Bengalla Senior Mining Engineer

Muswellbrook - Australia

Yearly Salary: $ 185000 - 195000

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Us
Bengalla Mining Company(a member of New Hope Group)is a joint venture with a strong track record of achievement. Were focused on strong results across safety productivity and profitability. We have a collaborative team culture and a rewarding work environment. Operational since 1999 Bengalla is in Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley and supplies international markets with approximately 10-11 Mtpa of high-quality coal.

Bengalla is an open cut coal mine offering a residential lifestyle. The development consent for the operation provides the ability to mine through to 2039. We pride ourselves on the professionalism with which we pursue our goals and our strong links into our local community.

The Role
The Senior Mining Engineer (Medium Term Planning) is responsible for supporting the delivery of the Bengalla medium term planning requirements.

In this role you will have the opportunity to:

Lead the 22-week planning process by coordinating technical maintenance production CHPP and marketing input and providing analysis on output.
Lead the quarterly forecasting and annual planning forecast process to deliver robust achievable plans and best practice stakeholder engagement.
Identify improvement initiatives and threats to the plan and provide support in achieving improvement.
Generate medium term designs including High-wall Low-wall Rehabilitation and Dragline designs.
Drive tactical strategic and optimisation planning to add value to Bengalla through innovative and technically sound mine planning.
Ensure infrastructure strategy is optimised and supports pit progression requirements.
Provide guidance with regards to equipment strategies that support the mine plan.
Conduct compliance to plan and reconciliation processes to link actual performance with planning parameters.
Drive a positive & collaborative team environment that celebrates success & promotes continuous learning.

What youll need:

Ability to respectfully challenge the status quo and drive performance
Demonstrated leadership ability
Open Cut mine planning experience with sound knowledge of relevant mining legislation and industry practice
Ideally experience with truck waste haulage and dump management in a complex system
High level judgement decision-making and problem-solving capability
Professional written and oral communication skills numerical analysis and data validation skills
Strong focus on safe practices and supporting systems and experience working to guidelines and procedures
Strong planning and organisational skills
Computer Skills (Excel scheduling packages mine design packages) (SPRY Vulcan or Deswik)
Professional Manner and a Can Do Attitude

What We Offer
Bengalla values its people and their contribution to the operation. Our well-established employee benefits program offers choice and flexibility to enhance the lifestyle and wellbeing of our team. With benefits including subsidised health insurance salary packaging self-education assistance and gym memberships we make the health safety and well-being of our people our absolute priority.

This is a great opportunity to join the professional and friendly team at Bengalla Mining Company and opportunities such as this are few within the region.

Note: Only applicants with unrestricted rights to work in Australia will be considered for this position.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

About UsBengalla Mining Company(a member of New Hope Group)is a joint venture with a strong track record of achievement. Were focused on strong results across safety productivity and profitability. We have a collaborative team culture and a rewarding work environment. Operational since 1999 Bengal...