Principal Structural Geologist

**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 Nickel West**:
Nickel West is a fully integrated mine-to-market business. Our culture is rich with technical know-how, highly efficient and focused on innovation. The business employs over 2500 people from five operations across Western Australia comprising of nickel underground and open-cut mines, concentrators, a smelter and a refinery. We also have plans to expand our operations with new mines in the northern Goldfields and a large nickel sulphate plant in Kwinana.

A member of the BHP Group, Nickel West is undergoing an exciting business transformation to become a globally significant supplier of battery materials to the electric vehicle market. Nickel West will soon become the world’s largest producer of Nickel Sulphate, a key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries. As the world’s largest producer of nickel briquettes and nickel powder, Nickel West is leading the new-energy revolution in Western Australia.

Nickel West has an exciting future ahead. We invite you to join us at Nickel West as we seek to energize our future.

**About the Role**:
As Principal Structural Geologist, you will play a pivotal role with planning and strategy for all structural geology activities at Nickel West. The role will support the long and short term business strategy at Nickel West, ensuring that there is adequate development of the structural inputs to exploration targeting, resource modelling, mine geology and mine planning.

Reporting to the Superintendent Geoscience Technical, you will work closely with the site based structural geology team and liaise with key stakeholders from the various functions at Nickel West. The role is based in Perth and will involve regular site trips to the Nickel West portfolio within the Agnew-Wiluna Greenstone Belt.

In this role you will have the opportunity to:

- Support exploration planning, resource geology, mine geology and other key functions of the Nickel West value chain
- Ensure that all structural geology activities align with the requirements of key business planning cycles and study phases
- Develop best practice structural data collection, storage and modelling techniques
- Project management of various major and minor structural geology projects
- Liaise with consultants and other BHP teams to support several ongoing innovation initiatives
- Facilitate structural geology coaching and mentoring for the various Nickel West geology teams

**About You**:

- Degree qualified in applied geology. Post-graduate qualifications in structural geology or geochemistry will be highly regarded
- Experience with structural logging and field mapping (field, open-pit and underground)
- High degree of competency with Leapfrog modelling software. Experience with Deswik or Datamine Studio RM may be beneficial
- Competency with analytical software packages including ioGAS, Isatis or Supervisor
- Competency with geospatial software systems including ArcGIS or similar
- Solid understanding of volcanic systems, sedimentary and metamorphic processes
- Exposure to underground and open-pit production environments and mining methods

**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 and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a unique BHP employee share program.