduling as well as Drill & Blast design and scheduling.  Use your already solid mine planning skills and experience in this busy and challenging short-term mine planning role to develop effective working relationships with the operational and medium-term planning teams, in order to ensure the efficient execution of your plans and schedules.

Your responsibilities

• Prepare Drill & blast and/or Truck & Shovel designs and schedules;

• Communicate the designs and schedules to Operations;

• Develop and follow the Production Planning standards and processes;

• Participate in the investigation of reported events for Production Planning;

• Participate in training for Production Planning;

• Identify and implement Production Planning improvement initiatives;

• Develop the design for formulation of the budget;

• Build cross-functional relationship with the Operational sub-functions and interact extensively with the Planning sub-functions.

  About you

  As the successful candidate, you will have a tertiary education in Engineering and previous experience working at a Coal Mining operation.

  Strong communication and interpersonal skills are a must, allowing you to build relationships across departments and to communicate with disciplines at all levels. A strong working knowledge of Vulcan, XACT, Microsoft Office, 3d Dig and Drill and Blast software packages are essential.

  Access to heavily subsidised company housing or Single Person Village Accommodation is provided with this role.

  This role works on a Monday to Friday roster, with flexible conditions available to qualifying candidates.

   

  Supporting a diverse workforce:

  At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from women and Indigenous people.
  
  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.  
  
  

  Note: Applications close at 9.00am AEST on Wednesday 4th July 2018