Date: 23 Jul 2026
Job Posting End Date:
Job Country:
Australia
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Job State/Province: Western Australia
Job Location/Region: Perth
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.
This role will be performed from our Maintenance and Engineering Centre of Excellence based in Perth, supported by the latest technology to engage with our sites around Australia and the globe.
Specialist M1 (Asset Health Developer) is responsible for enabling and uplifting the effectiveness of M1 Controllers through structured problem solving, continuous improvement, and system integration.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Development of predictive Asset Health models within enterprise applications.
- Monitor, evaluate and optimise the effectiveness of predictive Asset Health models.
- Establish understanding of failure modes, monitorable symptoms and rectifying actions for key mining and fixed plant equipment.
- Support delivery of the Asset Health program of work to scale and deploy the predictive models.
- Collaborate with teams at our operations as well as other central groups to identify and develop high value asset health monitoring opportunities.
- Identifying and communicating the direct business value of alerts to a range of stakeholders.
As the successful candidate, you will possess the following:
- A relevant tertiary qualification in Engineering or Data Science field (must have)
- A collaborative problem-solving mindset with a passion for tackling complex maintenance challenges using data-driven insights. (must have)
- Demonstrated experience with reliability engineering processes in asset-intensive industries. (must have)
- Proficiency in statistical and machine learning techniques for predictive modelling of equipment health and failure risk. (must have)
- Programming experience in processing and analysing time-series data, including feature engineering for predictive models. (must have)
- Hands-on experience developing solutions with Python and SQL (must have)
- Familiarity with enterprise time-series data historians (e.g., AVEVA PI), cloud data platforms (e.g., Snowflake) and for model deployment and data integration. (must have)
- Technical knowledge of OEM systems, Process Control Networks (PCN) and SCADA system (nice to have)
- Strong understanding of reliability methods such as Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM), Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (FMEA), and Root Cause Analysis (RCA). (nice to have)
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.
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].
