Control Room Specialist | Prominent Hill

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Prominent Hill produces one of the highest grades of copper concentrate in the world.  Located 650 kilometres north-west of Adelaide, South Australia, Prominent Hill is part of our Minerals Australia operation. It's made up of underground and surface operations, and is located on the traditional lands of the Antakirinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara people. At Prominent Hill we care that everyone goes home safe to do the things they love. We believe Leadership drives culture and culture drives performance. All incidents are preventable, and everyone has a role to play. 

We currently have a role available for a Control Room Specialist within the Prominent Hill Maintenance and Engineering team. As a Control Room Specialist, you will be safely operating and optimising across Hoisting operations on a shift-by-shift basis to achieve safety and production targets.You will be working collaboratively in the Control Operations team, together with other Control Operations Specialists, Production, Maintenance, Technology and Technical teams to continuously improve performance. Your work will contribute to optimal production, equipment performance and availability, as well as improving reliability and ensuring that we are well placed for future growth within the mine.

Please note this position is based at Prominent Hill on a FIFO from Adelaide or Port Augusta, operating initially on an 8/6 roster arrangement.

In this role you will:

• Comply to and consistently follow the standards and procedures designed to enable you to work safely and effectively every day
• Monitor and analyse process data to make informed decisions that deliver safe stable production
• Proactively communicate with a range of stakeholders to influence and guide maintenance and production teams in a time constrained environment
• Establish collaborative working relationships within the Control Operations team and other departments to maximise performance between areas
• Ensure effective exchange of information at shift changeover
• Embrace a process safety methodology for the operation of the assets through the review and development of processes and procedures
• Demonstrate the ability to make timely decisions and work calmly in high pressure situations
• Develop skills in Plant Operation across multiple areas
• Utilise SAP, Khronos, PI and ShiftLog to maintain business performance
• Contribute to and support the Shift Supervisor’s decisions and communicate these to team members
• Champion the Prominent Hill Vision and Purpose and align with our core behaviours and operating system

About you

• Proven commitment to look after your own wellbeing and the confidence to speak up when others put themselves in harm’s way
• Experience using control systems including or similar to CITECT / SCADA, and OSI PI
• Work collaboratively and proactively communicate across multiple levels and disciplines
• Ability to interpret critical information and make decisions
• Enthusiastic to learn new skills and accept challenges
• Previous Control Room experience working within Hoisting or materials handling operations will be highly regarded, but not essential
• Good computer literacy with the ability to use SAP and Khronos or similar monitoring system  
• Ability to confidently make decisions relating to your work, or escalate if needed
• Adaptable and responsive to change, as well as learning new information

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.

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.