Track Maintenance Engineer | Iron Ore | Pilbara | FIFO / Res | 5:2 / 4:3 Flex
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
As Track Maintenance Engineer, your dynamic role is accountable for creating, approving and prioritising corrective maintenance activities within your geographical area of accountability, ensuring that rail infrastructure defects are managed effectively; with safety, cost and network availability in mind.
Reporting to the Senior Coordinator Track Maintenance, you will be responsible for providing expert guidance and driving best practice maintenance activities for the rail execution teams and within the Rail Shut Management Framework.
Additional responsibilities will include:
- Providing technical input and support with rail infrastructure failures and rectification requirements;
- Generate and/or review work scopes and methodologies;
- Ensure effective and sustainable engineering solutions are identified and actioned, addressing reliability issues to improve asset health for our critical infrastructure;
- Conduct audit and reporting functions aligned with Defect Elimination and Reliability Centred Maintenance engineering principles;
- Work closely with customers and stakeholders to ensure compliance with technical standards and specifications, including qualitative reviews of execution activities;
- Provide technical input into the shut management process, ensuring optimal sequencing and quality execution for consolidated maintenance activities;
- Implement business capability improvements while ensuring associated risks are managed for Rail;
- Understand network requirements, review strategies, budget estimates and provide in depth support to the Rail Network Maintenance teams; and
- Provide consistent mentoring and coaching to the execution and planning teams, including Field Leadership and Risk Management activities
About You
As the successful candidate, you will possess the following:
- Tertiary qualification in Engineering (Civil/Mechanical) with rail experience;
- Demonstrated technical and professional skills within a rail infrastructure maintenance environment;
- Strong teamwork skills with an ability to communicate confidently at all levels and establish a good rapport with a diverse range of people and stakeholders from frontline to senior management; and
- C Class driver’s license.
Location
Residential: In this 5:2 residential role you will be based in the coastal town of Port Hedland, Western Australia. Port Hedland is home to our Port and Rail Operations and is the largest regional centre in North West Australia. The 20,000-strong population enjoys well-established education services, entertainment, shopping and medical facilities. As a residential position you will also be provided with subsidised rental accommodation in addition to power and water subsidies. FIFO: We also have FIFO positions available working a 5:2 4:3 roster with flexible work arrangements considered. The outstanding facilities at the FIFO villages include; a fully equipped gym, TV lounge and games rooms in addition to aquatic and sporting facilities. All rooms at the villages have their own en-suite bathroom, television, refrigerator and air-conditioning.
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.