Conveyor Belt Technician (MHS) (Underground) - Carrapateena - FIFO

BHP; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Shares program

Employee recognition program

Flexible working options

Generous parental leave

Extended leave entitlements and parent

Job summary

BHP is seeking a Belt Technician to support Carrapateena's underground and surface MHS conveyors. The role emphasizes safe operation, housekeeping, and proactive maintenance to meet production targets.

Based in South Australia with 8/6 and 7/7 rosters, you will work FIFO from Adelaide or Port Augusta, collaborating across maintenance teams and using SAP for job history and task tracking. Priority on safety and effective communication across levels.

Qualifications

• Background as a Conveyor Belt Technician or Conveyor Scraper Technician.
• Strong knowledge of conveyor belt systems including belt tracking, skirting, and cleaners/scrapers.
• Experience performing routine inspections and maintenance reporting.
• Exposure to working at heights and confined spaces.
• Proven experience working around conveyors systems.
• Commitment to safety and wellbeing; speak up when others put themselves in harm's way.
• Extensive experience driving a manual vehicle.
• IT, Bobcat, riggers, dogging and crane tickets advantageous, but not essential.
• Ability to communicate across multiple levels and disciplines.
• SAP experience would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Integrate with Maintenance counterparts to ensure effective, pro-actively planned maintenance to minimise unplanned downtime.
• Ensure daily operational tasks are completed and job history recorded in SAP.
• Monitor conveyor belt operation, identifying issues and escalating to maintenance team in timely manner.
• Maintain high housekeeping standards for all the equipment.
• Assist where required in the permit to work system, including helping update documents relating to specific tasks.
• Provide continual feedback to the Shift Maintenance Supervisors on job progress.

Skills

Conveyor knowledge

Maintenance reporting

Safety focus

Cross-level communication

Manual vehicle driving

Self-motivated

SAP familiarity

IT ticketing

Tools

Bobcat

Crane ticket

Riggers

Dogging

IT tools

Job description

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.

Our Operations - Carrapateena

Located 472 kilometres north-west of Adelaide, South Australia, Carrapateena is part of our Minerals Australia operations, within the Copper South Australia province. The mine is located on the traditional land of the Kokatha people. Carrapateena produces copper concentrate and is one of the largest mining projects in South Australia in the last decade.

Please note this position is based at Carrapateena, operating on an 8/6, 7/7 day/night roster pattern arrangement with FIFO from Adelaide OR Port Augusta.

About The Role

Reporting to the Underground Material Handling System (MHS) Supervisor, the Belt Technician is a key role in ensuring that the operational tasks associated with the MHS system are carried out safely and effectively to support Carrapateena in achieving their production targets. The MHS system consists of conveyors, transfer chutes and feeders which are located underground and on the surface. The role also focuses heavily on housekeeping standards in these areas and basic conveyor belt inspections and maintenance.

• Integrate with Maintenance counterparts to ensure effective, pro-actively planned maintenance to minimise unplanned downtime
• Ensure daily operational tasks are completed and job history recorded in SAP.
• monitor conveyor belt operation, identifying issues and escalating to maintenance team in timely manner
• Maintain high housekeeping standards for all the equipment
• Assist where required in the permit to work system, including helping update documents relating to specific tasks.
• Provide continual feedback to the Shift Maintenance Supervisors on job progress

About You

• Background as a Conveyor Belt Technician or Conveyor Scraper Technician
• Strong knowledge of conveyor belt systems including belt tracking, skirting, and cleaners/scrapers
• Experience performing routine inspections and maintenance reporting
• Exposure to working at heights and confined spaces
• Proven experience working around conveyors systems.
• Proven commitment to look after your own wellbeing and the confidence to speak up when others put themselves in harm's way
• Hold extensive experience driving a manual vehicle.
• Self-motivated, driven and focused on achieving high performance targets whilst always prioritizing safety first
• I.T, Bobcat, riggers, dogging and crane ticket advantageous, but not essential
• Ability to communicate across multiple levels and disciplines
• Whilst not essential, experience working with SAP would be of advantage

Diversity & Inclusion

Carrapateena thrives on a diverse workforce, providing an energetic & inclusive team of individuals of varying backgrounds.

Benefits

• annual bonus
• shares program
• employee recognition program
• heavily discounted corporate offers and so much more.
• flexible working options
• generous paid parental leave policy
• other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: Monday 29 June 2026 at Midnight SA TIME

About Our Process

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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.

At BHP, we are 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 [e-mail].

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