Diesel Fitters

**Date**:18 Feb 2025

**Job Posting End Date**:
**Job Country**:Australia

**Job State/Province**:Western Australia

**Job Location/Region**:Perth

**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 BHP Operations Services**

BHP Operations Services delivers exceptional mining services across BHP operations Australia-wide with specialist capabilities in load and haul, fixed plant maintenance and mobile maintenance. BHP Operations Services has a strong focus on people capability and culture. Our people are our greatest asset and are at the centre of everything that we do. We focus on high performance safety and productivity through our people. With world-class training that is unmatched in the industry and the opportunity to advance your career across locations and commodities, join the team and make your place in BHP.

**About the Role**

Positions in the Perth Repair Centre based in Welshpool are rare, and the centre speaks with great pride of the culture that has been fostered and built. We provide critical repair and rebuild services to various large-scale machinery sent from our West Australian Iron Ore mine sites.

A close-knit bond is reflected in a positive, proactive and successful workforce, demonstrating diversity in its people, delivering innovation, constant evolution and successful cost-effective outcomes to the business. Our Perth repair centre is on an upward growth period and provides an excellent opportunity for you to build your career.

We currently have vacancies for highly safety, and technically focused Diesel Fitters to join the machine rebuilds team at the Perth Repair Centre based in Welshpool, WA. We are offering an appealing 7 on 7 off Thursday-Wednesday 6am-6pm - **DAY ONLY ROSTER**, where you will have the opportunity to drive to work and be home every night

We currently have a vast number of machines which we are rebuilding such as 785C, 793D, 793F Trucks, D10T, 16M,18 series graders, 854, 992 Loaders. We complete these machines rebuilds to a deadline. The workshop is fast operating. A high level of rebuild experience is required for this role.

**You will be responsible for**:

- Disassembling/assembling cat machinery such as dump trucks, graders, dozers and loaders
- Creating a safe learning environment and a commitment to safety training and technical growth
- Contributing to improving our work and workplace

**About you**
- Relevant nationally accredited mechanical Trade Certificate
- 2 years post trade experience
- Current Australian Drivers licence
- Experience with Caterpillar heavy earthmoving equipment rebuilds
- CAT SIS experience essential
- Additional High risk work license in rigging is desirable
- High risk forklift license and dogging is essential
- Strong diagnostic skills with a solution focus
- Ability to work as part of a cohesive team
- Continuous improvement mindset

**What is on offer?**
- BHP's Perth Repair Centre is renowned for its outstanding site culture & excellent working conditions
- Culture based management
- The abilities to use, challenge and upskill your skills and career with us, BHP
- 7x7 roster local to Perth
- BHP's BIG THANKS Employee Recognition Program
- BHP's Share Plus Program & generous share plus scheme
- Attractive Perth based salary
- Attractive annual BHP bonus scheme paid every September
- Ongoing support for you and your family through our Employee Assistant Program

**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 inclusiv