Specialist Maintenance Electrical HV | Olympic Dam | 7/7

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

One of Australia’s largest mines and a complex minerals processing operation, Olympic Dam, is unique in that we produce Copper, Uranium, Gold and Silver. The local township of Roxby Downs is an active and progressive community offering a variety of modern, well equipped housing, educational, health, sporting, leisure, shopping and cultural facilities.

Please note this position is based at Olympic Dam, operating on a 7/7 roster pattern arrangement with residential FIFO (from Adelaide) or DIDO options available. 

The position of Specialist Maintenance Electrical HV will form part of a multi-functional and diverse team supporting the area specific Maintenance department to safely and efficiently achieve departmental and BHP Olympic Dam business objectives. 

In this role you will:

• Have a commitment to look after your own wellbeing and the confidence to speak up when others put themselves in harm’s way.
• Be responsible for the execution of activities across shifts and other departments in order to safely add value and improve efficiencies 
• Provide Electrical HV technical expertise within the maintenance team whilst facilitating preventative and reactive maintenance activities
• Foster strong and productive working relationships across all internal and external stakeholders
• Be active in identifying and communicating improvements to procedures, processes or plant and participate in problem solving and troubleshooting of plant issues as required
• Provide technical knowledge and expertise relevant to the role and support the Management of Change process to all plant modifications executed by the maintenance team
• Embrace the step-up culture and be flexible to fill other leadership positions as required
• Scope and execute planned and unplanned electrical maintenance activities 

About You

• Australian recognised Electrical Trade qualifications (essential)
• South Australian Unrestricted Electrical Licence (or eligibility to obtain)
• Previous experience with HV switchgear, HV transformers, HV motors, etc
• Participated in HV isolations and de-isolations of equipment, preferably on 6.6kV and higher voltages
• Proven fault finding experience
• Competent computer skills and ideally have exposure to SAP
• Demonstrated leadership ability, with Cert IV in Leadership and Management (Frontline Management) highly regarded
• Experience and qualifications in hazardous area environments preferred
• Understanding of Quality Assurance and current WHS legislation
• Previous shift work experience would be preferred

APPLICATIONS CLOSE Monday 7th September 2026 at Midnight SA Time.  We encourage earlier applicants for earlier consideration. Please note, we may extend this deadline if the desired candidates are not found.

BENEFITSBHP offers an array of attractive perks to our employees, not limited to annual bonus, shares program, employee recognition program, heavily discounted corporate offers and so much more. To hear more about the benefits we offer our employees, please take a moment to play Why choose BHP for your career? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W541c1oeLmE

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 inclusion@bhp.com.