Specialist Reliability Engineer - SME | Mt Keith | FIFO 5/2/4/3

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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.

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About the Role

Reporting to the Superintendent – Maintenance Reliability for Surface Mining Equipment (SME), you will help drive continuous improvement, defect elimination, and ensure the maintenance program for the SME is delivered successfully. You will be responsible to provide specialist advice, execute analysis and benchmarking of the maintenance function's end-to-end performance and identify and implement improvement initiatives that enable functional excellence and support business priorities for continuous improvement.

The role is site based at Nickel West Mt Keith on a 5/2, 4/3 FIFO roster ex Perth.

In this role you will:

• Demonstrate strong safety values by supporting the Field Leadership program to lead continuous safety improvement and performance
• Review and report on equipment performance results to support Maintenance team(s) focussing on the correct priorities.
• Originates and develops analysis methods to determine maintenance demands for components, equipment and processes.
• Identify and drive Continuous Improvement initiatives / Projects to improve MTBF and Equipment Availability.
• Provide technical support and guidance to the SME teams.
• Determine cost advantages of alternative solutions and develop action plans that comply with demands for the safe, efficient and effective Maintenance & Repair of SME.
• Consider impact of costs on recommended action plans for avoiding / correcting problems during the design phase or remedial action for correcting key Unscheduled Downtime drivers.

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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 Mt Keith

Mt Keith is located 460 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie in the Northern Goldfields. It is a surface mining operation with an open pit and concentrator plant. The operation is surrounded by pastoral stations, with the nearest townships being Leinster and Wiluna. There’s plenty to keep you entertained in the Mt Keith Village. Take the heat off the day and head to the pool, fully equipped gym or play a round of golf on the new golf simulators. Theme night dinners are regularly held and other social activities include quiz nights. Employees commute to and from Perth on a fly in / fly out roster or form regional areas on a drive in / drive out roster.

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

About You

• An overriding commitment to health, safety, environment and the community.
• Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering (preferred), or equivalent trade & industry experience to support the role.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong problem-solving skills with a collaborative approach to finding practical solutions
• Ability to influence, engage with & communicate effectively across multiple levels, business units and functional areas from frontline employees to senior management
• Ideally you will have experience in maintenance and/or reliability engineering in the Surface Mining industry
• Working knowledge and understanding of SAP & Microsoft Office systems is highly desirable
• Excellent time management skills and be able to prioritise tasks.
• Experience with Master Data and Maintenance Strategy reviews (preferred)
• Exposure to and understanding of Registrable Plant (preferred, but not essential)

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.

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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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