Senior Mine Planning Engineer - Strategic

MinRes Can Offer You Lead high-impact Life of Mine planning, pit optimisation and mine design work that directly influences the future value and direction of major operations. Work with operational, project and leadership teams to solve complex strategic challenges, support investment decisions and unlock mine life extension opportunities. Develop towards Competent Person capability for JORC reporting while mentoring others and strengthening your expertise across strategic planning, approvals, closure and optimisation. The Opportunity We are seeking an experienced Strategic Senior Mine Planning Engineer to lead the development of pit optimisations, strategic mine plans and sustaining project studies across our Lithium operations. This is a senior technical role with responsibility for shaping Life of Mine planning outcomes, identifying and assessing strategic opportunities and risks, and providing high-quality technical advice to support major business decisions. You will work across resource, operations, processing, approvals and project teams to develop robust, practical and value-driven mine plans. You will bring a strong understanding of strategic mine planning and use your technical expertise to influence stakeholders, challenge assumptions and support the long-term performance, sustainability and closure readiness of our operations. Key responsibilities Lead pit optimisation, pit shell selection and Life of Mine planning for Lithium operations. Develop strategic mine designs, including ultimate pits, stages, waste dumps and mine layouts. Maintain mining models and planning assumptions using updated resource, operational and performance data. Deliver scenario analysis and technical studies to support project approvals, reserve reporting, sustaining projects and mine life extension opportunities. Identify and develop solutions for strategic risks, operational constraints and value opportunities. Integrate rehabilitation, closure and approvals requirements into m