Technical Officer Electrical | Port Hedland Residential

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Come and be a part of this success.

About the Role

We are seeking applications for the role of Technical Officer (Electrical) in the East Yard Coordination team within Port Maintenance at Finucane Island. The role will be on a standard residential Mon - Friday roster. Reporting to the East Yard Electrical Area Owner, you will be part of a team responsible for ensuring that we are maintaining safe, reliable, and operational plant and equipment within East Yard.

Collaborating with multiple teams including Shift Maintenance, with whom you will provide in-field assistance & fault diagnosis support for medium to long term electrical related issues/breakdowns, but also work with our onsite OT & Control Systems, 8/6 Maintenance and Shutdown Maintenance teams on our long-term maintenance strategies and works.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Commitment to look after your own wellbeing and the confidence to speak up when others put themselves in harm's way. Conformance with the BHP Billiton Charter, Code of Conduct and relevant statutory obligations

• Provide onsite support and coaching and mentoring to the maintenance & broader teams using your technical skills and ability in fault recovery and fault finding of equipment.

• Perform breakdown investigations, field checks, small projects, bridging/override audits, equipment performance reviews and various continuous improvement initiatives.

• Liaise with other technology support functions within BHP both onsite and remotely for various small projects and future works.

• Reviewing short/long term plant/equipment performance and identifying issues/problems, formalising action plans and being responsible for scoping rectification works, which you will support through to execution.

• Follow and actively aim to update and improve any WIN'S/PMI's and procedures used throughout your time within the role.

• Conduct quality risk assessments and ensure you follow these when executing tasks.
  

Skills and experience desired:

• Experience in the mining or heavy industry sectors is essential.
• 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 planning and scheduling activities related to fixed plant preventative maintenance
• 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)
  

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.

If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.

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 *********@bhp.com.