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Come and be a part of this success
About Nickel West
Nickel West is a fully integrated mine-to-market business. Our culture is rich with technical know-how, highly efficient and focused on innovation. The business employs over 2500 people from five operations across Western Australia comprising of nickel underground and open-cut mines, concentrators, a smelter and a refinery. We also have plans to expand our operations with new mines in the northern Goldfields and a large nickel sulphate plant in Kwinana.
A member of the BHP Group, Nickel West is undergoing an exciting business transformation to become a globally significant supplier of battery materials to the electric vehicle market. Nickel West will soon become the world's largest producer of Nickel Sulphate, a key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries. As the world's largest producer of nickel briquettes and nickel powder, Nickel West is leading the new-energy revolution in Western Australia.
Nickel West has an exciting future ahead. We invite you to join us at Nickel West as we seek to energize our future.
About the Role
We are currently operating at record-breaking production rates and we continue to do this with finding liked-minded people that have a real passion for improvement and achievement. We seek candidates that can demonstrate their experiences in improving their workplace, are solutions focused and enjoy working in a team that has many different skillsets and capabilities.
We are seeking a suitable candidate who models our values and company purpose to fulfil the role of Reliability Engineer -Electrical & Instrumentation. You will be a contributing member of the Site Reliability Team and working closely with our stakeholders and customers like Site Operations Team and Capital Projects Delivery Team.
Reporting to the Reliability Superintendent, you will be required to:
- Analyse key reliability data to identify and implement optimisation/improvements to constantly improve plant reliability and help our in-house customers to achieve business goals.
- Engage in daily safety activities and discussions to promote achievement of personal and team safety goals
- Lead and participate in root cause analysis investigations on breakdowns to eliminate defects.
- Lead and participate in high value improvement projects.
- Manage the lifecycle of equipment by ensuring the effectiveness of strategies including offsite repairs and manage the integrity of equipment data and records.
- Design and deploy fit for purpose maintenance strategies through the Failure Mode Analysis & Effect (FMEA) process for new equipment,
- Develop work instructions or similar documentation in alignment with the maintenance strategy and requirements for maintenance tasks.
- Coach team members on best practice data capturing to ensure quality
About You
To be successful in this role, you will have the following skills and attributes:
- A degree in Engineering (Instrumentation, Electrical and Control Systems)
- Proven experience in leading small projects
- Proven problem solving skills with Reliability Engineering concepts and with experience of using tools such as FMEA, RCA, or similar.
- Strong working experience in maintenance and/or Reliability Engineering in Mining or Oil and Gas industry.
- Have a strong experience in Work Management and Material Master Data Management particularly in the SAP environment.
- Knowledge and understanding of Electrical and Instrumentation engineering design principles, compliance to standards
- Sound knowledge of Australian Standards and WA Mines Regulations.
- Working experience in Functional Safety and Hazardous Areas.
- Strong engagement skills and a customer focused mindset to constantly communicate effectively and build mutually beneficial relationships with our Customers.
- Demonstrate the confidence to lead by example, hold yourself and others accountable and coach others in 'Safety Leadership'
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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