Trade Assistant & Logistics Support - Mobile Maintenance | Olympic Dam

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.

Join Olympic Dam a safe, reliable, globally competitive business delivered by our people. At Olympic Dam we care that everyone goes home safe to do the things they love. We believe Leadership drives culture and culture drives performance. All incidents are preventable and everyone has a role to play.

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.

Please note this position is based at Olympic Dam, operating on a 7/7 roster pattern roster arrangement, with residential, FIFO (from Adelaide) or DIDO options available.

About the role

The role will involve being an active team member, providing support to the Mobile Fleet Maintenance work team in Trades Assistant, Tool Store and Materials Logistics support. You will adhere to operating requirements and strive for the safe achievement of individual, team and site objectives.  
 

In this role you will:

• Comply to and consistently follow the standards and procedures designed to enable you to work safely and effectively every day
• Provide trade assistance skills to support planned, unplanned or breakdown maintenance
• Develop close working relationships with Mine personnel to ensure that all plant downtime issues are escalated correctly and rectified immediately
• Provide continual feedback to the Shift Maintenance Supervisors on job progress
• Execute activities according to the weekly work schedule and unscheduled work as required
• Update events and work requests with an accurate scope of work, to support effective planning of work
• Build cross-functional relationships with the range of Operational areas to support maintenance including supply, inventory, and repairable teams.
• Comply with the 1SAP Work Management processes related to work identification, execution and the capturing of related historical transactional data into 1SAP

About you
 

• Proven commitment to look after your own wellbeing and the confidence to speak up when others put themselves in harm’s way
• Previous experience working in a similar Trades Assistant and workshop logistics role within the mining industry (preferred)
• Riggers, doggers and crane tickets are advantageous
• 1SAP basic user capabilities desired (or similar systems)
• Proven ability to demonstrate appropriate HSEC behaviours
• Ability to communicate across multiple levels and disciplines
• Current, valid driver’s licence

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.