Supervisor Electrical HV Reticulation & Maintenance, Olympic Dam SA | 7/7 Day Roster

About BHP

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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.
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Our Operations - Olympic Dam

One of Australia’s largest mines and a complex minerals processing operation, Olympic Dam, is unique in that we produce Copper, Uranium, Gold and Silver. The local township of Roxby Downs is an active and progressive community offering a variety of modern, well-equipped housing, educational, health, sporting, leisure, shopping and cultural facilities.
 

About the Role

Reporting to the Fixed Plant Electrical Superintendent (Mine) and in collaboration with the other Electrical Supervisors you will be a key contributor in guiding and building a team of Electrical Technicians. You and your team will safely deliver electrical maintenance activities ensuring compliance with weekly maintenance schedules, operating standards, procedures, and defined processes to achieve optimal maintenance outcomes for Mine Fixed Plant operations.

Please note this position is based at Olympic Dam, South Australia operating on a 7 on / 7 off Day shift roster with residential, DIDO, FIFO from, Adelaide or alternative Bus in, Bus out from Adelaide, Point Pirie or Port Augusta options are available.

In this role you will:

• Be first and foremost focused on creating a culture of care by being a visible safety leader, engaging, developing, and coaching your team
• Identify, build, and develop team capability through ongoing and regular coaching and development.
•  Prioritise the execution of work based on condition of risk of equipment to prevent unplanned failures, as well as supervise the execution of the weekly work schedule
•  Plan and schedule break in work as based on risk of equipment failure within a 7-day period
• Allocate resources to achieve optimal maintenance outcomes as part of work activity and planning.
•  Offer continued development and mentorship to your team and ensure competency of individual maintainers in the safe performance of their duties.
• Development and authorisation of system HV Switching Programs to facilitate system outages and access for maintenance, repairs of additions in line with the BHP Olympic Dam Permit to Work system.
• Provide key support in the development,  writing and checking of High Voltage switching programs. Assisting and preforming HV system isolations and restorations.
• Promote and consistently follow the standards and procedures designed to enable you to work safely and effectively every day.
• Ensure all safe work systems, procedures and standards are adhered to through frequent inspection of the workplace.
• Provide support to the Electrical teams and mentoring where needed
• HV and LV switchboard commissioning and testing
• Generator and Transformer testing and commissioning
• Protection Relay programming and testing.
• Preparation of commissioning/testing documentation & protection test plans
• Detailed technical reports on completion of works
• Assist planning groups with the 5-year plan, 3monthly rolling plan (3MRP) and in month mine scheduling requirements and compliances (STS).
• Liaising with contractors for the maintenance and repairs to existing Mine Electrical Infrastructure both Surface and Underground.
• HV and LV expansion and customer demands.( Future)
• Working with site HV Network Engineering to ensure system stability. Care and Custody.
• Liaison with the Mine Fixed Plant Maintenance Reliability department, regarding any system maintenance and strategy requirements. Both BHP and statutory.
• Liaison with Engineering & HV Protection Team on E-TAP Modelling and system protection and testing to ensure compliance to statutory requirements and regulations.
• Provide SME and guidance for system repairs and remediation.
• Supervision of reports and leading a team. LV Reticulation specialists and STS Planners and Schedulers.
• Document updates and reviews using the BHP “Deswick” drawing/drafting system.
• Planning, Coordination and Work supervision of special projects completed in house. Transformer change outs, oil replacement programs and HV equipment repairs and remediation.
• Project design reviews and department consult for these packages of work.

About You

Our successful candidate will:

• Be able to demonstrate the confidence to lead by example, hold yourself and others accountable and coach others in Safety Leadership.
• Currently hold an Electrical Trade qualification or hold a degree qualification in a related Electrical discipline.
• Highly desirable to hold a South Australian Electrical Licence or validity to acquire.
• Have exposure to Maintenance Execution environments as a supervisor or leader, is preferred. 
• Understand statutory compliance requirements.
• Be confident to work across a range of disciplines and levels to foster mutually beneficial and cohesive relationships.
• Be quality focused with a drive to achieve results for the team.
• Have the ability to balance multiple incoming priorities and effectively deliver on customer expectations.
• Be confident to work across a range of disciplines and levels to foster mutually beneficial and cohesive relationships.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical drawings
• Proven commitment to look after your own wellbeing and the confidence to speak up when others put themselves in harm's way
• Self-motivated, driven and focused on achieving high performance targets whilst always prioritizing safety first
• Ability to communicate across multiple levels and disciplines
• High Voltage Switching
• Current Drivers licence
• Experience in high and low voltage maintenance and testing
• Supporting a diverse workforce

BENEFITS

BHP Employees are rewarding with an array of benefits, not limited to:  A share plan, annual bonus scheme, extensive array of corporate preferred supplier discounts, employee rewards program, attractive parental plants and other lucrative offers.  To hear some of our benefits at BHP play Why choose BHP for your career?  or click on the video on the bottom of this vacancy.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE:  Monday 20th October 2025 at Midnight SA Time.

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. 

 If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal. 

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.