Job Title:  Specialist - Processing

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.

The Role

As an experienced Specialist – Processing you will assist in maintaining quality output in all operational areas of responsibility, whilst also building and maintaining effective systems that will deliver the highest levels of safety and performance whilst achieving production targets.

With your experience you will be required to operate all disciplines of the Plant including; crusher, grinder, flotation, filtration, utilities, control room and paste plant areas as well as managing your crew effectively in the day to day operation of the Processing Plant. 

Location: Prominent Hill , South Australia (60-minute flight from Adelaide / 30-minute flight from Port Augusta)

Roster:  8 days on; 6 days off Dayshift then 7 nights on; 7 nights off

Employment Type: Permanent Full-Time

The key responsibilities of this role include:

• Manage and assist in the achievement of production KPI’s and targets (eg. Copper metal)
• Manage team members in the workplace as required.
• Build and maintain effective systems that will deliver the highest levels of safety and performance whilst achieving production targets.
• Assist in maintaining quality output in all operational areas of responsibility.
• Manage and assist in prioritising and troubleshooting issues in the day-to-day operation of the plant.
• Ensure requisite materials, including safety equipment, are available to team members.
• Ensure safe isolation of plant for work to be conducted and that all work procedures are followed.
• A broad awareness of operating costs and adherence to budget requirements
• Participation in capital projects development and implementation as required.
• Assist and complete in completion of shift logs including all relevant information for effective handover.
• Shutdown Isolation Coordination.
• Attend all toolbox meetings and Pre shift meetings and be involved and promote team participation.
• Inspect and report all safety hazards/risks and events according to site procedures in a timely manner.
• Assist in communication of targets so all team members are aware of what is required to maximise safety and production.
• Demonstrated knowledge of relevant legislation and mining regulations including occupational health and safety.

Applicant Requirements

• Highly demonstrated experience in a base mineral processing operation and some level of leadership within that period
• Demonstrated experience and understanding of production, maintenance and shut down of all areas of processing plant.
• Previous experience prioritising and organising maintenance to cause the least disruption to the processing plant.
• Well-developed communication, interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Prior experience performing job observations to ensure tasks are being risk assessed, hazards are being identified and correct controls put in place.
• Proven ability to effectively lead and motivate a professional team to deliver results in a high-pressure, time sensitive environment.
• Safety leadership skills to work with and across all teams and areas on site.
• Demonstrated experience in fostering strong safety culture based on open and transparent communication with all Plant Operations stakeholders.
• Ability to utilise the strength of others to achieve goals and use interpersonal skills to lead, coach and develop others

SA and remote elsewhere in Australia

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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Western Australia on site

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

Western Australia office based