Jobs in Carlisle, United States

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.

About the Role

Reporting to the HV & Power Supervisor, your duties as the Technician - Primary Plant & Protection Systems | WAIO | HV & Power Central | FIFO 7:7 include:

• Ensure conformance with the BHP Billiton Charter, the BHP Billiton Group Level Documents, Code of Conduct and relevant statutory obligations.
• Maintain a strong commitment to health, safety, environment responsibility and sustainable development.
• Execute detailed commissioning and maintenance on complex protection and control systems.
• Execute professional commissioning and maintenance on HV substation primary plant.
• Take responsibility for the safe and efficient operation and maintenance of all network assets.
• Develop Work Instructions, Task Lists, and Procedures for the Primary Plant/Protection System Assets under control of HV & Power, Eastern.
• Ensure safe completion and close-out of Primary Plant/Protection System works on a daily basis.
• Execute critical shutdowns, ensuring trouble-free maintenance windows and handback.
• Operate and switch HV apparatus.
• Initiate and/or participate in continuous improvement projects.
• Liaise with Mine & Town Stakeholders to ensure a safe and efficient service.
• Identify problems and implement solutions to manage departmental and company supply chain risk.

About You

As the successful candidate, you will possess the following:

• WA "A" Grade Electrical Licence
• High level of commitment to safety
• Australian C Class Driver's Licence (manual)
• Proven maintenance & commissioning experience in a Power Utility environment - Protection Systems, Switchyards, Primary Plant
• Proven experience with High Voltage/Protection Systems in a Mining environment - highly regarded
• Experience with high voltage switching
• Proficiency with setup, commissioning, and monitoring of various Protection Relay schemes; familiarity with Omicron Protection Equipment is highly regarded
• Experience with computerised maintenance management systems (SAP experience is highly desirable)
• High Risk Work Licence with any/all of WP, CV, LF, Dogging/Rigging endorsements - highly regarded

Location

With this role, you will be fly-in fly-out from Perth to Mining Area C. You will be working on all Central Pilbara Mine sites, operating and maintaining the generation, transmission and distribution electricity network within the Pilbara region.

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.

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

We are an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We strive for a diverse workforce and provide benefits to help work fit with life, including flexible working options, parental leave policy, extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.

BHP is committed to a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we can adjust our process to be equitable for your situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at [emailprotected].