Mechanical Fitter - Water Services | WAIO - Port Hedland | Residential
Date: 10 Apr 2026
Job Country: Australia
Job State/Province: Western Australia
Job Location/Region: Pilbara
About the Role
The Site Infrastructure team are seeking a motivated Mechanical Fitter to join our Site Infrastructure Water Services Team on a residential lifestyle roster (4 days on - 5 off, 5 days on - 4 off, 5 days on - 5 off, dayshift only).
This role is based in the coastal town of Port Hedland, home to our Port and Rail operations and the largest regional centre in North West Australia. The town, with a population of 15,000, offers well-established education services, entertainment, shopping, and medical centres. As this is a residential position you will also be provided with subsidised rental accommodation, along with power and water subsidies.
Roster: Lifestyle roster (4 days on - 5 off, 5 days on - 4 off, 5 days on - 5 off, Dayshift only)
Key Responsibilities:
* Execute a maintenance schedule on Water Infrastructure.
* Actively participate in planning and scoping work for PM outages.
* Make maintenance and operating decisions, either individually or as part of a team, to ensure the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our assets.
* Demonstrate an overriding commitment to health, safety, environmental responsibility, and sustainable development.
* Undertake preventative maintenance inspections in accordance with maintenance planning systems and recommend appropriate follow-up actions.
* Implement improvements to work instructions and planned maintenance strategies.
* Work from hydraulic schematic drawings, prints, CSMs, plans, or manuals.
* Carry out all activities within the whole-of-job scope, including pre-work, preparation of JHAs and/or DWPs, organizing materials, execution, testing, and completion of tasks.
* Ensure that operating and maintenance targets are achieved through self-direction.
* Take responsibility for the safe and efficient operation and maintenance of Water Infrastructure assets.
About You
As the successful candidate, you will possess the following qualifications and experience:
* An Australian-recognised Mechanical Trade Certificate (Mechanical Fitter, Fitter & Turner/Machinist, or Hydraulics).
* Experience with component changeouts, water pumps, alignments, and the use of laser alignment equipment.
* Experience in Water Thickener and Clarification plants.
* Minimum of a C class Manual Driver's License.
* Experience in breakdown and fault finding.
* Experience working with heavy fixed plant.
* Exposure to MMAW and gas cutting.
Benefits and EEO Statement
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 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. 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.
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