Our Employee

Value Proposition
02 Mt Arthur Coal Our Employee Value Proposition
The life of the mine, quality and diversity of our people, supportive leadership, ongoing career
development, commitment to safety and our investment in state-of-the-art equipment make Mt Arthur
Coal a truly exciting career choice.
Our values lie at the heart of all that we do at Mt Arthur Coal and we are committed to building a
team that is fully prepared to live the BHP Billiton Charter Values of Sustainability, Integrity, Respect,
Performance, Simplicity and Accountability.
Mt Arthur Coals highest priority is ensuring its mining operations and activities cause zero harm to its
employees, contractors, visitors, the local community and the environment.
Theres a difference at Mt Arthur Coal you can actually feel;
whether its engineers engaged in the technical challenge of the
mine, operators using the latest equipment, ofce professionals
rening and strategising or leaders lifting teams to their potential
theres a buzz up here, a buzz we call momentum.
Momentumcan be felt in all aspects of the mines operation
including our employees careers. Although every person at
Mt Arthur Coal is part of a close-knit, productive team, time is
taken to ensure that individuals have the opportunity to follow
and growin their own career path whether within Mt Arthur Coal
or beyond in the world opened up by our parent company,
BHP Billiton.
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Momentumcan be felt in our commitment to growing a teamof
men and women who come fromall backgrounds and walks of
life who are bonded by teamwork, camaraderie and the desire
to maintain the renowned friendliness of Mt Arthur Coal.
Momentumalso extends beyond our mine site and into
the surrounding communities. Mt Arthur Coal is proud to
be supporting and helping growthese communities as an
organisation and is equally proud to encourage our employees
to actively and generously participate in these communities as
individuals.
And momentumcan be felt as our employees balance their work
lives with living, playing and exploring the Hunter Valley, one of
the most varied and beautiful places in Australia.
Mt Arthur Coal is continually looking for ways to improve its
environmental performance by designing and implementing
initiatives such as the use of aerial seeding to reduce dust
and investing in a eet of some of the worlds quietest haul
trucks.
Mt Arthur Coals focus on safety in the workplace has been
recognised through a number of awards, including the
BHP Billiton HSEC Health Excellence Awards for controlling
respiratory dust impacts and reducing employee fatigue.
In 2012, Mt Arthur Coal also received a highly commended
award at the NSW Minerals Council Occupational Health and
Safety Awards for developing the Marnett belt-lifter bracket.
Operating Responsibly -
Zero Harm
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Mt Arthur Coal is an open cut mining
operation producing quality thermal coal
for domestic and export power generation.
Located ve kilometres from Muswellbrook,
NSW, the mine is owned and operated by
BHP Billiton.
Mt Arthur Coal is one of the largest
individual coal production sites in Australia,
currently extracting approximately 20 million
tonnes per annum, with planning approval
to mine up to 32 million tonnes from its open
cut operations.
Central to Mt Arthur Coals focus on zero harm is delivering the highest standards of environmental
performance. Mt Arthur Coal has developed a comprehensive environmental management system to monitor
and manage the impact of mining on dust and air quality, noise generation, water use and land use.
In the community, Mt Arthur Coal partners with local
organisations to support a range of safety-focused
community programs. Among them is the long-running
partnership with Hunter Life Education to provide drug and
alcohol mentoring to primary and secondary school children
in the Upper Hunter and its support of volunteer re-ghting
services.
Culture and Inclusiveness
Mt Arthur Coal has a local employment policy to maintain a
high percentage of employees from the local area and ensure
the local community benets from its operations.
Mt Arthur Coal offers a number of training and development
opportunities to establish the foundations for a full-
time career in the mining industry. Through our Diversity
Action Plan, Mt Arthur Coal aims to achieve a workforce
more representative of the diverse demographics of the
communities in which it operates. An equal opportunity
employer, Mt Arthur Coal encourages men and women of all
ages and backgrounds to apply for all positions.
Mt Arthur Coal has also developed an Aboriginal Employment
and Development Strategy to both increase the number
of Aboriginal people working at the mine and provide
vocational education pathways to employment for local
Aboriginal people.
Painting by: Kyle McGrady (Year 8) / Muswellbrook Enrichment Centre
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Licence to Drive Program
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Mt Arthur Coal is working to deliver a positive contribution to the local community and a balanced
lifestyle for its employees that may be enjoyed in a sought-after location with close proximity to the coast,
a good choice of local schools and community facilities.
Through its Community Development Fund, Mt Arthur Coal
has supported local not-for-prot community organisations
and charities like the License to Drive Program and the
Warrae Wanni Pathways to School program.
Mt Arthur Coal encourages our employees to make personal
contributions to the community through in-kind donations
and volunteering, and these contributions can be matched
dollar-for-dollar through the BHP Billiton Matched Giving
Program.
Since 2008, approximately $270,000 has been donated each
year to a variety of charity and not-for prot organisations
through matched giving.
Mt Arthur Coal also contributed a further $113 million in
2012-13 to the states economy through mining royalties
to the NSW Government; money that can be used to fund
schools, nurses and remen.
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Leaders
Mt Arthur Coal is Australias largest open cut coal mine, with
more than 3 billion tonnes of coal in the ground. It is 100 per
cent owned and operated by BHP Billiton.
