Senior Engineer Medium-Term Mine Planning - Adelaide (Australia)

Reporting to the Superintendent Planning and Infrastructure, this role is responsible for executing strategic and technical mine planning work in the 2-8 year planning horizon for our Copper SA Underground Mines. The role provides guidance to a range of technical and operational stakeholders with a focus on medium-term mine planning and infrastructure required to support the asset strategy. Mine infrastructure includes ventilation, air, power, water, pastefill and their impacts on safety, production, cost and achievement of the mine plan and future growth at Copper SA. 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 position is based at Adelaide on a 5:2 roster with occasional site travel to each of the operating mine sites, flexible work arrangements available.

In this role you will:

Model mine plans and requisite infrastructure demand over the 5 year mine plan to understand capital infrastructure project requirements

Justify capital spend using the projects framework whilst optimising for capital efficiencies

Education and coaching of personnel across technical and project teams to improve understanding of mine services systems

Support the integration and optimisation of Copper SA

Consultation in 5YP/LoA planning processes with attention to safety, schedule, reliability and costs

Focus on understanding and supporting mine long-term planning and 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

Provide technical support for significant mine planning projects, studies, and reviews across the sites.

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

Liaising between stakeholders to support a comprehensive integrated mine plan

Integration of associated planning and schedule software to support operations

Demonstrate an overriding commitment to health, safety, environmental responsibility and sustainable development.

Mining Engineering degree or similar

Experience in underground mine planning and operations across various mining methods and projects

Experience in mine or project scheduling is highly desirable

Experience in mine design software platforms (VentSim, Deswik, MS Office)

Ability to interpret limited measured / monitoring data, identify potential issues and causes of change, and develop processes to validate assumptions

Able to develop preferred and alternate mine infrastructure 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

Ability to work collaboratively across different work groups and proactively engage with a range of stakeholders including senior levels of management

Experience in Lean Six Sigma and Theory of Constraints will be advantageous

Previous experience delivering studies through to operations readiness and execution advantageous

Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems with minimal direction

Strong ability to develop own work plan and adapt to change

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.

Please apply before 27 September 2026

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