Surveyor | Nickel West | Cliffs | 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 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.

A member of the BHP Group, Nickel West is undergoing an exciting business transformation to become a globally significant supplier of battery materials to the electric vehicle market. 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.

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

About the Role

• Competitive salary on offer plus 12% superannuation and a range of company benefits
• Great family friendly 7 days on, 7 days off roster flying in and out of Perth
• Join our growing Technical Services Team and help us to ‘energise our future’

This is a great opportunity to join a close-knit team who support each other and are willing to share their knowledge to develop the successful candidate in this role.

You’ll also be involved in:

• Maintaining accurate survey records, databases, and control network
• Survey control of horizontal and vertical development
• Laser install and heading Pickups
• Setout of rings, ground
• support, diamond drilling and raise bores
• CMS and UAV Scans of stopes and other voids
• QAQC of mining development
• EOM surveys and calculations
• Maintain mine plans to meet Mine Department requirements
• Regular maintenance and calibration of Surveying Equipment
• Ensuring the survey control network is maintained and progressed

About You

As the ideal candidate you will have:

• Tertiary Qualification – Degree or Advanced Diploma in Surveying
• 1+ years underground mine surveying experience (Desirable)
• Competent in the use of mine surveying applications such as Deswik, Leica total stations, Optech CMS and Leica GPS is highly regarded
• Possession of RePL and experience in operating surface and underground drones (Desirable)
• Strong computer literacy skills and excellent communication skills with all levels of operation
• Sound knowledge and understanding of Mines Regulations, OH&S and Duty of Care
• Proactive and self-motivated attitude
• Current "C" class manual drivers licence
• A strong commitment to contribute to the site safety culture

About Our Process

If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.

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.

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].