Water Operations Specialist | WAIO | Perth 5/2
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
BHP owns, operates and maintains a significant amount of water infrastructure. The range of assets includes drinking water systems, waste water systems, integrated surplus water systems, and water dams to service our FIFO villages, airports, mines, port, rail operations and communities in which we operate. This infrastructure is growing and changing with our business.
The Water Operations Specialist is a key role in facilitating the ongoing operational efficiency of the NPI and WAIO water teams by ensuring that all operational regulatory compliance and asset performance requirements are achieved
Reporting to the NPI Superintendent Water – Operational Technical and Compliance, success in this role will be achieved by:
- Ensuring that existing assets do not pose an underlying key risk to the business
- Ensuring a clear governance plan will be in place for the compliant management of potable water infrastructure
- Ensuring all operational procedures, tactical response procedure, and emergency response procedures align to the critical control requirements for our material risks.
About You
To be successful in this role you will be a highly collaborative and team oriented professional who possesses extensive experience in water utilities regulatory environment and requirements.
In addition, we are ideally looking for the following skills and experience:
- Ideally you will be Degree qualified in Engineering / Science or relevant trade with water industry experience
- Working knowledge of ADWG, ANCOLD, Drinking Water Schemes, Drinking Water Protection plants, and Source protection plans
- Demonstrated experience of the Water Services Act
- Exposure to Water Asset Management
- Experience with coordinating and working with external regulators and stakeholders
- Experience with water treatment plant optimization and working collaboratively with trades maintenance teams
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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.