Experienced Underground Miners

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 Roles
BHP Olympic Dam, Production, Development and Services teams are now recruiting for experienced underground miners with transferrable skills OR extensive experience in one or more of the following industries:

• Mining in Production – including operations of articulated Haul Trucks or Loaders
• Underground road maintenance activities including operations of graders, rollers, IT's, backhoes, loaders and trucks
• Mining in Development – including experience as a Nipper, General Service Miner, Charge up experience.
• Mining in Services – including experience working with ventilation, piping and pumps and concreting
• Extensive experience in the below sectors: Surface Mining Civil Quarry

Please note: These roles will be available from February 2026 onwards.

These positions are available as FIFO (Fly-In, Fly-Out) from Adelaide, DIDO (Drive-In, Drive-Out), BIBO (Bus-In, Bus-Out), or Residential in Roxby Downs, where a shuttle bus service is provided.

What's on Offer?

• Even time rotating roster | 7 days on 7 days off | Rotating Day/Night Shifts
• Permanent and/or Fixed Term Contract employment with BHP Olympic Dam, Roxby Downs, with all the benefits of full-time work.
• Attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program
• Continuous focus on developing and upskilling with the possibility to diversify your equipment experience.
• Teams focused on Safety, Culture and sustainable performance

About You
We're looking for individuals who:

• Hold of a valid driver's license and confident driving a manual 4x4 in low range
• Safe Operator committed to personal safety and the safety of others
• Team players who can also work independently
• Displays a strong work ethic, self-motivated, reliable, eager to learn and forge a career in mining in the long term
• Able to work to deadlines and remain effective under pressure.
• Effective listeners with well-developed interpersonal skills.
• Competent reading and writing skills.
• Ready to embrace the challenges of a tough but rewarding underground environment
• Positively shape culture in alignment with the BHP Charter Values

What To Expect
These roles will test your physical and mental capabilities, but they also offer significant rewards and career growth within BHP.

We encourage all applicants to thoroughly research the roles of Nipper, General Service Miner, and Underground Truck Operator. To help you understand what each role involves, we've provided video links below.

Please note: While the videos offer a helpful introduction to these roles, they do not fully reflect the physical realities of working underground. The environment can be dark, confined, muddy, and physically demanding. However, these resources are a great starting point to help you understand the responsibilities and expectations of each role. We strongly encourage you to watch all three videos before applying.

Explore the Roles

• A look inside the role of an Underground General Service Miner at BHP's Olympic Dam mine. - YouTube
• A look inside the role an Underground Nipper at BHP's Olympic Dam mine. - YouTube
• A look inside the role of an Underground Truck Operator at BHP's Olympic Dam mine. - YouTube

Applications close: Friday 21st November at midnight, but we are assessing applications as they come in—so don't wait

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

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