Senior Strategic Mine Planning Engineer, Copper SA - Adelaide

Reporting to the Superintendent Strategic Mine Planning, you will be part of a team supporting growth studies, Life of Asset planning and Ore Reserve reporting for the Copper SA assets.

Through insight and innovation, you will play a critical role in long-term strategic mine planning to support and align with business priorities.

This unique role can influence and inform strategic mine planning outcomes across multiple sites using various underground mining methods while interfacing with project teams to deliver value.

Your extensive industry experience will enable you to develop and maintain effective working relationships with a wide stakeholder group with the ability to communicate at all levels of the organisation.

This role is based in Adelaide with occasional site travel required.

In this role you will:

• Develop mine planning strategies to support growth opportunities within the Copper SA province.

• Produce underground mine designs and schedules across multiple mining methods to optimise long-term value

• Support the integration and optimisation of Copper SA.

• Utilise industry experience to develop continuous improvement initiatives

• Leverage your expertise and industry connections to bring new technologies and ways of working to the business to improve safety and productivity.

• Promote mine planning as the vehicle that supports, collates, and drives forward all technical disciplines and asset optionality.

• Support the annual Ore Reserve estimation and declaration.

• Provide technical support for significant mine planning projects, studies, and reviews.

• Apply divergent thought to value optimisation for the operations.

• Communicate and collaborate with other Planning and Execution teams.

• Develop scopes of work to engage additional external stakeholders as required to support business needs.

• Project management of packages of work as required to support studies.

• Monitor and maintain progress for all design work, using the relevant team tools.

• Degree qualified in Mining Engineering (or equivalent), with a strategic mindset.

• Extensive experience in underground mine planning and operations across various operations/projects.

• Expertise in underground hard rock mining methods including block caving.

• Demonstrated successful communication of complex issues and influencing positive change.

• Adept at leading and influencing diverse groups in a large organisation.

• Deep technical knowledge of mine planning as an integrated activity with all other technical disciplines.

• Sound written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience in delivering studies through to operations readiness and execution

• Previous experience as a Competent Person for Ore Reserves Reporting is advantageous.

• Proficiency in Deswik and/or Cave mining method production scheduling software.

At BHP, you'll do meaningful work in an environment that supports you to perform at your best; on site and at home. That's why our benefits are designed to support your health, your growth, and your personal balance:

• Grow your career your way, with opportunities to develop and move across BHP

• Be rewarded with competitive pay, performance bonuses and our BHP employee share plan

• Work in an inclusive team where people support each other every day

• Enjoy flexibility and family-friendly options that help you balance work and life

• Access wellbeing support, including 24/7 confidential assistance for you and your family

• Build your future with benefits like paid parental leave, recognition programs, etc.