Control Systems Engineer
BHP
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 role will be based in Port Hedland – FIFO or Residential. Roster: 5/2 – 4/3.
Reporting to the Lead Control Systems Engineer, this role suits an experienced engineer who will be responsible for maintaining a stable PLC and SCADA platform as well as identifying and delivering improvement projects with focus on safety and maximizing production.
You will be responsible for but not limited to:
- Demonstrate an overriding commitment to health, safety, environment responsibility and sustainable development.
- Provide control systems support to breakdowns and production critical issues.
- Investigate and identify the root cause of related downtime caused by control systems and identify and execute solutions to prevent repeat events from occurring.
- Initiate and implement minor control systems improvement work to achieve safer and more reliable plant, thereby maintaining and improving process efficiencies, in line with our business plan
- Design, review and execute PLC and SCADA changes.
- Execute control systems design and commissioning for minor plant modifications and new equipment installation.
- Provide technical stewardship through a variety of minor work in the electrical and control systems space.
- Provide governance on proposed control systems changes on site including critical control effectiveness test and verification.
About You
- Tertiary qualification in Electrical or Mechatronic or Control Systems Engineering or Trade qualifications in Electrical or Instrumentation discipline in equivalent industry and/or organisational experience.
- Strong PLC and SCADA programming skills (preferably Allen Bradley RSLogix5000 and/or Studio5000 and Citect SCADA)
- Demonstrate previous experience in Field Communication: DeviceNet, EthernetIP, Profibus, & Modbus
- Previous experience with Balance Machine (Reclaimer, Stacker & Shiploader), Car Dumper, Conveyors and Shuttle would be advantageous.
- Strong relationship & work management skills.
- Professional certifications in ISA or TUV will be well regarded.
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.
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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.
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