Engineer Mine Scheduling - Olympic Dam

Australia
Permanent
Full-time

1 day ago

About BHPAt 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 RoleWe have an exciting opportunity for a Mine Scheduling Engineer to join the Short-Term Scheduling team at Olympic Dam. Through collaboration with execution, planning and design teams, you will deliver a schedule that enables safe, efficient and productive mining to achieve our mine vision.This position is based at Olympic Dam, on an 8/6 roster with residential, DIDO or FIFO options available.In this role you will:

Be a safety leader, demonstrating your commitment to health, safety and environment responsibly;
Deliver a rolling 28 day plan, building towards a rolling two month plan, all whilst considering mine priorities. We're currently in the process of transitioning to Deswik Ops for all short-term scheduling;
Liaise with stakeholders to produce an accurate & comprehensive mine area plan, ensuring all scheduled activities have been scoped & integrated into the mine schedule;
Monitor execution of the week 0 schedule to drive compliance and maintain focus on critical path activities;
Effectively liaise with our mid-term planning and engineering teams to supplement the building of a comprehensive five year plan;
Support the schedule escalation process through investigation & documentation of variance; and
Identify & implement process improvements to benefit our customers & the overall value chain using our BOS principles.

About You

Mining Engineering qualifications or an aligned discipline with significant operational experience
Previous experience with Mine scheduling/mine planning in hard-rock underground mining operations
Mining experience across different execution disciplines, mine production, development, rehabilitation & mine services is beneficial
Knowledge of sub level open stoping extraction method
Understanding of ventilation systems & networks
Competent in developing planning strategies, identifying & escalating schedule threats, risks & opportunities
Microsoft Office suite & Deswik Suite is essential, PowerBi, SAP, production reporting databases & platforms advantageous

How to ApplyPlease apply before 18 September 2025About Our ProcessAt 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 WorkforceThe 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.

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