Field Officer | WA Iron Ore | South Flank 8:6/7:7 | Talent

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 

South Flank is BHP's newest iron ore mine, and the biggest in 50 years. It expands existing infrastructure at Mining Area C, adding 80 Mtpa of new crushing and screening capacity, an extensive overland conveyor system, expanded stockyards and new train loading facilities to form the largest iron ore hub in the Pilbara region. Its brand new mining fleet is the biggest and best in class, and has been converted to autonomous operation, in line with South Flank's future-facing design.

The Field Officer is responsible for the effective operation of Autonomous Haulage System (AHS), Fleet Management System (FMS) and the Autonomous Haul Trucks (AHTs) whilst in autonomous mode, to ensure the AHTs can travel throughout the mine plan safely and productively. Field Officers work as part of a team, engaging key stakeholders and providing regular feedback to Production Supervisors, AHS Controllers and Production Operators.

The role will entail the following responsibilities:

• Monitoring of the autonomous operations zone for accuracy
• Managing the dump plans to ensure the AHTs tip in an optimised way
• Survey, plan and validate the AHS to ensure any infrastructure or hazards have exclusion zones around them
• Monitor haul road conditions and place speed restrictions as required.
• Respond to AHTs if they are stopped out of plan, and undertake recovery of AHTs when they are unable to continue on their plan
• Further optimise the mine plan and haul routes through infield verification.

About You

Your expertise in problem solving & diagnostics, coupled with your ability to communicate and build strong team relationships will make you an ideal candidate to help influence and shape our culture to ensure a safe, productive, sustainable and disciplined approach to work is maintained. To be successful in this role, you will have the following attributes:

• Excellent communication skills, and the ability to build relationships across a range of teams
• Ability to work autonomously in the field for extended periods of time
• Digital fluency, such as spatial awareness and ability to use systems and technology
• Able to multitask between systems and large fleets while balancing multiple priorities
• Practical application of mining operations process and procedure
• Experience using data and judgement to inform solutions
• Performing tasks in an agile way, with a continuous improvement mindset, contributing ideas and generation solutions
• Haul truck and/or other mining equipment competency
• Willing to work nightshift as part of the roster.
• Experience with the FrontRunner autonomous system is highly desirable.

What's on offer:

Working with BHP offers many benefits, some of which include;

• A family friendly roster is on offer to enable your work to fit with your life.
• An opportunity to supercharge your career by working on a world class project.
• Variety of different career paths and opportunities.
• An inclusive and supportive team culture.
• Competitive remuneration package.
• Generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.
• Plus many other employee discounts with major retailers and insurance providers.

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].