Date: 5 Aug 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.
About the Role
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 (day shift only) roster pattern, with residential, FIFO (from Adelaide) or DIDO options available.
We currently have a role available for a Specialist Electrical Reticulation Trainer to join our Mine Maintenance department. Reporting to the Electrical HV Reticulation Supervisor this role is responsible for providing support to the Electrical Reticulation team to develop on-the-job training packages. You will focus on Safe Standardised practices in Electrical and Communications Reticulation works, as well as identifying areas for improvement and ensuring that we are well placed for future growth within the mine.
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
- Deliver on-the-job training to new and existing team members
- Focus on continuous improvement related to work carried out by Reticulation teams and imbed any improvements in training packages
- Support the Reticulation Scheduler in completing scoping tasks as required on weekly basis
- Provide training assistance to the Supervisor so they can focus on their core tasks
- Work with front line teams to identify improvements via formal field leadership activities
- Update and roll-out modified/new methods of completing tasks and then monitor consistency across teams
- Develop working relationships with other mining teams and trainers to ensure reticulation activities are executed following the best-in-class methods
- Provide continual feedback to the Supervisor on job safety and suggest improvements
- Provide input into root cause analysis and subsequent resolution of action items affecting the reticulation system
- Maintain a high level of working relationship with Reticulation Scheduler to support them in their weekly scoping tasks
- Support Reticulation teams in roll-outs of any new systems/procedures to comply with national or state requirements
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 Electrical Trade qualifications preferred, but not essential
- Previous experience working as a Trainer, including nationally recognised qualifications in Training & Assessment (preferred)
- Working at Heights and Integrated tool carrier tickets are advantageous
- Experience with mining/minerals processing environments (preferred)
- Proven ability to demonstrate appropriate HSEC behaviours
- Ability to communicate across multiple levels and disciplines
- Ability to work autonomously, or as part of a team
- 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 [email protected].
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