Experienced Operators | Olympic Dam | 7:7 Rotating Day/Night | Permanent and Fixed Term

Date: 5 Aug 2025

Job Posting End Date:

Job Country:

Australia

Job State/Province: South Australia

Job Location/Region: Roxby Downs

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.

About the Role/s

BHP Olympic Dam, Production teams are now recruiting for Operators who have experience in one or more of the following industries:

Agricultural.
Petroleum.
Oil and gas.
Civil.
Quarry.

In addition to the above, you will also need to be experienced in operating at least one of the following machine types.

Haul trucks.
Water carts.
Loaders.
Graders.
Dozers.
Excavators.
Tractors/Harvesters.
Skid steer.
Backhoe.

Please note: These roles will be available from October 2025 onwards.

These positions are available as FIFO (Fly-In, Fly-Out) from Adelaide, DIDO (Drive-In, Drive-Out), BIBO (Bus-In, Bus-Out), or Residential in Roxby Downs, where a shuttle bus service is provided.

What’s on Offer?

Even time rotating day and night | 7days on 7 days off | Rotating Day/Night Shifts
Permanent and/or Fixed Term Contract employment with BHP Olympic Dam, Roxby Downs, with all the benefits of full-time work.
Competitive remuneration.
Annual Bonus (Permanent Employees Only)
Continuous focus on developing and upskilling with the possibility to diversify your equipment experience.
Teams focused on diversity, culture, safety, processes and performance.

About You!

We’re looking for individuals who:

Hold of a valid driver’s license and confident driving a manual 4x4 in low range
Safe Operator committed to personal safety and the safety of others
Team players who can also work independently
Displays a strong work ethic, self-motivated, reliable, eager to learn and forge a career in mining in the long term
Able to work to deadlines and remain effective under pressure.
Effective listeners with well-developed interpersonal skills.
Competent reading and writing skills.
Ready to embrace the challenges of a tough but rewarding underground environment
Positively shape culture in alignment with the BHP Charter Values

What to Expect

These roles will test your physical and mental capabilities, but they also offer significant rewards and career growth within BHP.

We encourage all applicants to thoroughly research the roles of Nipper, General Service Miner, and Underground Truck Operator. To help you understand what each role involves, we’ve provided video links below.

Please note: While the videos offer a helpful introduction to these roles, they do not fully reflect the physical realities of working underground. The environment can be dark, confined, muddy, and physically demanding. However, these resources are a great starting point to help you understand the responsibilities and expectations of each role. We strongly encourage you to watch all three videos before applying.

Explore the Roles!

Applications close: at midnight, but we are assessing applications as they come in—so don’t wait!

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.