Job Description

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 here.

About the Role

An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced and motivated Senior Mining Engineer (Prestrip) to join a leading open cut coal operation in Queensland's Bowen Basin.

In this role, you will play a critical part in delivering safe, efficient, and executable prestrip plans that support successful stripping pathways and remove barriers to operational performance. Working within a collaborative and supportive planning team, you will partner closely with operations, technical services, and leadership to ensure business objectives are achieved safely and sustainably.

Reporting to the Superintendent Mine Planning, you will receive ongoing coaching and mentorship from experienced senior leaders, providing excellent opportunities for professional growth and career development.

Operating within a new Critical Path Project Management framework, you will also contribute to an innovative approach to mine planning that drives stable, predictable, and successful delivery of the business plan.

The key function of this role will be leading a team of capable truck and shovel engineers, tasked with delivering safe, productive and efficient plans for operational execution, whilst working closely with the execution teams to deliver the planned outcomes within the 90-Day Project Activity Schedule.

This position offers exposure to a large-scale mining environment, the opportunity to influence short to medium-term planning outcomes, and the chance to work with a diverse team that values collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver safe, efficient, and productive prestrip execution plans (dig & dump) for operational teams
• Work closely with the scheduling team to develop safe, productive, and cost effective short and medium term mine plans
• Work closely with project managers to implement the 90 day rolling activity schedule
• Work closely with tactical planning teams to develop pit execution strategies
• Integrate the SRF and budget critical path enabling activities into the weekly mine plans in a resource balanced approach
• Produce and maintain concepts aligned to operational requirements
• Monitor and report schedule compliance
• Understand site critical paths, buffer risk, and enabling activities along the critical path guiding site schedulers and project managers to deliver on priorities
• Work closely with operations teams to ensure plans are practical and achievable
• Communicate planning outcomes clearly to production and execution teams
• Contribute to incident investigations and continuous improvement initiatives
• Assist contract management team with daily management of contractor prestrip fleets
• Build strong cross-functional relationships across planning and operations
• Strong project management of critical path enablers to support bottleneck stripping processes
• Coach, develop, and lead a team of capable Prestrip engineers

About You

• Degree in Mining Engineering or equivalent
• +5 Years experience in open cut coal mine planning, particularly in truck and shovel design, scheduling, and operational management (experience in drill & blast also highly desirable).
• Proficiency in mining software such as Deswik, Vulcan, and SPRY
• Demonstrate strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Operate with a results-driven with a focus on safety, efficiency and continuous improvement
• Exhibit a positive, can-do attitude
• Able to work in a fast paced and dynamic environment
• Able to work collaboratively as part of a large team
• Willingness to lead a team of high performing engineers

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.