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 1011 Mtpa of highquality coal. Bengalla is an opencut 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 22week 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 bestpractice stakeholder engagement. Identify improvement initiatives and threats to the plan and provide support in achieving improvement. Generate mediumterm designs, including highwall, lowwall, 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 regarding 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 Opencut 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, decisionmaking and problemsolving 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 cando attitude What We Offer Bengalla values its people and their contribution to the operation. Our wellestablished employee benefits program offers choice and flexibility to enhance the lifestyle and wellbeing of our team. With benefits including subsidised health insurance, salary packaging, selfeducation assistance and gym memberships we make the health, safety, and wellbeing 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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Bengalla - Senior Mining Engineer