Principal Electrical Engineer

5 days ago


Shire Of Meekatharra, Australia BHP Group Full time
About the Role

The Operational Decarbonisation team at BHP Group has been established to support the delivery of the company's decarbonisation programs in Minerals Australia. Our team is based across Australia and consists of professionals in workstreams covering Mining, Rail, Power, and Integration. Our purpose is to maintain the regional decarbonisation roadmap and solve complex decarbonisation problems to help BHP achieve its medium-term operational decarbonisation target of 30% emissions reduction by FY2030 based on FY2020 baseline and long-term goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.

The Principal Electrical Engineer will support the operation of the Caterpillar Early Learner battery truck project at our Jimblebar Mine. The Caterpillar Early Learner will be BHP's first battery electric haul truck, which we will trial from late 2024-2026. Over this time, we want to demonstrate the safe and efficient operation of the Early Learner and its supporting high-power (megawatt) stationary and dynamic charging infrastructure, ahead of planned further adoption across BHP.

In this role, you will:
  1. Support the readiness and operation of the Caterpillar battery-electric haul truck project engineering, construction, and operation.
  2. Proactively identify safe work practices and events/hazards procedures and operating standards to contribute to a safe working environment.
  3. Follow risk management processes, support risk assessments, HAZID, and material risk management tools to keep our people safe.
  4. Collaborate with the project and cross-functional teams to resolve deep technical issues and reach consensus with subject matter experts in our governance and technical stewardship teams.
  5. Support investigations of problems using planned and structured approaches.

About You

Prioritise team health and safety.
Electrical Engineering Degree, preferably CPEng as well. 5 years or more of Project and/or Operations experience in a mining operation. Experience with fixed and heavy mobile equipment (electrically propelled earth-moving machinery) is highly advantageous. Knowledge of standards and regulations associated with electrical design, installation, and testing.

About Our Process

At BHP Group, 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 Group, 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 provide 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 Group, 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 is 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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