Senior Engineer Rail Signals

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

Reporting to the Superintendent Track and Signals in the Rail Engineering GTS team, you will be responsible for providing solutions, expert guidance and technical support, specialising in the field of Rail Signals.

You will also govern Rail Signals standards and technology for Rail across a broad range of areas in addition to ensuring all adds, moves and changes are managed through the change and configuration management process and are commissioned without unplanned safety and business impacts.

Additional responsibilities will include:

- Provide technical input on rail signalling issues & ensure system lifecycle requirements for rail signalling

- Ensure project-engineering designs meet the design standards

- Support firmware upgrades & software for all rail signalling elements & equipment

- Ensure engineering solutions are identified to address project, equipment and reliability issues

- Provide technical input into planned growth, technology & optimisation projects

- Support business capability improvements while ensuring associated risks are managed for Rail

- Identify the customers’ requirements, review design specifications, budget estimates & support the project team

- Compliance through scheduled auditing to ensure systems are controlled

About You

As the successful candidate, you will possess the following:

- Tertiary qualification in Electrical, Communications, or Signalling Engineering

- Significant industry experience in signalling preferred

- Demonstrated technical & professional skills within rail signalling

- Ability to communicate confidently at all levels & establish a good rapport with a diverse range of people and stakeholders is essential

- Current driver’s licence;

- Experience with BHP’s Rail network and signalling system preferred.

Location

FIFO position available working a 5:2 4:3 roster with flexible work arrangements considered. The outstanding facilities at the FIFO villages include a fully equipped gym, TV lounge and games rooms. Additionally, you will have access to the state of the art aquatic and sporting facilities in the town of Port Hedland. All rooms at the villages have their own en‑suite bathroom, television, refrigerator and air‑conditioning.

Perth based opportunity may also be considered, on a flexible hybrid 5:2 roster, in the multi award winning office tower – ‘City Square’ for the right candidate. You will have stunning river views from your modern open plan office, state of the art facilities including virtual whiteboards and video conferencing facilities, 550 bicycle racks with ample lockers, showers and change room amenities and a large outdoor terrace with barbecues.

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.

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