Senior Engineer Mine Scheduling Role Overview
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This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Senior Engineer in Mine Scheduling. As a key member of our planning and scheduling team, you will play a crucial role in the optimisation and implementation of planning and scheduling processes that support decision-making and execution of the medium-term plan down to the weekly level.
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The successful candidate will have substantial opportunity to lead scheduling improvement at Olympic Dam through the deployment of Deswik Ops across the Scheduling team. You will also be expected to collaborate internally and externally to leverage experience and knowledge across multiple work groups in order to drive continuous improvement, innovate, and seek better ways of doing things.
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Key Responsibilities:
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* Be a safety leader, demonstrating an overriding commitment to positive health, safety and environment outcomes whilst delivering to productivity targets
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* Lead the team in transitioning incrementally from the current 14 day planning horizon to a 2-3 month horizon, seeking to continuously improve on schedule delivery which will enable the medium term plan
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* Coach the team to identify and manage risk to the mine plan through achieving 100% safety, 100% customer value, and 0% waste outcomes
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* Provide input through planning processes at tactical time horizons
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* Monitor execution of the week 0 schedule to drive compliance and maintain focus on critical path activities
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* Build and maintain close working relationship with a diverse group of internal and external stakeholders
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* Conduct problem-solving sessions with key stakeholders to determine underlying causes and evaluate solutions to address the root cause effectively
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About the Ideal Candidate
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We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced professional who has a strong background in mine engineering and planning/scheduling. The ideal candidate will have a Mine Engineering degree or other closely related tertiary qualification, several years of experience in the mining industry, and demonstrated experience in a planning/scheduling role.
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Requirements:
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* Mine Engineering degree or other closely related tertiary qualification
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* Several years of experience in the mining industry
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* Demonstrated experience in a planning/scheduling role
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* Ability to work in a high-pressure and dynamic environment
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* Ability to work collaboratively across different work groups to build and maintain strong working relationships across departments
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* 12 months underground practical experience is favourable
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* Experience with Deswik suite, SAP with Mining & ERP, and Microsoft Office software highly advantageous
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Benefits
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We offer a comprehensive range of benefits to our employees, including flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements, and parent rooms.
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At BHP
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We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive and be their best every day. We believe that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.
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