Date: 4 Jun 2025
Job Posting End Date:
Job Country:
Australia
Job State/Province: South Australia
Job Location/Region: Roxby Downs
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 drive culture and culture drives performance. All incidents are preventable and everyone has a role to play.
Our Operations
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 Day/Night rotating roster, with residential, FIFO (from Adelaide) or DIDO options available.
Job Description
Reporting to the Supervisor of the Fixed Plant team, you will work closely with surface and underground mine personnel. You will be involved in executing planned and unplanned maintenance tasks, as well as helping to ensure any plant downtime issues are escalated and actioned effectively.
In this role you will:
- Promote and consistently follow the standards and procedures designed to enable you to work safely and effectively every day
- Provide Boilermaking trade skills to perform unplanned and/or breakdown maintenance
- Assist with planned maintenance work where applicable
- Provide feedback to the maintenance supervisor on job/task progress
- Develop a close working relationship with relevant personnel to ensure that all plant downtime issues are escalated correctly and rectified immediately
About you
- Proven commitment to look after your own wellbeing and the confidence to speak up when others put themselves in harm's way
- Australian recognised Metal Fabrication/Boilermaker trade qualifications
- Previous experience with a range of fixed plant and/or mobile mining plant and equipment (preferred)
- Ability to understand and interpret engineering drawings
- Self-motivated with the ability to work autonomously when required
- A team player with the ability to communicate effectively across all levels
APPLICATIONS CLOSE: 20 June 2025 - Midnight SA TIme
Supporting a Diverse Workforce
The size and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance based bonuses and unique BHP employee share program.
At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from women and Indigenous people. 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.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, citizenship, genetic information or other protected status under federal, state or local laws.
BHP is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disability.
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