Specialist - Asset Reliability | Carrapateena

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.

The Carrapateena Team is accountable for delivering value at the Asset in the short, medium and long term, against the needs of all stakeholders.  With an immediate and core focus on delivering production outcomes, we have a secondary focus on leading the expansion of the mine by transitioning from a Sub Level Cave to a Block Cave – this will extend the Carrapateena mine life beyond 2039.  At Carrapateena, we create a safe to fail environment where leaders support, trust and empower individuals to test our own thinking and question the status quo.  

Our goal is to deliver each business plan and project milestone safely and on time with value creation at the heart of how we operate. 

Come and be a part of this success. 

About The Role:

The purpose of the Specialist – Asset Reliability is to coordinate personnel, systems and tools to enable the collection, analysis and prioritisation of asset health information and to ensure timely, pragmatic reduction of reliability & production risks due to fixed plant degradation. This is done by effectively deploying resources, aggregating various data sources & condition monitoring techniques and developing a clear current-state asset health register. Scope includes initiating the rectification activities (including maintenance schedule integration) and reporting on status. All activities are to be compliant with regulations and BHP’s policies, procedures and standards.

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Location: Carrapateena, South Australia (60-minute flight from Adelaide / 30-minute flight from Port Augusta)
Roster: 8:6
Department: Engineering & Maintenance
Manager: Senior Reliability Engineer
Employment Type: Permanent, Full Time

Applications close: 1 January 2025

In this role you will:

• Be part of a vibrant team focussed on continually improving the performance and reliability of the Carrapateena fixed plant, through application of asset health monitoring technologies to enable timely decision making.
• Leader of the condition monitoring function for Carrapateena fixed plant
• Ensure inspections & assessments are completed as scheduled, with any defects recorded in SAP and escalated in the event they pose a risk to the operation.
• Integrate with maintenance planning function to ensure the timely action on any identified defects
• Support Maintenance Execution with ad-hoc inspection & analysis.
• Ensure all specialist tooling is managed and maintained to ensure accuracy and effectiveness
• Undertake data analysis to identify trends and develop improvement plans
• Management and coordination of external service providers or consultants where required to support team.
• Actively collaborate within the team to harness the multi-discipline skills available
• Comply with standard department business processes and communicate these effectively.
• Seek opportunities to improve tools, practices, development of the people and processes.  Advocate for the initiation of the improvement lifecycle in solving challenges.
• Ensure improvements are implemented in a safe, effective and financially responsible manner.

About You:

• Desirable VCAT 3, TCAT 1, LCAT 1/MLT1 and UCAT1
• Safety orientated with sound OH&S knowledge and specific statutory obligations
• Extensive experience in operational site condition monitoring & NDT testing
• Strong troubleshooting and fault-finding skills using multiple data sources and established methodologies
• Ability to provide sound, timely and pragmatic technical feedback to site teams from a variety of information sources
• Experience using SAP CMMS.
• Competent with Microsoft office suite.
• Management of condition monitoring technicians and external contract resources

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