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Mining Engineer – Mine Production (Olympic Dam)
BHP · Olympic Dam
Job description
About the role
As a Mine Production Engineer at Olympic Dam, you will drive production performance across a large underground operation. Working closely with operational and technical teams, you will provide specialist analysis, benchmarking and performance insights to optimise end‑to‑end production outcomes.
Key responsibilities
- Engage with underground crews and leaders to develop and implement new ideas and improvement initiatives.
- Compile reports and analyse production performance indicators, equipment capability assumptions and functional capability gaps.
- Prepare inputs for the production budget and develop operating standards, procedures and work instructions.
- Provide feedback to Planning & Technical teams to improve execution plans, designs, schedules and forecasts.
- Collaborate with Reliability and Technology teams on equipment modifications and new capability exploration.
Required profile
- Degree‑qualified Mining Engineer or closely related field.
- Operational underground mining experience preferred.
- Strong understanding of the underground production cycle, including stope drilling, blasting, truck loading, haulage and raise drilling.
- Proven experience managing and implementing improvement initiatives.
Required skills
- Underground mining operations
- Production performance analysis
- Equipment capability assessment
- Budget preparation and cost control
What we offer
- 8 days on / 6 days off FIFO roster with options for residential living in Roxby Downs.
- Relocation support to South Australia.
- Accelerated career development in a world‑class mining environment.
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