Process Engineer | Iron Ore | Yandi | FIFO 5/2 4/3
Australia
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
Working within our Fixed Plant Processing team and Reporting to the Processing Production Superintendent, this position will be part of a team working towards analysing plant performance, defining how best to prioritise, plan, lead and implement improvements.
You will also safely deliver the most value through standard work and established industry best practice from a Processing Production perspective.
In this role you will:
- Produce production standards, targets and operating philosophies that ensure effective production process controls are maintained
- Benchmark, monitor and analyse the performance of the production processes and outcomes to ensure plant production is predictable, stable and consistently operating at the target level of performance and within normal variation
- Identify and prioritise value adding opportunities for performance improvement in plant availability/utilisation/rate to ensure we safely meet our business plan in a stable predictable manner
- Identify opportunities for cost reduction and work to improve cost performance
- Assist with the planning, design and verification of improvement projects and ensure improvements are sustained, replicated and achieve desired outcome from a metallurgical perspective
- Liaise with Production Scheduling with forecast planning providing plant capability and contributing to a robust plan to deliver production throughput and grade results
About You
As the successful candidate, you will possess the following:
- A Bachelor degree in either Applied Science or Engineering specializing in Mineral Processing or Metallurgy
- Previous experience in Process Engineering, preferably within the mining sector
- Strong communication, negotiation, influencing skills that enable exceptional relationship management
- Excellent analytical skills
- Exposure to Helix, DAS, Power BI and proficient with excel is highly regarded
- Minimum of C class drivers licence
Location
This position will be based at Yandi mine site on a fly-in fly-out 5/2 4/3 roster.
Yandi is located 90 kilometres North West of Newman, Western Australia. The facilities at the village include; a fully equipped gym, swimming pool, tennis and basketball court; beach volleyball court. All rooms at the village have access to wireless internet, an ensuite bathroom, flat screen television, refrigerator and air-conditioning.
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.
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