Plant Metallurgist | Carrapateena

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About The Role:

Carrapateena is a large-scale, world class modern mine operated by world class people. This exciting role is now available, and we want the very best of the best on deck to lead the team and collectively deliver exceptional results.

At Carrapateena, we believe our greatest asset is our people and we are working hard to provide a wonderful mix of age, cultural and geographical backgrounds to further enrich our inclusive workplace culture. We truly value your ideas and encourage you to champion innovation and collaboration, we are here to unlock your value and offer opportunities that supercharge your career to go beyond what is possible.

Carrapateena copper concentrator has a growing and exciting portfolio of expansion projects and plant optimisation opportunities. We are looking for self-driven, enthusiastic production metallurgist to join our team.

Location: Carrapateena, South Australia (60-minute flight from Adelaide / 30-minute flight from Port Augusta)
Roster: 8 days on; 6 days off
Department: Ore Processing
Manager: Senior Metallurgist - Plant
Employment Type: Permanent, Full Time

Applications close: 25 March 2025

In This Role You Will:

• Provide technical input into the efficient operation of the processing plant, accounting for variances from plan, and identifying and understanding losses.
• Contribute to a strong safety culture based on transparent and open communication with the operations and metallurgy teams, leading to the execution of high-quality critical risk observations, hazard reporting and process safety improvement.
• Develop strong and productive working relationships with metallurgical, operational, and fixed plant maintenance teams at all levels.
• Provide high quality and clear technical support to the operational teams to ensure that the process plant delivers to the daily and weekly operational plans
• Implement moderate scale operational improvement projects to increase plant safety, throughput, recovery, product quality and unit cost.
• Undertake process plant performance investigations and implementing improvement actions in consultation with the operations team, engineering and maintenance teams.
• Where required assist metallurgical technicians in operation, calibration and maintenance of Metso OSA and PSI online equipment.

About You:

• Tertiary qualifications in Metallurgical Engineering, Process Engineering, or Chemical Engineering disciplines
• Experience in minerals processing, with experience at either a project or plant metallurgist level.
• Previous exposure to operation of base metal concentrators including daily troubleshooting and optimisation of SAG milling and sulphide flotation circuits is desirable.
• Ability to autonomously develop, conduct and interpret metallurgical test work, plant surveys and plant trials, particularly in sulphide flotation.
• Ability to deliver process improvement projects and modifications, contributing to the team’s culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Previous experience in working with external stakeholder suppliers to improve and modify plant equipment and the management of equipment trials and optimisation.

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.

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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