Position
Reporting to the HV & Power Supervisor, your duties as the Technician – Primary Plant & Protection Systems will include:
- Ensure conformance with the BHP Billiton Charter, the BHP Billiton Group Level Documents, Code of Conduct and relevant statutory obligations.
- An overriding 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, 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
- Initiating and / or participating in continuous improvement projects
- Liaising with Mine & Town Stakeholders to ensure a safe and efficient service
- Ability to identify problems, implement solutions to manage departmental and company supply chain risk
Skills and Experience
As the successful candidate, you will possess the following:
- WA “A” Grade Electrical Licence – essential
- High level of commitment to Safety
- Australian C Class Driver’s License (manual) – essential
- Proven maintenance & commissioning experience in a Power Utility environment – Protection Systems, Switchyards, Primary Plant – essential
- Proven experience with High Voltage/Protection Systems in a Mining environment – highly regarded
- Proficiency with setup, commissioning, and monitoring of various Protection Relay schemes, manufacturers etc. Proficiency with the ‘Omicron’ suite of Protection Equipment will be highly regarded
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills are key components of this role as you will work closely with a variety of stakeholders
- Experience with computerised maintenance management systems (SAP experience is highly desirable)
- The ability to apply expertise to analyse and solve problems without clear precedent
- 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 Newman. You will be working on all Eastern Pilbara Mine and Newman Township sites, operating and maintaining the generation, transmission and distribution electricity network within the Pilbara region. This position will work on a 7D:7X FIFO or residential at Newman.
Remuneration and Benefits
Join us and be rewarded with interesting, challenging work in a supportive team culture. Develop skills for life whilst enjoying access to benefits including: flexible working arrangements, incentive bonus, award winning share scheme, 18 weeks paid maternity leave, education assistance and generous superannuation scheme.
- We reserve the right to commence recruitment proceedings immediately.
- This opportunity is currently only open to employees working within Australia.
BHP Billiton Iron Ore is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages indigenous Australian and female candidates to apply.