Posted: 24 Sep 2009
Location: Queensland BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) is Australia’s largest coal producer, with nine mine sites and a coal loading port in Central Queensland. As the world’s largest seaborne coking coal supplier, and part of the BHP Billiton group, BMA is uniquely poised to offer experience and career development opportunities difficult to find elsewhere.
Based in our Brisbane office, the Project Development Group (PDG) is tasked with becoming a Centre of Excellence for the undertaking of studies and delivery of significant and sustaining capital projects within BMA. The Project Development Group provides project delivery services to BMA through the management of all phases of the investment life cycle.
We are currently seeking an experienced Project Engineering Manager, focusing specifically on Longwall Top Coal Caving. The successful applicant will provide leadership and direction to ensure that all engineering aspects of identified underground projects utilising LTCC and asset developments, are identified and developed to enable the projects to be delivered safely, on time and budget and within specified scope, quality and investment criteria boundaries.
Reporting to the Project Manager - Longwall Technology, the successful applicant will be responsible for establishing engineering standards, guidelines and overall project and study procedures. Providing engineering leadership within the project team, you will deliver a common and consistent approach to requirements across all project phases. Responsible for the underground engineering team, you will also assist in the interpretation and development of requirements for successful toll gating processes and project completion. You will further manage consultants and equipment suppliers to provide engineering deliverables that meet scope, budget, schedule and quality requirements.
With extensive engineering management experience, the successful applicant will have managed multiple longwall projects and engineering operations in underground coal mines or similar environments. Degree qualified, you will have demonstrated working knowledge of owners’ team project management, having previously overseen EPCM contractors and third party service providers, managing the entire process from feasibility through to execution. Demonstrable understanding of general project management concepts and processes, longwall technology, computerise control systems, estimating tools, scheduling software and change / trend management will further hold you in good stead for this position.
BMA has an overriding commitment to health, safety, environmental responsibility and sustainable development. Supporting our Zero Harm philosophy, a demonstrable commitment to Health, Safety, Environment and Community is essential.
The size and magnitude of our business provides significant opportunity for professional development, attractive salary packages with performance based bonuses, unique BHP Billiton employee share programs and access to the BHP Billiton superannuation program.
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