Senior Underground Production Engineer - Drill & Blast

BHP; South Australia; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and bonuses

Employee share plan

Wellbeing support and services

Parental leave and family benefits

Inclusive work environment

Job summary

BHP is seeking an experienced Senior Production Engineer for the Copper South Australia operations at Carrapateena. You will lead underground production activities, optimise drill and blast processes, and drive improvement across planning and performance metrics.

The role requires strong technical leadership, safety focus, and the ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver targets at a major underground mining operation.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Mining Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Strong experience in underground production engineering, especially drill and blast.
• Experience coordinating production schedules and achieving targets.
• Exposure to cave mining or large-scale underground operations.
• Proficiency with mining software, including Deswik UGDB.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for underground production and drill/blast activities.
• Review and maintain Production Management Plan alignment with objectives and safety requirements.
• Monitor drilling & blasting performance, provide updates to stakeholders.
• Support weekly production drilling and bogging schedules to optimise performance.
• Develop recovery, re-drill and slashing plans to address production challenges.
• Conduct blast performance reviews and post-firing analyses.
• Maintain production databases and planning systems with accurate data.
• QA/QC across production drilling, firing and rise charging activities.

Skills

Mining Engineering

Drill & Blast

Underground Operations

Deswik

Data Analysis

Leadership

Safety

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mining Engineering

Tools

Deswik UGDB

Deswik

Job description

BHP is seeking an experienced Senior Production Engineer for the Copper South Australia operations at Carrapateena. You will lead underground production activities, optimise drill and blast processes, and drive improvement across planning and performance metrics.

The role requires strong technical leadership, safety focus, and the ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver targets at a major underground mining operation.