Diamond Drilling Specialist | Prominent Hill

About The Role:

Prominent Hill is a 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.

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Diamond Drilling Specialist to join our underground mining operations. This role is critical in ensuring the safe, effective, and efficient execution of diamond drilling exploration and growth programs. The successful candidate will have significant experience in diamond drilling operations and geology.

Location: Prominent Hill, South Australia (60-minute flight from Adelaide / 30-minute flight from Port Augusta)
Roster: 5 days on; 2 days off, 4 days on; 3 days off
Department: Mining Operations
Manager: Superintendent – Contracts
Employment Type: Permanent. 

Applications close: 18 July 2024

In this role you will:

• Collaborate with mine planning, geology, and technical services teams to align drill programs with mine schedules and objectives to meet the organisations growth targets.
• Providing technical geological advice to ensure that the drilling operations understand structural and formation risks that may pose issues in operational execution.
• Ensuring geological drilling works are conducted effectively by examining and analysing geological specimens, drill core and samples to ensure quality meets the minimum contract and BHP requirements.
• Utilise geological exploration experience and knowledge to optimise the sites performance, safety, contractor management and cost through the BHP operating systems.

About You:

• Extensive experience in underground diamond drilling, with strong exposure to hard rock geology.
• Demonstrated experience in managing and working closely with underground diamond drilling contractors, including contract setup, performance tracking, and compliance.
• Strong understanding of mine planning and scheduling principles and how drilling supports the overall mining strategy.
• Knowledge of the BHP systems and tools as well as Contractor Management Framework or equivalent systems is advantageous.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively across technical and operational teams.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills.
• A proactive approach to safety, risk management, and operational excellence.

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