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.
Join Olympic Dam a safe, reliable, globally competitive business delivered by our people. At Olympic Dam we care that everyone goes home safe to do the things they love. We believe Leadership drives culture and culture drives performance. All incidents are preventable and everyone has a role to play.
Our Operations
It’s an exciting time to be at Olympic Dam, we are accessing 70% of the orebody that hasn’t been touched in the first 25 years of operation, in one of Australia’s largest mines within a complex minerals processing operation.
About the role
The Mine Ventilation Engineer is responsible for the tactical and strategic activities of the mine ventilation system, underground environment and its impacts on safety, production, cost, and achievement of the mine plan at Olympic Dam Operations. It also provides direct support to the 3MRP (3-Month Rolling plan) team relating to vent setups for mining activities, vent capacity constraints and interactions.
This role offers flexibility to FIFO from Adelaide or residential options on a variety of potential rosters to meet the role requirements and lifestyle of the individual.
In this role you will:
- Provide ventilation guidance and input to key stakeholders; Mine Design, 3MRP, STS (Short Term Scheduling), Ventilation Officers and operational departments
- Develop ventilation plans for development, production, and project activities that comply with all legislative and internal standards
- Support the delivery of the integrated mine plan cohesively with a range of departments and stakeholders
- Ensure that all legislative, internal, and best practice standards are met with respect to ventilation planning and OH&S
- Be involved in the delivery of Ventilation Projects (Secondary Egress, Refuge Chambers, Ventilation System Surveys, Improvement Opportunities)
- Contribute to quarterly and monthly monitoring and reporting on health / performance of ventilation circuits
- Demonstrate an overriding commitment to health, safety, environmental responsibility and sustainable development.
About you
You will need Tertiary/Technical qualifications in Mining, Civil, Electrical or other relevant engineering field. Experience in Mine Ventilation/Services (e.g. ventilation services, mine services, ventilation officer) is highly desirable as is experience in mine or project scheduling and management. Other attributes include:
- Competency in mine ventilation and design software platforms (VentSim, Deswik, MS Office) and have an understanding of their limitations
- Ability to interpret limited measured / monitoring data identify potential issues and causes of change, and develop tests to validate assumptions
- Able to develop preferred and alternate ventilation strategies, identify and escalate potential risks and mitigating actions
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to influence others, communicate complex concepts, and document clearly and concisely
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems with minimal direction
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.
