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About the Role
Goonyella Riverside Mine is seeking an exceptional and future-focused Specialist Engineer to join our high-performing Mine Planning team. This is a critical role at Australia’s largest autonomous coal mine shaping how we operate today — and how we plan for tomorrow.
Reporting to the Superintendent Mine Planning, you will play a pivotal role in driving stability in the short-term mine plan, seeking better ways optimising the interfaces between Drill & Blast, Load & Haul, Draglines, Coal Extraction, and Coal Processing value chain. You will be responsible for the safe, accurate, and executable delivery of the integrated Mine Plan.
In this role, you will:
- Lead the execution of the site’s short-term schedule inclusive of the Short-Range Forecast (SRF) and Weekly scheduling horizons
- Apply your technical knowledge and experience from a selection of mine planning disciplines into an integrated scheduling environment
- Ensure tactical direction is fit-for-purpose, clearly communicated, and aligned across Planning, Survey, Geotechnical, and Production teams
- Provide clear, data-driven insights to support decision-making for site engineering and leadership teams
- Drive performance and continuous improvement through management of performance, problem solving, and improvement projects
- Comply with relevant policies, Our Requirements (ORs), and the SHMS
About You
We’re looking for a passionate mining professional with a strong background in open-cut coal planning who brings:
- Demonstrated experience in mine planning, with proven experiences across a diversified range of mine planning disciplines including scheduling, load and haul, drill & blast, coal planning, rehabilitation and contractor activities
- Proficiency in mine planning software (e.g., Spry, Vulcan, Deswik or similar)
- A collaborative, team-focused approach with strong communication skills
- A passion for uplifting capability, improving systems and delivering high-quality schedules
- The ability to influence, engage and work with a diverse range of stakeholders
- Exposure to autonomous environments, fleet management systems and real-time operational data analysis is highly regarded
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.
Supporting a Diverse Workforce
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 inclusion@bhp.com.
