Maintenance Technician Communications | Mt Keith | 7/7 Roster

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 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 to capitalise on growing demand in the battery materials sector.  As the world’s largest producer of nickel briquettes and nickel powder, Nickel West is leading the new-energy revolution in Western Australia.

Nickel West has an exciting future ahead. We invite you to join us at Nickel West as we seek to energize our future.  

About the Role

This role is based within our Mining Systems team and is a multi-disciplined position. You will provide maintenance support for all radio communications, fatigue management, HPGPS, FMS and network systems across the site. Performing routine and non-routine maintenance of our mobile fleet and associated systems.

In this role you will work with some of the following systems:

• Tait/Motorola/Sepura/Damm Handhelds, repeaters, and mobile radio communications
• DSS Fatigue Management Systems
• Modular Mining Systems – ProVision 3 HPGPS and Dispatch 6 FMS Software and Hardware
• Trimble GPS systems (installation & maintenance)
• CAT WAVS, Orlaco and Motion Metrics Camera Systems
• Wi-Fi Mesh systems, CCTV and solar power equipment
• Light Vehicle and Heavy Vehicle Equipment including CAT, Hitachi, Komatsu and Liebherr
• Maintenance administration systems including; 1SAP Work Management, Caterpillar TSC, Modular ZenDesk and Service Now. 

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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.  

About You

• Trade Qualifications in Auto Electrical, Radio Communications or Electronics
• Experience working in an open pit mining operations and exposure to driving within the pit (advantageous)
• A current C Class manual driver’s licence
• High Risk Licence - EWP, Forklift, Working at Heights (advantageous)
• Ability and/or willingness to learn to read and interpret electrical circuit diagrams and develop fault finding skills
• Prior working knowledge of Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) diagnostic tools - CAT, Liebherr & Hitachi will be highly 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.

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].

We reserve the right to commence recruitment proceedings immediately

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