Senior Engineer Structural

Mining - Engineering & Maintenance (Mining, Resources & Energy)

Full time

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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.

We are currently recruiting a Senior Structural Discipline Engineer with specialisation in structural integrity to work within our Engineering Governance and Technical Stewardship team at our Port Operations.

You will be the structural Subject Matter Expert for BHP's port assets focusing on reducing business risk, improving reliability and performance through the utilisation of best in class technical support and engineering practices.

Reporting to the Superintendent GTS - Port, key responsibilities include:

• Undertake design calculations in accordance with AS4100, AS3600, AS1170 and AS4324
• Review and approve complex engineering methodologies
• Undertake design engineering including provision of calculations
• Provide on-site support for maintenance activities
• Provide coaching and mentoring to junior team members
• Provide engineering support and diagnostics in breakdowns
• Participate in Root Cause Analysis/Investigations and improvement implementation
• Participate in business case development for Operational and Capital expenditure
• Input to strategic direction for port assets
• Build excellent working relationship with key stakeholders including OS/Site Maintenance / Engineering Managers & Superintendents
• Monitor compliance to technical standards with respect to structural assets
• Provide risk-based advice to ensure continued safe operation of the Port assets

You will be a highly skilled Engineering professional with expert knowledge of materials handling assets. You thrive on delivering key outcomes focused around safety management, technical governance and continuous improvement.

In addition, you will possess the following:

• A proven track record of safety and risk management
• Minimum tertiary qualification in Engineering (Structural)
• Proven success in a similar role
• Vast experience in Engineering design; including:
  • Structural Analysis (Steel and Concrete) and Modelling (Space Gass)
  • Finite Element Analysis (Femap/Nastran/ANSYS preferred)
  • Jacking and lifting of equipment
  • Fatigue/End of life assessments to AS4100 or BS7608
  • Knowledge of Australian Standards (AS4100, AS3990, AS3600, AS1170, AS1210, AS1657, AS4991 etc)
• Extensive experience dealing with complex mining assets. Balanced Machines and Car Dumpers experience would be highly desirable
• Site based practical experience with maintenance and operations
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills
• A commitment to coaching and improving team capability

WAIO Engineering is the technical authority within Iron Ore providing engineering expertise to ensure our assets are safe, compliant, reliable and efficient. The multidisciplinary team work collaboratively with the operational and projects team to manage the equipment through its entire life cycle. We are committed to continuously improving our performance and delivering value to enable a safe, smarter, better WAIO.

Our amazing people work within a culture of care and accountability to find innovative ways to unlock exceptional performance. We remain committed to growing capability through the development of our people and challenging our biases, through diversity of thought.

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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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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