Engineer Electrical Reliability

About BHP 

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

Come and be a part of this success.

About the Role

Reporting to the Reliability Superintendent, you will join an inclusive and high performing team, who plays an integral role in achieving long-term, measurable improvements in safety, performance and efficiency of our Fixed Plant electrical assets.

You will help drive the South Flank’s strategic plan with the following responsibilities:

• Provide important input towards a high achieving Fixed Plant Maintenance team
• Engage in daily safety activities and discussions to promote achievement of personal and team safety goals
• Analyse key reliability data to identify and implement optimisation/improvements to constantly improve plant reliability and help our in-house customers to achieve business goals. Manage and participate in root cause analysis investigations on breakdowns to eliminate defects
• Manage reliability and maintenance of fixed plant electrical assets
• Coordinate and participate in high value improvement projects
• Manage the lifecycle of equipment by ensuring the effectiveness of strategies including offsite repairs and manage the integrity of equipment data and records
• Coach team members on best practice data capturing to ensure quality
• Provide day to day support to maintenance execution on technical queries relating to equipment maintenance and troubleshooting
• Demonstrated collaboration and communication skills with cross functional teams
• Support inputs towards annual budgeting cycle

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have the following skills and attributes:

• A degree in Electrical Engineering 
• Proven experience in managing small projects 
• Proven problem solving skills with Reliability Engineering concepts and with experience of using tools such as FMEA, RCA, or similar
• Proactive mindset and practical approach to problem solving by spending time in field and working closely with frontline teams
• Efficiently and effectively manage change and develop sustainable improvements
• 7+ years working experience in maintenance and/or reliability engineering in Mining or Oil and Gas industry
• Have a strong experience in Work Management and Material Master Data Management particularly in the SAP environment
• Sound knowledge of Australian Standards and WA Mines Regulations
• Strong engagement skills and a customer focused mindset to constantly communicate effectively and build mutually beneficial relationships with our customers
• Demonstrate the confidence to lead by example, hold yourself and others accountable and coach others in ‘Safety Leadership

Location 

This position is based at South Flank and is offered as a 5/2/4/3 FIFO roster.

South Flank is BHP's newest iron ore mine, and the biggest in 50 years. It expands existing infrastructure at Mining Area C, adding 80 Mtpa of new crushing and screening capacity, an extensive overland conveyor system, expanded stockyards and new train loading facilities to form the largest iron ore hub in the Pilbara region. Its brand-new mining fleet is the biggest and best in class, and has been converted to autonomous operation, in line with South Flank's future-facing design.

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. 

If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal. 

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.

BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at inclusion@bhp.com.