Electronics and Communications Technician | Olympic Dam 7:7 Roster | FIFO or Residential

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:

We're seeking a forward-thinking and talented individual to take on the key role of Electronics and Communications Technician, reporting to the Mine Technology Operations Supervisor. This is an exciting opportunity for a high-performing professional to join a high-performance team supporting Underground Operations, Maintenance, and Technology Teams.

In this position, you will make an impact by:

• Support daily technology maintenance execution activities across all critical underground equipment and networks.
• Positively influence the technology team culture in alignment with the BHP Charter Values.
• Provide subject matter expertise to support teams in resolving priority issues.
• Establish positive working relationships with operations and support functions.
• Assist with training other site personnel as needed.
• Identify and implement initiatives that contribute to potential business value.
• Standardize and simplify production systems, including all critical controls, ensuring zero safety, risk, volume, or cost impacts.
• Ensure disruptions to operations resulting from network and communication system-based activities are minimized or eliminated.
• Resolve any technical queries from teams, projects, and customers.

About You:

You'll thrive in a dynamic environment where learning, growth, and teamwork are valued. You'll bring excellent interpersonal skills with a strong attention to detail and the ability to work to a schedule and manage workloads effectively to meet deadlines. You'll ensure an overriding commitment to health, safety, environmental responsibility, and sustainable development. As a collaborative team player, you'll engage the capabilities of the entire organization and build effective working relationships both within your team and with external customers.

You will also ideally possess:

• Certificate III or higher in electrical, electronics, or communications with an interest in communications and mine technology.
• Ability to translate user and business requirements into secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure architecture solutions.
• Experience in testing, deploying, and commissioning quality technology infrastructure is highly valued
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

This role is based in the Underground Mine environment on a 7 Day, 7 off, 7 Nights, 7 off roster with flexible options for residential (Roxby Downs), Drive in Drive out (DIDO/BIBO) from South Australia regional areas or Fly In Fly out (FIFO) from Adelaide. You will be supported to learn and grow in your role by collaborating with experts and teams across the business, ensuring a safe and engaging working environment. We also offer relocation opportunities for the right candidate.

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 recognize 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.