Water Services Technician | WAIO NPI | FIFO | 7/7 Roster
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
NPI Water Central operate and maintain a number of Water Treatment plants, Bore fields, Waste Water and Surplus Water (aquifer reinjection) assets across the Pilbara region.
The role will be based at Area C on a family friendly 7/7 fly-in fly-out roster from Perth and you will be working alongside a committed and outcomes focused team that dedicatedly approaches the challenges they face.
The Water Services Technician will be responsible for operating and monitoring drinking and wastewater treatment processes to ensure safe operations and compliance with health and environmental conditions. Completing routine plant inspections and reporting of faults and facilitating maintenance activities are typical daily duties.
Whilst your commitment to health, safety and the environment will be a key focus, you will also be responsible for duties including, but not limited to:
- Operating and maintaining water treatment processes in line with design requirements and technical operating procedures.
- Field water and/or wastewater sampling and testing
- Field data collection to record into a database and reporting of any anomalies or exceedances against guidelines to the Supervisor.
- Complete scheduled work to time and quality standards.
- Participate in safe job planning, team meetings and workplace inspections.
- Attend Afterhours breakdowns by being part of an on-call roster.
- Assist the Supervisor in identifying and implementing initiatives that commit value to the business.
About You
As the successful candidate, you will possess the following:
- Certificate 3 or higher in Water Operations looked upon favourably
- High attention to detail and excellent communication skills
- Enjoyment working within a team environment and also comfortable working independently in remote locations
- Valid Australian C class drivers license
- Demonstrated ability working with Ground (Bore) Water Treatment processes, SCADA systems and chemical processes including chlorine gas disinfection.
- Experience in Field laboratory testing and use of analytical instruments
- Wastewater processing and control of aerobic/anoxic biological processes would be desirable but not essential.
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 [email protected].