Job Description

We're building a talent pool of experienced Mine Scheduling Engineers to support future opportunities across our operations. By joining our talent community, you'll be considered for upcoming vacancies as they arise, enabling us to connect talented professionals with opportunities quickly and efficiently.
As a Mine Scheduling Engineer, you will develop, maintain and optimise mine schedules that support safe, efficient and value-driven mining operations. Working closely with stakeholders across planning, mining, drill and blast, geology and operations, you will provide scheduling expertise, analyse plan performance, support critical path activities and identify opportunities to improve operational outcomes.

Your ability to develop practical, achievable schedules and align operational priorities with business objectives will be key to maximising value and supporting safe execution.

About the Candidate

You are a collaborative and proactive mining professional with experience in mine planning and scheduling within an open‐cut mining environment. With strong technical capability, analytical skills and a solutions‐focused mindset, you build effective relationships across operational and technical teams, communicate complex information clearly, and confidently manage competing priorities to deliver high‐quality outcomes in a fast‐paced environment.

To Be Successful In Future Opportunities, You'll Bring

- A degree in Mining Engineering or an equivalent tertiary qualification.
- Experience in mine planning and scheduling within a mining operation.
- Strong knowledge of mine planning principles and scheduling methodologies.
- Experience using industry‐standard software such as Deswik, Vulcan, Spry, Mine Sched or similar mine planning and scheduling tools.




- Advanced Microsoft Excel and data analysis capabilities.
- Strong analytical and problem‐solving skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and relationship‐building skills.
- A continuous improvement mindset and commitment to operational excellence.
- The ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams and influence positive outcomes.

Desirable Experience May Include

- Drill and blast planning or scheduling experience.
- Project or enabling works scheduling experience.
- Exposure to mine design processes and associated technical disciplines.
- Experience managing schedule changes, trade‐offs and critical path activities.
- Coaching, mentoring or technical leadership experience within a planning function.

Work Environment

- Permanent
- Full time
- NEW

About BHP

At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work workplace in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, colour, sex, national origin, age, religion, people with disabilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, citizenship, genetic information or other protected status under federal, state or local laws.

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.

We also offer attractive salary packages with performance based bonuses and a unique BHP employee share program.

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