Heritage Geotechnical Engineer | WA Iron Ore | FIFO 8/6 or 5/2/4/3

Mining - Exploration & Geoscience (Mining, Resources & Energy)

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 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 Western Australian Iron Ore (WAIO) Geotechnical team are seeking a Geotechnical Engineer to join a technically motivated and results-driven team. Working within a core group, this role will ensure the delivery of quality field geotechnical assessment of rock mass supported by a strong field presence.

The following skills are preferred to ensure customer satisfaction with the delivery of geotechnical assessments of Heritage sites across all of our WAIO operations:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills as you will be dealing with cross-functional teams and engaging with a variety of stakeholders,
• Understands the importance of key geotechnical data collection in-field and applies them to ensure geotechnical assessments of heritage sites are completed to a high standard,
• Demonstrates a high level of safety management using the tools provided here at BHP
• Ability to handle physical work demands (i.e. walking along steep terrains),
• Provides input into the Mine Plan and ensures the timely and accurate flow of information to all customer groups through effective engagement and collaboration,
• Ability to identify hazards and communicate findings to the relevant stakeholders,
• Identify opportunities for standardisation across sites in order to increase efficiencies and accuracy,
• Effectively manage Improvement Projects will be a key for success in this role.
  

We have a strong focus on finding individuals with the right attitude, values, leadership and communication skills. Your interpersonal skills will foster collaborative working relationships across our Mine Planning, Drill and Blast, Studies and Operational Teams. In addition to demonstrated ability to consolidate and analyse information, you will have the skills and knowledge to provide critical thinking and a solution-focused attitude.

Key requirements include:

• Tertiary qualification in Engineering and / or Geoscience, or a related discipline.
• Prior experience in geotechnical engineering within the resource sector
• Resource industry and site based geotechnical experience
• Demonstrated experience in Process Improvement and Project Management involving multiple stakeholders would be advantageous
• Experience with slope monitoring radars and site based work
• Capability with geotechnical engineering software (i.e. Vulcan)
• Familiar with GIS software
• Ability to get a drone license

Location

With this position you will have the opportunity to work across our mine sites across WAIO. The role will be based in the Central Pilbara Hub (Mining Area C and South Flank) and based at Mulla Mulla on a fly-in fly-out roster. Frequent travel will be required to our Newman and Jimblebar operations. Working in rough terrain, the physical challenges of this opportunity will match your adventurous side and passion to work remotely. Our FIFO villages have a wide range of facilities, and all rooms have their own ensuite bathroom, television, refrigerator and air-conditioning.

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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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.

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 inclusion@bhp.com .

As a world-leading resources company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, our products are sold worldwide, with sales and marketing led through our Singapore and Houston locations.

We're focused on the resources the world needs to grow and decarbonise. Copper for renewable energy. Nickel for electric vehicles. Potash for sustainable farming. Iron ore and metallurgical coal for the steel needed for global infrastructure and the energy transition.

A resources mix for today and for the future.

We have over 80,000 employees and you'll find BHP people from the Pilbara to the Bowen Basin, from Saskatchewan to Santiago and from Texas, Trinidad and Tobago to Singapore and Melbourne.

As a world-leading resources company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, our products are sold worldwide, with sales and marketing led through our Singapore and Houston locations.

We're focused on the resources the world needs to grow and decarbonise. Copper for renewable energy. Nickel for electric vehicles. Potash for sustainable farming. Iron ore and metallurgical coal for the steel needed for global infrastructure and the energy transition.

A resources mix for today and for the future.

We have over 80,000 employees and you'll find BHP people from the Pilbara to the Bowen Basin, from Saskatchewan to Santiago and from Texas, Trinidad and Tobago to Singapore and Melbourne.

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