Processing Engineer | WAIO | Port Hedland | RESI 5/2 or FIFO 5/2/4/3
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 Port
At the end of our West Australia Iron Ore supply chain, the Port team are critical in ensuring our assets are empowered to deliver exceptional performance. Whether deploying innovative new technologies or challenging what good looks like, we support our people to learn new skills and reach their full potential.
With people at the centre of our mission to improve port every day, we are on an exciting journey to improve safety, our contribution to the local community and productivity.
About the Role
Reporting to the Production Engineering Superintendent, you will apply expert engineering, operational and data analysis expertise to monitor, optimise and improve production outcomes for Port. You will be accountable for processing technical stewardship and governance, acting as the escalation point for operational teams, and rapidly replicating industry best operating practice.
Additional key responsibilities will include:
- Benchmark, monitor and analyse the performance of production processes, equipment and instrumentation to proactively identify and address production loss and/or upside.
- Produce production standards, targets and operating philosophies that ensure effective production process controls are maintained.
- Perform operational troubleshooting and root cause analysis through in-field investigations, monitoring and measurement.
- Identify, scope and deliver value adding opportunities for performance improvement in plant availability, utilisation and rate to ensure targets are met in a stable, predictable manner.
- Provide bespoke and automated analysis and interpretation of plant performance data.
- Develop and maintain relationships with site and functional stakeholders including Control, Maintenance, Reliability, Engineering, Major Projects and Supply Chain Planning teams to achieve optimal outcomes for Port Production.
- Coordinate management and inspection activities for the safe design, construction, operation, maintenance and closure of the tailings storage facility in consultation with the Engineer of Record
- Contribute to the technical development of Graduate Engineers.
About You
To be impactful in this role, you have a demonstrated history of delivering operational excellence in large and complex bulk materials handling operations. In addition to your technical acumen, you have a strong focus on relationships and value realisation, with a desire to build effective stakeholder partnerships through your genuine engagement and collaboration.
You are an articulate and concise communicator who possesses excellent influence, problem-solving and teamwork skills combined with a delivery mindset.
In addition, we are looking for the following skills and experience:
- Tertiary qualification (Bachelors or above) within the following fields: Engineering, Metallurgy, Science or Mathematics.
- Minimum 3-5 years’ operational experience with bulk materials handling and associated equipment (car dumpers, conveyors, stackers, reclaimers, screening plants and ship loaders).
- Proven application of material handling considerations including conveyor tracking, chute design, stockpile design and interpretation of DEM simulations.
- Working knowledge of process control systems (Citect SCADA).
- Proficient in analysing process and delay accounting data using querying and visualisation tools (TIBCO Spotfire, Power BI, MS SQL, OSIPi).
- Relevant tailings experience, skills, and knowledge to oversee the risk and complexity of the TSF
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
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.
To ensure the safety and wellbeing of our people, BHP requires employees in Australia to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in line with BHP’s Covid Policy and any relevant State health directives. If you are applying for a role at BHP please consider this requirement when submitting your application. BHP will also adhere to any relevant health directives that may be made that affects our workforce.
Supporting a Diverse Workforce
The size and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a unique BHP employee share program.
At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from women and Indigenous people. 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.
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