Description
An Australian multinational mining and metals public company, originally the Broken Hill Proprietary Company.
Current Job Sponsorships
Maintenance Associate Traineeships | Diesel Fitting | FutureFit Academy | Mackay – Sponsorship Opportunity
Closes: June 12, 2025About the opportunity You will be paid while you train at the FutureFit Academy and become a Heavy Diesel Maintenance Associate at BHP. These are permanent opportunities, and once successfully completing your studies, you will continue your employment with BHP based at one of our mine sites. Our Offer is a 12-month training program based […]
HV Technician – Protection Systems| |Iron Ore | FIFO 7:7 – Sponsorship Opportunity
Closes: May 8, 2025Position Reporting to the HV & Power Supervisor, your duties as the Technician – Primary Plant & Protection Systems will include: Skills and Experience As the successful candidate, you will possess the following: 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 […]
Heavy Diesel Fitters – Sponsorship Opportunity
Closes: April 30, 2025About the Role We’re seeking qualified Heavy Diesel Fitters to join our Field Services team, performing scheduled major shutdown work on large-scale excavators and drills across our Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) mine sites in the Pilbara Region: Jimblebar, Newman, Area C, South Flank and Yandi. This is a hands-on, roaming field-based role requiring strong mechanical expertise […]
Industry Statistics (Mining)
Industry Data Last Updated: April 11, 2025
- Total Employed:
- 324,800
- Female Share:
- 21%
- Part-time Share:
- 5%
- Median Weekly Earnings:
- $2649
- Workforce Share:
- 2.2%
- Median Age:
- 41
Industry statistics & occupation data sourced from Jobs and Skills Australia, © Commonwealth of Australia. Used under CC BY 4.0.
Top Employing Occupations (Mining)
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Drillers, Miners and Shot FirersANZSCO: 7122
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Metal Fitters and MachinistsANZSCO: 3232
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Other Building and Engineering TechniciansANZSCO: 3129
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Truck DriversANZSCO: 7331
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ElectriciansANZSCO: 3411
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Mining EngineersANZSCO: 2336
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Production ManagersANZSCO: 1335
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Geologists, Geophysicists and HydrogeologistsANZSCO: 2344
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Earthmoving Plant OperatorsANZSCO: 7212
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Structural Steel and Welding Trades WorkersANZSCO: 3223
Note: Occupations shown are indicative for the industry and may not be exhaustive or directly applicable to this specific sponsor.
Industry statistics & occupation data sourced from Jobs and Skills Australia, © Commonwealth of Australia. Used under CC BY 4.0.
