Defect Elimination Engineer Reliability | Prominent Hill | 5/2 4/3 Roster

About BHP

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About the Role

We are currently looking for a Defect Elimination Engineer/specialist to join our Fixed Plant Reliability team.  This role provides technical support, advice, and the formulation of solutions to Fixed Plant maintenance to enhance safety, reliability, availability, efficiency of maintenance strategies, and cost control.  The role is biased towards developing and implementing execution-based technical solutions and driving the right defect elimination culture for improving equipment performance and reliability. The role will also support the identification of constraints within the ore processing plant, identification of improvement opportunities and maintaining cadence on the delivery of debottlenecking execution activities.

This role will be based in Prominent Hill on a 5/2 4/3 Roster with FIFO ex Adelaide.

What You'll Do

• Apply proven reliability engineering strategies to eliminate equipment defects identified through the Defect Elimination process
• Lead RCA investigations for Fixed Plant failures, focusing on critical assets
• Monitor defect trends and failure data to identify systemic issues impacting production
• Identify processing constraints and support delivery of de-bottlenecking initiatives across both surface and underground
• Utilise Citect SCADA, PI Vision, Ampla, GE APM, and 1SAP to drive evidence-based decision making
• Execute high-value Field Leadership observations to verify equipment condition and maintenance quality
• Build and sustain DE routines across all levels of Fixed Plant Maintenance, covering both underground and surface infrastructure
• Provide technical leadership to Surface and Underground Reliability and Execution teams, empowering them to own equipment performance outcomes
• Take end-to-end ownership of systemic reliability issues, including assessing and communicating production impact
• Lead process improvement initiatives leveraging BOS practices
• Maintain an overriding commitment to health, safety, and sustainable development
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across maintenance, operations, and engineering
• Positively shape team culture in alignment with BHP Charter Values

About You 

• Engineering degree and/or demonstrated experience in mineral processing or heavy industrial environment
• Proficiency in lean manufacturing or Six Sigma problem-solving methodologies
• Sound understanding of failure mode identification, equipment criticality, and maintenance strategy optimisation
• Familiarity with Citect SCADA, PI Vision, Ampla, GE APM, and 1SAP
• Demonstrated ability to lead reliability improvement initiatives and influence maintenance culture across multi-disciplinary teams
• Safety-first mindset with a track record of demonstrating HSEC behaviours and speaking up
• Strong communicator - able to present technical findings to operational, maintenance, and senior stakeholders
• Highly self-motivated with the ability to manage workload independently while contributing effectively within a team

Applications close 5pm Friday 8th May 2026.

About Our Process

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.

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Supporting a Diverse Workforce

The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms. 

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.

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