Senior Mining Engineer - Carrapateena / Adelaide

BHP Group; Australia; On-site; AUD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mining company is seeking a Senior Mining Engineer based in Roxby Downs, Australia. You will play a crucial role in developing Block Cave mine designs and conducting analyses for infrastructure. The ideal candidate has a degree in Mining Engineering and is experienced in safety leadership and stakeholder management. This role offers attractive salary packages and a supportive environment focused on diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Generous paid parental leave

Performance-based bonuses

Employee share program

Qualifications

• Commitment to safety leadership expected.
• Experience in Block Caving or large underground projects is highly regarded.
• Demonstrated competence to work independently and identify improvement opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Develop Block Cave mine designs and schedules.
• Conduct trade-off analysis for Block Cave infrastructure.
• Support management of consultants and engineering services.

Skills

Safety leadership

Block Caving experience

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Independent work

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Mining Engineering

Tools

Deswik.CAD

Deswik.Sched

Job description

Job Country: Australia

Job State/Province: South Australia

Job Location/Region: Roxby Downs

About BHP

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

Come and be a part of this success.

About the Role

Carrapateena is currently transitioning from a Sub Level Cave to a Block Cave, extending the mine life beyond 2040. With development of the Block Cave footprint fast approaching, we’re looking for an experienced Senior Mining Engineer to join the team. You’ll be given the opportunity to play a crucial role in shaping the future of Carrapateena and uniquely positioned to experience the numerous aspects and challenges associated with this transition.

Joining a team that enables Carrapateena to make data driven decisions, ensuring safety and maximising value, with a vision to be industry leaders in caving operations, your core focus will be on refining long term mine plans and designs, readying them for execution.

At Carrapateena, we’re proud of our safe to fail environment, where leaders support, trust and empower individuals to test our own thinking and encourage questioning the status quo.

This role is based in Adelaide on a Monday-Friday basis with regular travel to Carrapateena however we’re open to discussing preferred roster structure with the right candidate, with 8:6 and 4:3 options available.

In this role you will

• Further develop Block Cave mine designs and schedules, in preparation for handover to medium term planning and execution teams, including mass excavations and footprint development.
• Conduct trade off analysis to inform Block Cave infrastructure and mine designs.
• Continually challenge and analyse to find better ways and reduce executional risks.
• Support management of consultants and engineering services providers.
• Assist medium term planning teams as required.

About You

• A commitment to safety leadership.
• Experience in Block Caving or large underground projects is highly regarded.
• Tertiary qualifications in Mining Engineering or similar.
• Demonstrated competence to work independently and identify improvement opportunities.
• Ability to interact successfully with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Capacity to manage and work to multiple deadlines.
• Deswik.CAD and Deswik.Sched experience an advantage.

How to Apply

Please apply before 10 December 2025.

About Our Process: At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicant suitability for a role including police, criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.

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Supporting a Diverse Workforce

The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. 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.

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live.

We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.

BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at [e-mail].