Mine Planning Engineer (Scheduling)

Bellevue Gold; Shire Of Leonora; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Bellevue Gold Limited in Western Australia is seeking an experienced Underground Mine Scheduling Engineer to optimise the two-year horizon. You will develop development and stope designs, rolling 12-week plans, and quarterly forecasts in a safety-conscious, collaborative environment.

The role requires a mining engineering degree, strong Deswik skills, and proven ability to manage inputs across geology, operations and projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in mechanised underground mining operations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work autonomously with tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

Responsibilities

• Undertake development and stope designs to meet the mining schedule.
• Create and deliver rolling 12-week mine plans and quarterly forecasts.
• Analyse variances between actual performance and schedule.
• Provide input to planning guidelines and mentor production engineering team.
• Ensure safe execution and QA/QC in line with mine plan.

Skills

Underground mining experience

Mine planning

Time management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering

Tools

Deswik Scheduler

Stope Optimiser

Job description

Bellevue Gold Limited (ASX:BGL)

operates its 100% owned high-grade Bellevue gold mine in Western Australia. The Bellevue mine has a long mine life and is forecast to produce ~150,000 Au ounces a year.

Underground mining has occurred since late 2020 to establish multiple mining fronts that de-risk production with exploration in progress to expand the current high-grade resource.

The Bellevue Gold Mine is located approximately 30km north of Leinster township and sits in a major gold, lithium and nickel producing district. The Company has a highly skilled management team with a track record of exploration success and operating major gold mines.

Bellevue Gold has achieved its ambitious goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions for the Bellevue Gold Project. This milestone has been underpinned by a sector-leading renewable energy power station, designed to deliver approximately 80–90% renewable energy penetration and support Bellevue’s position as a low-carbon gold producer.

Bellevue Gold’s vision is to be a sustainable gold mining company that delivers value for shareholders, benefits local communities, and fosters a thriving workplace. Through its values-based leadership approach, the Company is committed to building a high-performance organisation that delivers superior shareholder returns and positive ESG outcomes. We seek to foster an energetic and collaborative work culture that attracts and retains exceptional employees.

You will be responsible for Underground Mine Scheduling from the monthly timeframe, out to 2 years. The schedule for the UG operations is required to meet all safety, production, and cost targets driven by the Quarterly mine plan and Annual Budget (2 yearly), and requires close collaboration with all stakeholders to ensure the plan has the correct inputs and is understood by the operations team, ready for execution.

Your main duties and responsibilities will include:

• Undertake development and stope designs work required to meet the mining schedule, ensuring plans are completed with adequate consideration to ventilation, infrastructure, paste fill, and geological/geotechnical requirements, and align to the 2 year mine design and schedule.
• Create and deliver rolling 12 week mine plan, aligning with the 18 month mining forecast
• Under supervision of the Senior Planning Engineers, deliver the 18 month mining forecast for the underground mine each quarter.
• Analyse and explain variances from actual mining performance versus the schedule (2 week, 12 week and 12 month schedules). Propose actions to mitigate the impact of variance.
• Proactively communicate schedule health and threats to budget delivery, including grade, physicals and schedule variances and plans to ameliorate the business impacts.
• Propose updates or changes to Planning guidelines and procedures to improve or innovate the way we work.
• Communicate with, and receive input from, all schedule stakeholders at regular intervals before schedule work starts, including Mine Geology, Operations Team, Projects team, Processing team.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to Production engineering team on design work.
• Provide input at Daily meetings to ensure safe execution of 2 weekly mine plans.
• Conduct underground inspections, safety interactions and QAQC to ensure that mining activities are being undertaken in a safe manner and as per mine plan.
• Advise the Senior Mining Engineers of issues that may affect safe and efficient production through frequent communication in an appropriate manner.

Key Skills/Qualifications/Experience

• A tertiary degree in Mining Engineering
• Experience in mechanised UG mining
• Mine Planning experience
• Deswik competency required, including use of Deswik Scheduler and Stope Optimiser
• Ventilation, project or infrastructure experience (preferred)
• Ability to work autonomously with well-developed time management skills
• Good interpersonal communication, literacy, numeracy and presentation skills
• Outstanding analytical skills and high attention to detail
• Ability to work to deadlines

BGL is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and building an organisation which provides equal opportunities for all its employees with the objective of attracting, retaining, and developing a workforce that is representative of the wider community. Further to this, BGL regard engagement, communications, and consultation with the community in which we operate as a core principle to our business. We value our native title partners and acknowledge the land on which we operate has been occupied by others for thousands of years. We pride ourselves on our ongoing close relationship with our aboriginal partners. Through our community investment program with local communities and the wider corporate sponsorship programs, Bellevue Gold aim to leave a lasting legacy of improved outcomes in the communities in which we operate.