Lead Engineer Electrical | Prominent Hill | 5/2 4/3 Roster

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

Reporting to the Superintendent Reliability, the Lead Electrical Engineer provides electrical engineering leadership and technical expertise to the Prominent Hill Asset. You will act as a mentor and influential people leader to the wider engineering group for the electrical discipline as well as lead the Reliability Electrical Engineering team.

This role is Permanent and based at our Prominent Hill Mine site on a FIFO basis ex Adelaide or Port Augusta. The roster supported is 5 days on/2 days off, 4 days on/3 days off.

In this role you will:

• Be first and foremost focused on creating a culture of care by being a visible safety leader, engaging, developing and coaching your team in achieving continuous safety improvement.
• Provide technical leadership for the Prominent Hill asset.
• Support the ongoing asset integrity program at the operation through remediation plan development and identification of improvement initiatives.
• Prioritise, review and manage the effective delivery of Engineering Request Notifications & other technical engineering activities for your electrical engineering team.
• Provide technical guidance to support third parties to align with BHP engineering standards.
• Drive ongoing improvement of the operation through identification and implementation of improvement initiatives.
• Support and facilitate electrical engineering activities across operations to ensure consistent fit for purpose engineering standards are applied and our Management of Change process is adhered to.
• Maintain and provide expertise for asset integrity management systems;
• Lead and coach individuals and teams.
• Control and maintain the blueprint (e.g. standards, specifications, procedures and drawings)
• Review and approve electrical engineering requests to support our Management of Change process
• Provide technical advice to safety incident and root cause analysis investigations
• Assist with the development of budget and capital planning
• Review consultant electrical engineering work against the appropriate standards and auditing technical changes on site for compliance

About You

As part of the Maintenance Reliability team within BHP Copper SA, the following attributes will be key to your success:

• Degree in Engineering, Asset Management, Reliability or similar. 
• Qualifications in Thermography highly regarded
• Experience and exposure to RCM, RCA, thermography, NDT and Asset Strategy development
• Experience and understanding of E-Tap modelling
• Experince and understanding of industrial High Voltage systems
• Understanding of ISO 55000 suite
• Well-developed communication skills with an interest in providing technical leadership, stewardship, support and solutions.
• A proven track record of safety leadership;
• Experience managing engineering consultants to deliver positive results in safety, quality assurance/control, culture and productivity;
• Demonstrated capabilities in effectively engaging with various levels and across Operations and Functions.
• Experience with asset integrity systems.

Applications close 5pm Wednesday 25th March 2026.

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.