Conveyor Specialist

Date: 8 Oct 2025

Job Posting End Date: 17-Oct-2025;13:59:59GMT

Job Country:Australia

Job State/Province: Western Australia

Job Location/Region:

About the Role

About the Role

We are seeking a talented individual to take on the role of OS Conveyor Specialist based within our Operations Services Maintenance team inb Port Hedland.

Reporting directly to the Port Mechanical Conveyor Superintendent, this role is responsible for the safety, standardisation and productivity related conveyor projects.

Your duties will include:

• Foster positive & productive working relationships and team culture
• Set and maintain clear safety standards within the leadership team
• Lead safety investigations, risk assessments and root cause analysis
• Build capability through coaching, mentoring and provide technical advice and support OS Conveyor team members
• Lead and support continuous improvement opportunities.
• Experience with business improvement methodologies such as Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing, and use of data management and analysis tools would be highly beneficial.
• Work in close contact with the Site Reliability team in developing solutions to Conveyor related concerns.
• Lead Practical Problem-Solving discussions and drive actions alongside the Conveyor team.

About You

The successful candidate will possess the following:

• Strong communication skills and a track record of achieving results through using your influence
• The ability to successfully lead and work within a team environment and build effective working relationships
• Project Management and/or engineering experience is preferred, not essential
• Trade qualification and/or belt splicing experience is highly desirable, not essential
• Experience or a fast learner with work management software tools (e.g. 1SAP)
• Experience in conveyor maintenance or equivalent industry experience
• Experience in detailed scoping and maintenance planning for multi-disciplined workgroups operating in a Fixed Plant Maintenance environment is preferred but not essential
• Experience gained in a shutdown environment would be advantageous.

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.

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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