Senior Metallurgist | Nickel West WA | Perth | Mon to Fri | Full Time or Part T
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 the Role
This Perth based role will see you Contribute to the process plant design and process development within the rapidly growing, Nickel West Asset. You will be required to travel to site approximately one day every fortnight - this is an essential part of the role. While this position is advertised as a full-time position, we would also consider suitably qualified candidates seeking part time employment. There may be some opportunity for flexible work arrangements.
Within this role you will be undertaking the following duties:
- Determine the underlying cause of problems, evaluate multiple solutions and ensure a planned and structured approach to solving.
- Identify technologies and equipment, apply relevant test work data and develop a basis of design for process plant design and optimisation.
- Apply an understanding of Mineral Processing-related terminology, key processes and activities.
- Design Geometallurgical test work programs and delivers extractive metallurgical insights to design and improve processing process and infrastructure.
- Plan, track and manage projects to generate value and achieve positive outcomes.
- Utilise appropriate simulation packages to create mass and energy balances
- Interprets and applies legislation, codes of practice and technical standards
- Oversee and improve end to end processing production performance and operate conditions to increase recovery, achievement of production targets and optimise inputs.
- Engages the capabilities of the entire organisation.
- Identifies process risks and applies safety in design techniques Strive to achieve 100% safety, 100% customer value and 0% waste
- Understand our customer and meet their needs.
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About You
To be successful in this role you will need the following attributes and / or experience:
- Demonstrated Industrial/Lab Experience in Mineral Processing / Metallurgy
- Possess B.Eng –Mineral Processing, Metallurgical, Chemical, Resource, Industrial, Mechanical Or B.Science – Metallurgy, Industrial Chemistry. Post Grad studies in Metallurgy / Mineral Processing well regarded
- Technical knowledge of Mineral Processing, testing, analysis
- Strong supervisory skills or experience will be highly regarded.
- Desire to develop your career in the rapidly growing ‘technology economy’ at Nickel West
- A supportive and team focused approach to enable you to uphold the values and ethics of BHP
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.