Trades Assistants | Saraji Mine | BMA

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.

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About the Role

Saraji Mine are seeking driven Trades Assistants to join our Maintenance team. These opportunities will be 12 month fixed term opportunities, come join a safety focused team and gain world class industry knowledge.  

In this role you will:

• Comply to and consistently follow the standards and procedures designed to enable you to work safely and effectively every day
• Provide trade assistance skills to support planned, unplanned or breakdown maintenance
• Develop close working relationships with maintenance and other personnel to ensure that all maintenance activities are rectified immediately and escalated where required
• Provide continual feedback to the Shift Maintenance Supervisors on job progress
• Execute activities according to the weekly work schedule and unscheduled work as required
• Update events and work requests with an accurate scope of work, to support effective planning of work
• Provide feedback to the Maintenance Supervisor on improvement opportunities
• Build cross-functional relationships with the range of Operational areas to support maintenance
• Comply with the 1SAP Work Management processes related to work identification, execution and the capturing of related historical transactional data into 1SAP
• Provide input into root cause analysis and subsequent resolution of action items affecting equipment reliability

About you

• Proven commitment to look after your own wellbeing and the confidence to speak up when others put themselves in harm’s way
• Previous experience working in a similar Trades Assistant role within the mining industry
• Working at Heights and Elevated Work Platform tickets are advantageous
• Demonstrated prior experience working with heavy plant and equipment or transferrable examples
• Forklift and dogging tickets preferred – but not essential
• Ability to communicate across multiple levels and disciplines
• Current, valid driver’s licence

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 inclusion@bhp.com.