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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 Site Infrastructure team are seeking motivated Mechanical Fitters to join our Site Infrastructure Water Services Team on a residential lifestyle roster (4 days on - 5 off, 5 days on - 4 off, 5 days on - 5 off, dayshift only). Successful candidates will thrive in an inclusive team environment and collaborate effectively with multiple stakeholders
These roles are based in the coastal town of Port Hedland, home to our Port and Rail operations and the largest regional centre in North West Australia. The town, with a population of 15,000, offers well-established education services, entertainment, shopping, and medical centres.
Roster: Lifestyle roster (4 days on - 5 off, 5 days on - 4 off, 5 days on - 5 off, Dayshift only)
Key Responsibilities:
- Execute a maintenance schedule on Water Infrastructure.
- Actively participate in planning and scoping work for PM outages.
- Make maintenance and operating decisions, either individually or as part of a team, to ensure the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our assets.
- Demonstrate an overriding commitment to health, safety, environmental responsibility, and sustainable development.
- Undertake preventative maintenance inspections in accordance with maintenance planning systems and recommend appropriate follow-up actions.
- Implement improvements to work instructions and planned maintenance strategies.
- Work from hydraulic schematic drawings, prints, CSMs, plans, or manuals.
- Carry out all activities within the whole-of-job scope, including pre-work, preparation of JHAs and/or DWPs, organizing materials, execution, testing, and completion of tasks.
- Ensure that operating and maintenance targets are achieved through self-direction.
- Take responsibility for the safe and efficient operation and maintenance of Water Infrastructure assets.
Reporting Line: This role reports to the Supervisor, Water Services
About You
As the successful candidate, you will possess the following qualifications and experience:
- An Australian-recognised Mechanical Trade Certificate (Mechanical Fitter, Fitter & Turner/Machinist, or Hydraulics).
- Experience with component changeouts, water pumps, alignments, and the use of laser alignment equipment.
- Experience in Water Thickener and Clarification plants.
- Minimum of a C class Manual Driver’s License.
- Experience in breakdown and fault finding.
- Experience working with heavy fixed plant.
- Exposure to MMAW and gas cutting.
Desirable (though not essential):
- Additional Certifications: HRWL, Rigging (Basic), Dogging, EWP, Working at Heights, Forklift, VLC, Confined Space training, and a current MSIC.
What is on offer?
- Permanent employment with BHP
- Residential accommodation
- Relocation assistance & expenses coordinated by BHP
- Attractive annual bonus scheme
- Generous share match scheme
- Novated leasing
- On-going progression & training opportunities for your career
- Super matching
- Also, other benefits such as hotels, flights & shopping discounts.
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 .