Specialist Control Room | Olympic Dam
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
The Olympic Dam Surface is one of Australia’s largest and most complex minerals processing operations, it is unique in producing Copper, Uranium, Gold and Silver.
As a Surface Control Room Specialist you will be safely operating and optimising the Concentrator, Hydro-SX, Acid Plant-Feed Preparation, Smelter or Refinery Areas on a shift-by-shift basis to achieve safety and production targets.
You will be working collaboratively in the Surface Control Operations team, together with other Control Ops Specialists, Production, Maintenance, Technology and Technical teams to continuously improve the performance across the Surface.
Please note this is a full-time permanent role working on a 7/7 day/night rotating roster at Olympic Dam, with residential, FIFO from Adelaide, or DIDO options available.
In this role you will:
- Monitor and analyse process data to make informed decisions that deliver safe stable production
- Proactively communicate with a range of stakeholders to influence and guide maintenance and production teams in a time constrained environment
- Establish collaborative working relationships within the Control Operations team and other departments to maximise performance between areas
- Ensure effective exchange of information at shift changeover
- Embrace a process safety methodology for the operation of the assets through the review and development of processes and procedures
- Demonstrate the ability to make timely decisions and work calmly in high pressure situations
- Develop skills in Plant Operation across multiple areas
- Utilise SAP, AMPLA, PI and ShiftLog to maintain business performance
- Contribute to and support the Shift Supervisor’s decisions and communicate these to team members
About You
- Ability to work effectively within a chemical or minerals processing operation
- Experience using control systems including or similar to CITECT / SCADA, and OSI PI
- Demonstrate the confidence to lead by example, hold yourself and others accountable, and coach others
- Collaborative and able to communicate across multiple levels and disciplines
- Ability to interpret critical information and make decisions
- Enthusiast to learn new skills and accept challenges
- Previous Control Room experience working with mills/floatation circuits will be highly regarded, but not essential
- Good computer literacy with the ability to use SAP and AMPLA
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 [email protected].