Specialist Commissioning 12 month Fixed term contract

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Copper South Australia (CuSA) Major Projects encompass a portfolio of strategic developments across multiple sites in South Australia, contributing to BHP’s copper growth strategy. These projects involve complex infrastructure and processing systems, requiring integrated planning and execution across engineering, construction, and commissioning phases.

About the Role

The Specialist Commissioning role is a key part of the CuSA Major Projects execution team. You will contribute to the development and implementation of commissioning strategies and plans across a diverse portfolio of copper projects. Your technical expertise will support the safe and timely testing and turnover of new infrastructure in alignment with project objectives.

Location and Roster

This role will be based in Olympic Dam on a initially on a 4/3 roster for approximately 4 months, transitioning to a 7/7 roster for 12 months on a fly-in fly-out (FIFO) basis

Reporting to the Lead Commissioning, your accountabilities will include:

• Providing commissioning planning expertise and coordinating commissioning resources to safely and effectively execute activities on assigned projects.
• Maintaining an overriding commitment to health, safety, environmental, and community responsibility throughout commissioning activities.
• Contributing to the development and implementation of project documentation, functional processes, methodologies, and systems.
• Ensuring commissioning standards and systems are diligently applied across CuSA Major Projects.
• Managing equipment turnover processes from construction contractors to operations stakeholders.
• Preparing regular reporting and presentation materials for project and leadership teams.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Demonstrated field-based commissioning experience.
• A tertiary qualification in engineering or a trade qualification with relevant project delivery experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills: proactive, credible, and influential, with the ability to build strong working relationships across diverse teams.
• Technical proficiency across a broad range of engineering disciplines.
• Experience with construction and commissioning completions systems.
• Understanding of contracts, procurement practices, and vendor/contractor management.
• A performance and achievement-oriented mindset, complemented by strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

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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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.  

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