Mechanical Technician | Prominent Hill (81932)

About the Role:

Prominent Hill is copper-gold mine, a long-life asset, that is part of the BHP South Australia copper province. BHP is a global company with operations in Australia, North and South America across 5 different commodities.

Here at BHP we are a Company who adapts to our ever-changing environment, harnessing the innovative ideas of our people and collaborating to leverage the experience of those around us.

As an experienced Mechanical Technician, you will be required to perform routine maintenance activities on Mechanical fixed plant equipment to execute the maintenance strategy across our Prominent Hill Operations. Your new role will require you to deliver high level of commitment to personal, team and site safety procedures and systems in line with company values.

Location: Prominent Hill , South Australia (60-minute flight from Adelaide / 30-minute flight from Port Augusta)

Roster:  8 days on; 6 days off

Reporting to: Mechanical Supervisor 

Employment Type: Permanent Full-Time

In This Role You Will:

• Responsible and safe operation of cranes, forklifts, rigging, scaffolding, cleaning and minor inspections of mechanical vehicles and resources.


• Inspect, clean and organise of cranes, forklifts, and scaffolding equipment.


• Perform scheduled and ad-hoc maintenance activities (fuel, lubricant, air, coolants) as per the maintenance schedule to the mechanical/mobile plant equipment to ensure they are maintained to high standards to allow efficient operation of the equipment and prevent unscheduled downtime. 


• Perform breakdown maintenance activities to the mechanical equipment as required to minimize the impact to production.


• Assist with the production of standard maintenance procedures.


• Undertake electrical installation work as directed.


• Ensure that the provisions of the Electrical Act SA 1996 and AS/NZS 3000:2007 are adhered to.


• Deliver high level of commitment to personal, team and site safety procedures and systems.

About You:

• At least 3-5 years’ experience in mechanical trade maintenance teams in supervisor or leading hand style of role within a continuous processing or minerals processing environment


• Demonstrated experience and understanding of crane inspections, lubrication, and lubricants.


• Proven experience cleaning and organising Cranes, Forklifts and Scaffolding Equipment


• Demonstrated working knowledge of Australian Standards in relation to electrical installations and maintenance


• Well-developed time management and prioritisation skills, with high attention to detail, excellent problem solving and communication skills.


• Proven safety leadership skills to work with and across all teams and areas on site.


• Previous experience in building and maintaining effective systems that will deliver the highest levels of safety and performance whilst achieving production targets.


• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound reasoning to analyse information and data, make decisions and overcome problems to achieve positive project outcomes.

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.

If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.

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