Material Handling Systems Belt Runner/Operator (MHS) (Underground) - Carrapateena - FIFO

BHP; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Shares program

Employee recognition program

Discounted corporate offers

Job summary

BHP is seeking a Belt Runner/Operator for Carrapateena, based at Carrapateena with FIFO from Adelaide or Port Augusta. You will support underground MHS conveyors, perform inspections, and maintain housekeeping while following strict safety protocols.

Role requires experience with conveyors, maintenance coordination, and the ability to communicate across shifts and teams in a high-demand mining environment.

Qualifications

• Experience performing routine inspections and maintenance reporting.
• Exposure to working at heights and confined spaces.
• Proven experience around conveyors systems.
• Commitment to wellbeing and speaking up for safety.
• Extensive experience driving a manual vehicle.
• Self-motivated with focus on high‑performance targets and safety.
• IT, Bobcat, riggers, dogging and excavator skills are advantageous.
• Ability to communicate across multiple levels and disciplines.
• SAP experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with maintenance to plan proactive maintenance and minimise downtime.
• Complete daily tasks and record history in SAP.
• Monitor conveyors and transfer chutes; escalate issues promptly.
• Maintain high housekeeping standards on all equipment.
• Assist in permit-to-work tasks and update related documents.
• Provide feedback to Shift Maintenance Supervisors on progress.
• Work in dusty, high-temp underground environments with strict safety protocols.
• Check idlers/rollers/belt integrity; coordinate with fitters or splicers for issues.

Skills

Conveyor systems experience

Routine inspections

Working at heights & confined spaces

Manual vehicle operation

Safety-driven

SAP experience (advantage)

Equipment operation tools (Bobcat, rig

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 runner/Operator 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 and transfer chutes operations, 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 to update and build documents relating to specific tasks.
• Provide continual feedback to the Shift Maintenance Supervisors on job progress
• Working in dusty, high-temperature, and confined underground environments while strictly adhering to rigorous safety protocols for high-voltage and heavy rotating machinery.
• Checking idlers, rollers, and belt structural integrity, as well as coordinating with mechanical fitters or specialized belt splicers when structural failures or belt trips occur.

About You

• 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 excavator 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

BHP offers an array of attractive perks to our employees, not limited to, attractive allowances, annual bonus, shares program, employee recognition program, heavily discounted corporate offers and so much more. To hear more about the benefits we offer our employees, please take a moment to play Why choose BHP for your career? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W541c1oeLmE

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: Monday 21 September at Midnight SA Time.

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.

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

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 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 [e-mail].