Mine Scheduling Engineer – 8/6 Shifts, Flexible Options

BHP Group; Bowen; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

BHP Group is seeking a Specialist CPPM at Peak Downs Mine to lead 24-hour mine planning and Enabling Activities, ensuring schedule integrity and safe operations. You will coordinate with Mine services, Operations, Maintenance and Technical Services to deliver robust designs and accurate schedules, reporting on performance and risks.

The role focuses on ensuring alignment of planning horizons with operational priorities, driving continuous improvement, and maintaining a strong safety culture.

Qualifications

• Experience in mine planning, scheduling, or operational planning.
• Experience with scheduling systems like CiteOps, Spry, Deswik, Vulcan or SAP.
• Strong understanding of the mining value chain and planning-execution link.
• Analytical, problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement across teams.
• Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining schedule quality.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and support a strong safety culture through visible field leadership, hazard identification, completion of BMA Take 5 activities, participation in investigations and compliance with the Site Safety and Health Management System.
• Develop, maintain and optimise the 90-Day Project Activity Schedule, ensuring alignment between mine planning horizons and operational priorities.
• Develop and deliver robust designs for Mine services Enabling activities.
• Coordinate schedule inputs including work scope development, equipment sequencing, task dependencies, durations, and resource allocation requirements of Enabling activities.
• Monitor critical path activities, identify schedule risks and constraints, and support delivery of business targets through effective planning and forecasting.
• Provide schedule reporting, performance analysis and variance management to drive schedule reliability and plan stability.
• Partner with Mine services, Operations, Maintenance and Technical Services teams to ensure successful execution of the schedule and alignment to plan.
• Drive continuous improvement through the application of EMP methodologies, schedule governance processes, and planning improvement initiatives.

Skills

Mine planning

Mine scheduling

Analytical skills

Stakeholder engagement

Critical thinking

Tools

CiteOps

Spry

Deswik

Vulcan

SAP

Job description

BHP Group is seeking a Specialist CPPM at Peak Downs Mine to lead 24-hour mine planning and Enabling Activities, ensuring schedule integrity and safe operations. You will coordinate with Mine services, Operations, Maintenance and Technical Services to deliver robust designs and accurate schedules, reporting on performance and risks.

The role focuses on ensuring alignment of planning horizons with operational priorities, driving continuous improvement, and maintaining a strong safety culture.