Our leaders work in a mine which employs around 1,600
of the best and brightest coal mining employees. Men and
women from all backgrounds and walks of life are attracted
by the challenge and Mt Arthur Coals commitment to being
an equal opportunity employer and to embracing diversity in
the workforce.
The leadership role at Mt Arthur Coal is exciting and
challenging. Leaders can expect well-dened career
pathways and professional development programs to help
them and their teams reach their potential.
Work at Mt Arthur Coal and you could end up just about
anywhere you want in the world, is what they say. But our
leaders may not want to ever leave. Nestled in the upper
Hunter Valley, this is one of the most beautiful mine locations
anywhere in the world.
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Opportunity and Leadership
Asset President, NSW Energy Coal
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Engineers
Mt Arthur Coal is Australias largest open cut coal mine and
has more than 3 billion tonnes of coal in the ground which
means working at Mt Arthur Coal is not just a project, it can
be a career.
Mt Arthur Coal is 100 per cent owned and operated by BHP
Billiton, the worlds largest resources company that employs
125,000 people in 12 countries. This means our engineers
work with world-class people, equipment and systems. It also
means that not only can they grow within Mt Arthur Coal,
but they could end up almost anywhere in the world.
An engineers work at Mt Arthur Coal promises to be exciting
and challenging as they deal with the complexities of 21
different coal seams and over 200 pieces of mining machinery
including more than 100 haul trucks, 14 excavators, 39 dozers
and 3 electric rope shovels.
All this and the Hunter lifestyle offering world famous
vineyards, Lake Macquarie and the beach within a 90 minute
drive.
Operators and Trades
At Mt Arthur Coal, its been said, you can start as a trainee
and end up just about anywhere you want in the mine. The
same can be said of all our employees.
Well-designed pathways are in place for skills training.
Trainees for example will learn to operate ultra class trucks,
gain prociency on the water cart and other pieces of
ancillary equipment.
Our apprentices get nationally recognised qualications and
four years on-the-job practical training, learning from highly
experienced tradespeople with access to the latest tools and
equipment and specialist knowledge.
All our employees will undoubtedly appreciate that Mt Arthur
Coal embraces diversity in the workplace and is committed to
being an equal opportunity employer.
They will also have the opportunity to create a sought-
after work-life balance, living in the Hunter Valley which
undeniably is one of the best mining locations anywhere in
the world.
Engineer, Process Control and Improvement Production Operator
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Graduates
Our Foundations for Graduates Program was designed
to develop our future leaders and technical experts. The
program equips our graduates with the tools theyll need to
establish and build a successful career with Mt Arthur Coal.
Graduates in our program have unique opportunities
to develop a global network of colleagues. They also
gain exposure to our operation and grow personally and
professionally in a dynamic, inclusive and supportive culture.
In addition to their day-to-day work, graduates will complete
a number of work-based team and academic activities to help
them develop in a number of key areas.
Over the course of the program, graduates will learn about
our business, our values, their team and, most importantly,
themselves. They will develop their decision-making,
communication, technical and critical leadership skills, access
executive coaching and participate in intensive residential
programs.
Support Functions
More than 200 innovative and engaged support function
employees help Mt Arthur Coal, Australias largest open cut
coal mine, optimise productivity and work collaboratively
with the community.
Among them are health and safety professionals,
environmental scientists, information technology technicians,
human resources practitioners, community and nance
experts and administration staff.
Our support function employees have great opportunities to
advance their careers within Mt Arthur Coal, or due to the
connection with BHP Billiton, in any one of the several assets
in the 12 countries in which the company operates.
Superintendent, Contracts and Risk Advisor, Health and Safety Graduate Engineer, Electrical
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3,000
Farmcapable of producing
WAGYUSTEAKS
on land leased
fromMt Arthur Coal.
employed by
Mt Arthur Coal.
PEOPLE
Approx
1,600
370 EMPLOYEES
hired as unskilled new entrants
to participate in training programs
in the last seven years including trainees,
apprentices and graduates.
Mt Arthur Coal
125,000
BHP Billiton employs more than
people in 12 countries.
50,000
hours of training conducted in
2012 to improve the skills of
Mt Arthur Coal employees.
Mt Arthur Coal
extracts around
of coal each year.
open cut coal mines in Australia.
One of the biggest
20 MILLION
TONNES
of land have been
rehabilitated.
MORE THAN
900
HECTARES
of which are ultra class trucks.
THE BIGGEST, QUIETEST AND
BEST IN THE BUSINESS.
More than 100 dump trucks,
The gures above are current as at 30 June 2013.
45
25%
of all mining
trainees
are women.
of employees live
in the Upper Hunter region.
78%
3 BILLION
tonnes of coal in the ground.
MT ARTHUR COAL HAS MORE THAN
US$146 BILLION
BHP Billiton has a market capitalisation of
which is more than the combined GDP of
AUD$113 MILLION
paid by Mt Arthur Coal in royalties to
the NSW Government in 2013.
Thats enough to pay for
1,400 nurses, remen and teachers.
SEAMS
MINED 21
US$245
MILLION
globally in
BHP Billitons voluntary community investment totalled
FINANCIAL YEAR
2013
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14,000
HECTARES
OF LAND
Mt Arthur Coal owns
used for a range of
purposes including
agriculture.
Stud farm has bred
10 GROUP ONE
WINNING RACEHORSES
on land leased fromMt Arthur Coal.
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