Principal Geotechnical Engineer - Long Term

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.

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.

Location: Adelaide, with travel to site when required. Carrapateena, South Australia (60-minute flight from Adelaide / 30-minute flight from Port Augusta)
Roster: Monday to Friday
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

The position is responsible for:

• Geotechnical input into the long-term design phase of the Carrapateena block cave. Focusing on elimination, substitution, and engineering controls to the identified geotechnical caving hazards, whilst planning for the execution of tactical operational controls.
• Collaboration with external SME's to refine and develop the pre-conditioning and cave engineering designs for the block cave.
• Caveability assessments of the Carrapateena block cave, both empirically and numerically as the orebody knowledge grows.
• Selecting target areas and appropriate methodologies for sampling and data collection to further build Orebody knowledge that enables value decisions for BHP.
• Engagement with the other OBK functions to develop cross discipline data collection programs to harvest the maximum OBK data from all sources within the budgetary and time constraints.
• Geotechnical data collection quality as defined by the asset and company standards.
• Training on geotechnical rock mass characterisation and conduct data validation checks
• Manage the development, periodic update, and socialisation of the Carrapateena Geotechnical block model.
• Liaise, collaborate, and manage a range of diverse internal and external key stakeholders. Seek to understand their needs and expectations whilst collaborating with key decision makers to implement change.
• Lead and coordinate dynamic ground support and seismic hazard management investigations for the Block Cave.
• Input into the design of best practice monitoring system to determine the medium and long­ term rock mass performance.
• Assist in the identification of major cave hazards and opportunities, assess their risk ranking and develop best practice safety in design mitigation controls.
  

Essential Work Experience Qualifications & Skills:

• Recognised Geotechnical, Geology, Civil and or mining engineering tertiary qualifications.
• Extensive experience in underground hard rock Geotechnical Engineering.
• Experience in underground mass mining (SLC or Block Cave)
• Experience training and advising on rock mass characterisation and geotechnical core logging.
• Experience using geotechnical and geological software for cave management.

• Leapfrog Geo & Central
• mXrap
• Deswik

• Experience in dynamic ground support design and evaluation of geotechnical hazard assessment.
• Well-developed communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Well developed skills in Microsoft office suite.

Desirable Work Experience Qualifications & Skills:
• Further education in relevant geoscience disciplines.
• Experience using/ interpreting finite element modelling.

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.

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For us, development is continuous, learning is holistic! We are an inclusive workplace and encourage applications from indigenous people and women. Once you have joined us, we are different than we were before, and better because of what you bring.

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Applications close: 25 April 2024