**Job Description:**
We are seeking a highly skilled Underground Mine Production Planning Engineer to join our team. This role is responsible for developing practical extraction plans that align with strategic objectives, optimizing ore extraction, and monitoring performance.
The successful candidate will be required to collect and analyze data to assess performance, statutory compliance, and system efficiencies. They will also be responsible for recommending improvements and supporting planners in sourcing and integrating inputs for short and medium plans, budgets, and forecasts.
Additionally, the position involves leading change management and business improvement initiatives, including developing Standard Operating Procedures. A strong focus on health, safety, and environmental compliance in line with policies is required.
**Required Skills and Qualifications:**
* Tertiary qualifications in mining engineering
* Significant experience (minimum five years as a Senior Engineer) in underground mine production planning engineering including drill and blast
* Development of short term schedules (7/21)
* Ensuring realistic and achievable schedules
* Natural curiosity and ability to collect and analyze performance data
**Benefits:**
This is a unique opportunity to further shape the department and improve social performance and people knowledge. You will be joining an operation that prioritizes safety, leading a team toward best-in-class safety practices while contributing to the development of a highly capable national workforce.
**About You:**
You will be a natural self-starter who will bring initiative and ideas to your team. You must have a 'One Team' approach, providing effective leadership, training, guidance, support and development for your local team to reinforce values, always promoting a safe work environment, driving collaborations with Operations, Geology and Maintenance teams.