Electrical Maintenance Coordinator | BMA | Caval Ridge

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About the Role

Caval Ridge Mine is located in Queensland’s Bowen Basin on the traditional lands of the Barada Barna people.

Reporting to the Superintendent Field and Infrastructure Maintenance, you will play a key role in supporting the maintenance of our Dragline fleet, Shovels, and fixed electrical infrastructure at Caval Ridge. As the Electrical Maintenance Coordinator, your responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):

• Planning, monitoring, and reporting on equipment maintenance activities
• Scheduling and developing personnel
• Assisting with outage planning and execution

In this role, you will demonstrate a strong commitment to continuous improvement by supporting the Supervisory team in their day-to-day tasks. This includes ensuring optimal utilisation of resources through effective management of labour and materials.

This position offers Fly-in Fly-out (FIFO) from Brisbane or Drive-in Drive-out (DIDO) options. The roster will be Monday to Thursday onsite.

About You

To be successful in this role you will have the following:

• A current equivalent Queensland Manual Driver’s Licence;
• Current QLD Electrical Fitter/Mechanic License;
• Prior Electrical Supervisory experience;
• Sound experience with maintenance of Draglines and Shovels including DC rotating equipment, PLC systems and communications.
• High Voltage Switching Operation Qualification;
• Excellent understanding of AS3000, AS3008, AS3017;
• Sound knowledge of Statutory compliance – Qld Coal Mining Safety and Health Act and Regulations;
• Strong communication skills and a track record of achieving results through using your influence.
• The ability to successfully lead and work within a team environment and build effective working relationships across multiple trades and departments.
• Electrical Associate Degree in Electrical Engineering or Bachelor of Electrical Engineering highly desirable.
• Cert IIV and IV in Instrumentation and Control highly desirable.
• Dragline and Shovel reliability engineering experience highly desirable.

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.

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.