Control Systems Technician | Prominent Hill

About the Role:

Prominent Hill is copper-gold mine, a long-life asset, that is part of the BHP South Australia copper province. BHP is a global company with operations in Australia, North and South America across 5 different commodities.

Here at BHP we are a Company who adapts to our ever-changing environment, harnessing the innovative ideas of our people and collaborating to leverage the experience of those around us.

The role of the Electrical Technician (maintenance execution) is to be responsible for the safe, efficient and cost-effective repair and maintenance of fixed plant and equipment.

Key responsibilities include executing maintenance and shutdown plans for all fixed surface and underground electrical equipment on site

Location: Prominent Hill, South Australia (60-minute flight from Adelaide / 30-minute flight from Port Augusta)
Roster: 8 days on; 6 days off
Reporting to: Electrical Supervisor
Employment Type: Permanent, Full Time

Applications close: 5 November 2024

In This Role You Will:

• Control and monitor site Control System e.g. PLC’s hardware & software, Citect.
• Provide Technical Stewardship of the site’s High Voltage and OT systems, including Rockwell PlantPAx DCS.
• Ensure any electrical engineering design is safe, effective, and reliable for the business needs.
• Team member of multiple technical disciplines to provide engineering support for improving equipment performance, capability, and reliability.
• Support the Plant Operations team in their “ownership” of plant functional areas.  Promote collaboration within the team to harness the multi-discipline skills available. 
• Skill and knowledge sharing are paramount for success.
• Deliver improvement opportunities to achieve expected benefits (safety, cost, throughput, or quality).
• Actively participate in site inspections & audits, providing visible safety leadership to improve the safety culture and performance throughout the projects.
• Coordinate improvement task activities ensuring they are implemented in accordance with plans, designs, and specifications.
• Provide strategic and tactical plans as required, as well as Risk Assessments and Management of Change documents.
• Actively promote a culture of continued improvement around reliability, maintenance, safety and cost. Review any innovations and as applicable apply them to the project or operation to increase productivity and, reduce cost.

About You:

• Proven experience as expert technical support across electrical and Instrumentation engineering, and process control systems (Rockwell Plant Pax).
• Proven ability ensuring that the provisions of the Electrical Act SA 1996 and AS/NZS 3000:2007 are adhered to.
• High level of computer literacy skills with Microsoft Office suite particularly Project and/or CMMS, EAM, ERP, SAP solutions.
• Previous experience in a role of Control Systems Engineer supporting a multidiscipline team.
• Proven working knowledge of Australian Standards in relation to electrical installations and maintenance.
• Well-developed time management and prioritisation skills, with high attention to detail, excellent problem solving and communication skills.
• Demonstrated safety leadership skills to work with and across all teams and areas on site.
• Previous ability to exercise sound reasoning to analyse information and data, make decisions and overcome problems to achieve positive outcomes.
• Previous experience being able to adjust or change best to meet the needs of the situation or environment to deliver upon project outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor team members in the process control systems.

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 [email protected]