Senior Long Term Planner - Field

Whitehaven is the dominant player in Australia’s only emerging high-quality coal basin! With a culture based on our STRIVE values, our reputation for excellence in project delivery and safe, efficient and environmentally responsible operations continues to grow.

Our STRIVE Values connect us and define how we behave. Whitehaven Coal award, recognise and celebrate individuals and teams going above and beyond the requirements of their role to deliver excellent outcomes while demonstrating our values of Safety, Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, Value and Excellence.

About the Role:

Reporting to the Superintendent – Asset Planning & Strategy, you’ll be responsible for delivering long-term maintenance plans, shutdown forecasts, budgets, and overall asset class planning. In this role, you’ll use your strong collaboration skills to partner with a range of internal and external stakeholders including site maintenance departments, finance and risk advisors, and asset management service providers. Your goal will be to develop and implement plans that balance cost efficiency and risk management, all while aligning with Whitehaven’s asset strategy.

This Brisbane based role offers the opportunity to play a critical part in shaping the long-term sustainability and reliability of our field equipment assets, helping drive safety and operational performance.

What You Will Do:

• Lead the development and management of long-term asset budget forecasts that balance risk optimisation with strategic business objectives, ensuring sustainable asset performance.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, procurement, reliability, and site teams to align zero-based long-term maintenance plans with whole-of-life cost models and operational shutdown calendars.
• Drive efficiency and standardisation across Asset Class Planning by integrating long-term strategies into quarterly short-term and shutdown plans, enabling seamless operational execution.
• Analyse maintenance execution against planned activities to identify improvement opportunities, working alongside asset data, engineering, and finance teams to support continuous change management.
• Facilitate the creation and documentation of detailed work instructions and HSE risk management protocols in SAP, while contributing to budget forecasting, component forecasting, and maintenance cost performance reporting.

What You Will Bring:

• Proven technical expertise, supported by trade qualifications or significant mining industry experience, enabling accurate estimation of resources, costs, materials, and timeframes for required work.
• Strong SAP proficiency, with a track record of leveraging the system to support planning, scheduling, and administrative efficiency.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to engage effectively across all levels of the organisation and lead routine planning meetings.
• Highly organised and adaptable, capable of managing multiple priorities, navigating tight deadlines, and working effectively within structured systems and processes.
• Detail-oriented and quality-driven, with experience interpreting technical documentation and liaising with contractors and vendors to deliver high-standard, customer-focused results.

Why Whitehaven Coal:

• Full relocation packages available and 26 weeks Paid Parental Leave. 
• Competitive salary packages, including bonus incentives with salary sacrificing options. (local living & novated leases)

• Employee Referral Scheme - $4000 for Successful Referrals! 

• Employee Discounts: groceries, petrol, fashion, entertainment plus more.
• Career Development, Mentorship and Coaching.  

Whitehaven Coal is committed to increasing the representation of women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the workplace. We strive for an inclusive workplace that engages people from diverse backgrounds and welcomes diversity of gender, culture and experience.

Whitehaven Coal is working with the RSL Employment Program to support veterans and partners of current or former Defence members in finding meaningful and sustainable employment. If you would like assistance with your application, you can reach out to the program via the following link: https://www.rslqld.org/find-help/employment

Whitehaven Coal is an endorsed Circle Back Initiative Employer.

To be considered for this position you must have the right to work in Australia.

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