Mine Planning Engineer

Mine Planning Engineer
Perth CBD, WA
12-Month Initial Contract | High Likelihood of Extension | Immediate Start Available
An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced Mine Planning Engineer to join a major resources organisation supporting the integration of mine planning and infrastructure requirements across large-scale open pit mining operations.
This position plays a critical role in connecting operational and medium-term planning outcomes with infrastructure development requirements, ensuring mining activities remain aligned with future energy and infrastructure strategies.
Working within a highly collaborative technical team, you will partner closely with mine planning, operations, technical services, and infrastructure stakeholders to support planning integration across a dynamic mining portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary interface between mine planning and infrastructure teams
• Participate in planning meetings and collaborate closely with 2-Year Planning and Operations Planning teams
• Translate approved mine plans into near-term infrastructure and energisation requirements
• Monitor and assess changes to approved mine plans and identify impacts to infrastructure schedules
• Maintain integrated pit and infrastructure planning registers
• Model mobile equipment charging requirements, including charger numbers, locations, and deployment timing
• Assess infrastructure constraints and integrate these into mine sequencing activities
• Identify and resolve conflicts between mining schedules, fleet deployment, and infrastructure readiness
• Support quarterly planning cycles and change management activities
• Evaluate cost, schedule, and delivery impacts arising from planning changes
• Support trade-off studies and planning optimisation initiatives
• Ensure planning datasets are maintained and published accurately to enterprise planning systems
• Contribute to the standardisation and continuous improvement of planning processes

About You
You are a motivated and proactive Mining Engineer who enjoys working across multiple stakeholder groups and thrives in a fast-paced environment. You're a go-getter who takes ownership, challenges the status quo, and actively looks for opportunities to improve planning outcomes and drive value.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Mining Engineering or a related discipline
• Minimum 2 years' experience in open pit mining operations and mine planning
• Experience in short- to medium-term mine planning environments
• Strong understanding of mine sequencing and production planning
• Mine design experience
• Experience using mine planning software such as:
  • Deswik
  • Alastri
  • Vulcan
  • or similar planning packages
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Ability to work effectively across technical and operational teams
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability

Highly Regarded

• Pilbara mining experience
• Iron ore experience
• Exposure to fleet electrification, energy transition, or infrastructure planning initiatives
• Experience within large mining operations or mining consultancies

What's On Offer

• Immediate start available
• Initial 12-month contract
• High likelihood of extension
• Perth CBD location
• Roster: 5:2 | 9-hour days
• Opportunity to work on innovative mining, infrastructure, and future fleet initiatives
• Collaborative and high-performing technical environment
• Exposure to major planning, infrastructure integration, and decarbonisation projects

Apply Now
If you're an experienced Mine Planning Engineer looking to contribute to large-scale mining and infrastructure initiatives while working on projects shaping the future of mining, we'd love to hear from you.  

At Chandler Macleod, we are committed to fostering a diverse workforce where everyone is welcome. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, neurodiverse, people living with a disability and the LGBTIQA+ community.

You can read more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion at https://www.chandlermacleod.com/diversity-and-inclusion.