Maintenance Technician (Autonomous Haulage Systems) | WA Iron Ore | 8/6 7/7 FIFO
Date: 20 Mar 2025
Job Country: Australia
Job State/Province: Western Australia
Job Location/Region: Pilbara
About BHP
At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.
Come and be a part of this success.
About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity available to build your experience as a Maintenance Technician in Autonomous Haulage Systems and be a part of the Mobile Equipment Maintenance teams across our Western Australia Iron Ore sites in the Pilbara, on an 8/6 7/7 rotating days and night shift, fly in-fly out roster from Perth. These sites include South Flank, Jimblebar and Newman.
The successful candidate will work both in the workshop and within pit operations to help ensure the safe and efficient operation of all Autonomous Haulage (AH) related assets.
Reporting to the MEM Supervisor you will:
- Prepare for and execute maintenance activities on AHT (Autonomous Haul Truck) and EMVs (Equipped Manual Vehicle), carry out post execution tasks and eliminate defects to facilitate reliable and efficient maintenance operations
- Complete troubleshooting of onboard AH system faults
- Work with the OEM to complete routine calibrations of AHTs after base machine components are replaced
- Complete detailed maintenance history to enable reliability improvements to be initiated
- Assess the underlying cause of problems and evaluate multiple solutions to ensure a planned and structured approach to solving complex problems
About You
- Comprehensive understanding of safety processes and systems on a mine site
- Trade or Engineering qualifications in either mechanical, electrical or communication fields
- Experience in / comfortable with working with fleet management systems (e.g. Komatsu FrontRunner and/or CAT Command) or other mining technology products
- Thorough understanding of mechanical and / or electrical mining equipment
- Knowledge of communications network systems advantageous
- Demonstrable experience in problem solving
- Comfortable with change, and the ability to adapt in a fluid working environment
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.
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 recognize 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.
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