Engineer Mining

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

We are looking for an experienced Mining Engineer to join our Newman Operations Production Scheduling team. Reporting to the Superintendent Production Scheduling, you will be part of a team responsible for short to medium term mine plans and design. Production scheduling are responsible for the effective delivery of all elements of mine planning and design work from the weekly horizon to the 2-year plan.

The mining engineer role covers a diverse range of work planning and designing for both autonomous and non-autonomous operations.

Working in this team will see you positively influence business decisions and will require a focus on delivering value. The successful candidate will demonstrate understanding of value focused decision-making, technical excellence, and strong collaboration skills. Industry-leading commitment to cultural heritage, environment and safety forms the foundation for our design and planning work at BHP.

BHP's continued success relies on the diversity of skills and experiences of passionate, high performing and motivated people to help move our business forward. Based in Newman, we offer both residential and FIFO options.

We have a strong focus on finding people with the right values, leadership capability, and communication skills. Your interpersonal skills will foster strong working relationships across our Mining, Processing, Geoscience, Engineering and Resource Engineering teams. In addition to demonstrated ability to consolidate and examine information, you will have the skills and knowledge to provide critical thinking and a solution-focused attitude.

The successful candidate will have;

• Tertiary qualifications in Mine Engineering or other related disciplines in Engineering or Geoscience (preferred)
• Resource industry and site based mining experience
• Working knowledge of CAD and scheduling software packages (such as Vulcan, Deswik, Spry or Alastri)

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. 

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 *********@bhp.com.