Mechanical Reliability Engineer | Kalgoorlie | Residential

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About Nickel West

Nickel West is a fully integrated mine-to-market business. Our culture is rich with technical know-how, highly efficient and focused on innovation. The business employs over 2500 people from five operations across Western Australia comprising of nickel underground and open-cut mines, concentrators, a smelter and a refinery. We also have plans to expand our operations with new mines in the northern Goldfields and a large nickel sulphate plant in Kwinana.

A member of the BHP Group, Nickel West is undergoing an exciting business transformation to become a globally significant supplier of battery materials to the electric vehicle market. Nickel West will soon become the world’s largest producer of Nickel Sulphate, a key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries. As the world’s largest producer of nickel briquettes and nickel powder, Nickel West is leading the new-energy revolution in Western Australia.

Nickel West has an exciting future ahead. We invite you to join us at Nickel West as we seek to energize our future.

About The Role

Reporting to the Superintendent Maintenance Reliability, the Mechanical Reliability Engineer – Services will drive maintenance performance and benchmarking through defect elimination, continuous improvement, strategy and application of reliability fundamental principles in the services portfolio. This role will see you join our cohesive reliability team at the Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter, actively working to achieve common goals within a dynamic working environment.

• Assist with the identification of forward business requirements for capital expenditures to maintain or improve the integrity of maintainable assets.
• Perform detailed analysis of condition monitoring data, initiate maintenance strategies and changes to mitigate emerging business risks
• Ensure RCAs for equipment failures are conducted and imported into APM
• Develop and optimise maintenance strategies that enable plant safety, reliability and performance to be maximised
• Implement, where required, statutory and company safety requirements across site
• Support the development of operating standards, procedures and work instructions (operational and maintenance)
• Analyse life of plant, equipment, infrastructure to determine equipment capability and optimisation of maintenance activities
• Ensure that contracts for materials, services and overhauls are negotiated, managed and delivered to meet the requirements of the organisation, including accuracy, quality and time;
• Lead proactive root cause analysis through a RcM methodology in partnership with other site stakeholders

About You

To be successful in this role you will be an effective leader and a collaborative communicator with the ability to manage multiple business priorities simultaneously. Strong interpersonal skills are essential, allowing you to influence while also enabling you to build relationships across departments and to communicate with multiple levels of the business. You will have the ability to manage stakeholders across multiple teams and thrive in ambiguous environments. You will have the ability to prioritise and effectively manage multiple deliverables across stakeholders and be action oriented and strategically focused with superior problem solving, decision making and influencing skills. In addition, you will hpossess the following:

• Previous experience with either the design, operation or maintenance of turbo-machinery will be strongly regarded, however it isn’t strictly necessary
• Ideally, you will also have had exposure to cost reduction strategies with financial and commercial acumen and have experience with SAP and Asset Management Software (GE APM), advantageous
• Have previous experience in mining or heavy industry maintenance environment with demonstrated capabilities associated with the management of classified plant statutory inspections and subsequent remediation
• You will need to be tertiary qualified in Mechanical Engineering or have equivalent trade and industry experience to support the technical support requirements of the role
• You will have knowledge of defect elimination and root cause analysis experience coupled with analytical, problem solving skills and experience developing maintenance strategies and plans

Location

The Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter is located 14 kilometres south of the city of Kalgoorlie–Boulder and approximately 600 kilometres east of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. Kalgoorlie is a thriving regional centre with a prospering local sporting community, multiple schooling options, modern shopping facilities and a wide variety of housing options – with vibrant rural landscapes within driving distance. To continue to support the community in which we operate, this role will be residential however relocation support will be provided to assist those that choose to relocate to the region.

The Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter has the capacity to produce up to 110,000 tonnes per annum of nickel matte. The operation incorporates a flash furnace smelter, pierce-smith converters, cryogenic air separation unit (targeting oxygen) & acid plant. As part of our commitment to health and safety, the Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter is a smoke free operation

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 [email protected].