Water Operations Specialist | Newman | Resi 5:2 or FIFO 5:2 4:3
BHP
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Come and be a part of this success.
About the Role
BHP owns, operates and maintains a significant amount of raw and potable water infrastructure. This includes the Newman Water Treatment Plant as well as a significant quantity of RO based potable infrastructure to service FIFO villages and mine operations. This infrastructure is growing and changing with our business.
The Water Operations Specialist is a key role to facilitate the ongoing operational efficiency of the potable water team by ensuring that all operational regulatory compliance and asset performance requirements are achieved and align to the scheme strategic asset management plan and regulations. The role also mainly focuses on initiating, managing and completing both small- and large-scale improvement projects with the site-based teams.
Reporting to the Superintendent Water Eastern, some of your duties will include:
- Confirming water operating plans are available, understood and followed by operations staff
- Reviewing operational performance data i.e. water quality and quantity, plant performance etc.
- Reporting on water quality and quantity events and hazards
- Initiating, managing and completing improvement projects with the site teams
- Ensuring all operational tactical and emergency response plans are reviewed and updated including site-based evacuation plans and dangerous goods management
- Confirming all operational critical control points align with the scheme’s drinking water quality management plan
- Liaising with internal engineering teams on improvement projects and other queries
- Liaising with the Operation Technical and Compliance team on operational performance, raw water schemes, license requirements etc.
- Liaising with the control systems teams to optimise/improve plant logic etc.
- Completing Critical Control Verifications and other critical work in 1SAP
- Attending/conducting site-based risk assessments
- Managing the Weekly Operations meeting and MS Teams page
- Working with site-based systems such as SCADA, Pi Vision, KaiNexus, SPO, MOC, Fiori, Pi Data Link, ChemAlert etc.
About You
To be successful for this role, you will possess the following:
- A bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering field: Chemical/Process or Mechanical or equivalent bachelor’s degree in science: chemistry or relevant trade with water industry experience
- Working knowledge of ADWG (Australian Drinking Water Guidelines), ANCOLD, Water Scheme Operating Plans, Water Management Plans and Source Protection Plans
- Sound understanding of the water utilities regulatory environment and requirements (DOH, DOW, DER)
- Experience with coordinating and working with external regulators and internal and external stakeholders
- Experience with water treatment plant processes, treatment technologies and optimization
- Ability to work collaboratively with trade maintenance teams and coach where required
- Ability to manage improvement projects
- Experience with document/procedure writing
- Experience in risk assessment and management
- Strong focus on safety (specifically chemical safety)
- Experience with wastewater desirable
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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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.
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