Senior Planning Engineer

About the role

Bellevue Gold Limited operates its 100% owned high-grade Bellevue gold mine in Western Australia, with underground mining since late 2020 and a mine life forecast of about 150,000 gold ounces per year. Reporting to the Technical Services Manager, the Senior Planning Engineer is accountable for all mine planning and scheduling functions and leads the mine planning and scheduling engineers to deliver plans and schedules that meet production and cost objectives.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver 2-week, 12-week and 18-month schedules aligned with the Business Plan and Life of Mine strategy
• Develop design work for the mining schedule, considering ventilation, infrastructure, paste fill and geology/geotechnical requirements
• Plan and schedule infrastructure projects such as dewatering, ventilation and power, and manage them against medium and long-term needs
• Work with the Principal Engineer to align the site mining schedule with the long-term plan
• Review lateral development and stoping designs, justify costs and design decisions, and analyse variances from actual performance against the schedules
• Communicate schedule health, threats to budget and plans to mitigate their impact to stakeholders
• Maintain planning guidelines and procedures, and give leadership, training and mentoring to the planning engineering team
• Take part in daily production meetings, conduct underground inspections, safety interactions and QAQC, and advise the Technical Services Manager and Underground Manager

Required profile

• Tertiary degree in Mining Engineering; First Class Mine Manager's Certificate preferred
• Professional experience in mining engineering and project/infrastructure experience
• Experience with pastefill and underground narrow vein gold mining
• Business acumen gained in an operational mining environment

Required skills

• Deswik competency
• Full knowledge of the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Act and regulations
• Strong analytical, written, verbal, numeracy and presentation skills, and attention to detail