Date: 2 Jul 2026
Job Posting End Date: 12/03/2021 10:59:59
Job Country:
Australia
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Job State/Province: Western Australia
Job Location/Region: Pilbara
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.
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.
We are seeking an Specialist Electrical Technical (Process Control Technical Officer) in Port Maintenance at Nelson Point on a residential 8/8 (4 days, 4 nights, 8 off) shift roster. Reporting to the South Yard Electrical Coordinator at Nelson Point, you will be responsible for assisting the shift maintenance team maintain a safe, reliable, and operational plant.
You will provide remote and in-field assistance/fault diagnosis support with electrical related breakdowns. Your area of responsibility covers all operational plant/equipment and control systems across Nelson Point, with support if required at Finucane Island.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Work together with Shift Supervisors to restore plant operations quickly and safely following breakdowns.
- Operate primarily in the reactive space, ensuring urgent faults are addressed without requiring shift teams to call for support.
- Proactively identify issues in the plant and act on them to prevent further delays.
- Support with proactive improvement projects to enhance reliability and performance.
- Take ownership of actions identified during daily delay meetings and ensure timely execution.
- Collaborate with the shift team to build fault-finding capability and drive quality execution.
- Assist the shift team in rectifying urgent, immediate faults to minimize downtime.
- Support shutdown outages during ramp-up and commissioning phases, ensuring adherence to standards.
- Provide coaching, mentoring, and technical support within the team to build capability.
- Review any delay greater than 15 minutes or occurring more than three times in a 24-hour period and implement corrective actions.
- Support Line Senior Technicians and maintenance execution teams (8/6, 24/7) with SME-level technical assistance for faults, future works, and scope of work across yard assets.
- Analyse delays to identify recurring issues, raise notifications, and initiate immediate interventions where necessary.
- Perform technical fault-finding and diagnosis of ongoing issues, initiating code changes when required.
- Conduct daily online equipment reviews to confirm operational status and escalate issues to the electrical coordinator as needed.
- Proven commitment to look after your own wellbeing and the confidence to speak up when others put themselves in harm’s way.
- Advanced technical knowledge and training in the use of PLCs (AB & GE), VVVFs (Siemens), networks, instrumentation, HV/LV motors and Citect systems (or similar, relevant systems)
- Configuration, monitoring and tuning of VVVF’s, electrical equipment and instrumentation.
- Assisting in PLC and control systems hardware configuration and replacement
- Experience in project scoping and reviews for future improvement works
- Experience with onsite fixed plant maintenance on electrical equipment
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Highly developed analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience in the mining or heavy industry sectors is essential.
- Experienced in 1SAP/Fiori work management
Qualifications Required:
- Electrical Trade Certificate (WA Electrical Licence) and/ or electrical tertiary related discipline
- Current, minimum C class valid driver’s licence
- Current Maritime Security Identification Card (MSIC)
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 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.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, citizenship, genetic information or other protected status under federal, state or local laws.
BHP is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disability.
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].
