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Mt Arthur Coal is an open-cut coal mine 100 per cent owned by BHP. Located in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales it's the largest producer of energy coal in the region, operating alongside olive growers, wine makers, horse breeders and the nearby residential community of Muswellbrook.
Our greatest asset is and has always been our people and communities, which is why we are committed to working together on our Pathway to 2030 - a program to responsibly close Mt Arthur Coal. We are about doing the right thing and working with everyone to co-create a shared vision for the future of the region.
Reporting to the Superintendent Environment, the Environment Principal - Rehabilitation role will coordinate mine site restoration and rehabilitation works to ensure site closure objectives and regulatory commitments are achieved. Mt Arthur Coal mine has a closure date of 2030 so this is a rare and exciting time at the outset of one of BHP’s largest ever closure projects, particularly for a role in mine site rehabilitation.
You will be required to:
- Prepared to live locally in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales (NSW) as the role is residential
- Coordinate the delivery of mine site rehabilitation in line with site and regulator commitments
- Provide technical advice and support for management of rehabilitation aspects and processes
- Coordinate rehabilitation monitoring
- Coordinate the development rehabilitation plans with schedules and costings.
- Assist in the development of rehabilitation project specific work packs, including final landform designs that can be signed off to BHP Standards
- Collaborate with and advise a large project mine rehabilitation execution team
- Complete regulator reporting on rehabilitation performance
- Coordinate inspections of rehabilitation projects, ensure all milestones are achieved for sign-off to Standard
- Coordinate rehabilitation related contractors
- Experience in mine site rehabilitation, preferably in NSW
- Tertiary Qualification in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering or similar
- Ability to engage and work effectively with internal and external stakeholders across all levels
- Working knowledge of relevant state and federal closure rehabilitation standards
- Experience managing projects and working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience in contractor management and safe working practices
- IT literacy, including MS office, Arc GIS software
This is a unique opportunity to have a rewarding career in a sought-after lifestyle location. Mt Arthur is a large, open-cut truck shovel operation, providing you with an opportunity to develop innovative solutions to technical problems.
Base in the scenic Hunter Valley, you will be minutes away from world-class restaurants and vineyards and a short distance away from the iconic beaches of Newcastle and Central Coast.
You will benefit from a rewarding career path and an excellent remuneration package inclusive of competitive salary, performance bonus, employee share options and a relocation package to take up a residential role in the Hunter Valley.
At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from women and Indigenous people.
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.
