Executive Administrator | Kalgoorlie | Nickel West | Residential

About Nickel West

Nickel West is a fully integrated mine-to-market business. Our culture is rich with technical know-how, highly efficient and focused on innovation. The business employs over 2500 people from five operations across Western Australia comprising of nickel underground and open-cut mines, concentrators, a smelter and a refinery. We also have plans to expand our operations with new mines in the northern Goldfields and a large nickel sulphate plant in Kwinana. 

A member of the BHP Group, Nickel West is undergoing an exciting business transformation to become a globally significant supplier of battery materials to the electric vehicle market. Nickel West will soon become the world’s largest producer of Nickel Sulphate, a key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries. As the world’s largest producer of nickel briquettes and nickel powder, Nickel West is leading the new-energy revolution in Western Australia.

Kalgoorlie is the largest inland city in Western Australia and due to its central location is positioned at the heart of the Goldfields as a vibrant mining town and a major gateway to the Eastern States. The City of Kalgoorlie/Boulder offers modern shopping facilities, a huge variety of sports and entertainment, and schooling for all ages. There are contemporary housing options available for all budgets and your remuneration package includes relocation support (if required) an annual performance incentive payment.   

About the Role

If you are a self-motivated, forward thinking executive assistant, administrator or planner who is ready to make a difference, then this a great opportunity for you.   Reporting to the General Manager, you will join an inclusive and strong performance orientated culture, where you will make a difference each day through providing outstanding support to the site leadership team.    In this role, you will be responsible for:   

• Provision of executive administrative support to the GM, including proactive management of GM calendar and email to enable the efficient organisation and execution of daily activities;
• Working closely with the Site Leadership Team to proactively support key deliverables such as weekly and monthly reporting, action management and follow up, and meeting minute keeping and distribution.
• Preparing agendas, presentations, reports and coordinating meeting logistics;
• Using SAP for purchasing (POs/ PRs) and expense reconciliation
• Travel and accommodation bookings, 
• Event management and coordination with both internal and external stakeholders; 
• Site administration tasks such as assisting with external visitors, site access requirements, catering, management of Regulator appointments and log books, and
• Supporting projects and other ad hoc duties as required.

About You

• We are looking for someone who is resilient, adaptable, collaborative and solution focussed.
• You will have a proven ability to work autonomously, proactively establish priorities and take responsibility for time sensitive deliverables.
• Your strong solving communication and organizational skills will be an asset - as will your attention to detail, intiative and talent ability to engage with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• You will be an advocate for enabling collaboration and the simplification of tasks, seeking to continuously improve processes and systems., and possess strong knowledge of office suite systems 
• Sound business judgement, ability to maintain confidentiality and extremely strong commitment to high ethical standards, aligned to BHP Charter Values.
• Experience in administration or office management 
• Strong technical proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite,
• SAP experience desirable
• Effective written and oral communication skills on a variety of levels
• Strong organisational skills and time management skills

About the 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].