Engineer - Mining
Role Overview
Reporting to the Senior Scheduling Engineer, the Scheduling Engineer is responsible for developing and maintaining short-term schedules that support the successful execution of the mine plan. You’ll ensure plans are practical, achievable, and aligned with real operational conditions, while proactively identifying risks and constraints. This is a role where your work directly influences daily performance on site—turning plans into action and enabling reliable execution of the mine plan.
Key Skills for This Role
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About the role
Reporting to the Senior Scheduling Engineer, the Scheduling Engineer is responsible for developing and maintaining short-term schedules that support the successful execution of the mine plan. You’ll ensure plans are practical, achievable, and aligned with real operational conditions, while proactively identifying risks and constraints. This is a role where your work directly influences daily performance on site—turning plans into action and enabling reliable execution of the mine plan.
Key responsibilities
- Develop and maintain accurate short-term mine schedules aligned with the approved mine plan
- Translate medium- and long-term plans into clear, actionable schedules.
- Collaborate with Operations and Technical Services to ensure schedules are practical and executable
- Identify scheduling constraints, risks, and dependencies, and drive mitigation strategies
- Support delivery of production and development targets through timely and reliable scheduling outputs
- Work closely with Operations teams to scope upcoming work and monitor schedule performance
- Analyse operational performance and provide feedback to improve schedule reliability and efficiency
- Maintain scheduling systems, data, and documentation to ensure accuracy and accessibility
- Ensure all scheduling activities consider safety, operational risks, and site requirements
About you – skills and experience
- Degree qualification in a Mining-related discipline
- Experience in underground hard-rock mining, ideally in planning or scheduling roles
- Strong understanding of underground mining methods, development, and production processes
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and experience with mine design and scheduling software (Deswik preferred)
- Ability to analyse data and develop practical, achievable schedules
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- A commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement
- This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in one of Australia's largest underground mining operations while working alongside experienced technical and operational teams. Whether you're looking to further develop your mine planning expertise, broaden your operational exposure or take the next step in your career, Mount Isa Mines offers the support, development opportunities and career pathways to help you succeed.
- Don’t just take a job, secure a career and help build the future of our region. Apply today.
Requirements
- Degree qualification in a Mining-related discipline
- Experience in underground hard-rock mining, ideally in planning or scheduling roles
- Strong understanding of underground mining methods, development, and production processes
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and experience with mine design and scheduling software (Deswik preferred)
- Ability to analyse data and develop practical, achievable schedules
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- A commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement
- This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in one of Australia's largest underground mining operations while working alongside experienced technical and operational teams. Whether you're looking to further develop your mine planning expertise, broaden your operational exposure or take the next step in your career, Mount Isa Mines offers the support, development opportunities and career pathways to help you succeed.
- Don’t just take a job, secure a career and help build the future of our region. Apply today.
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