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Senior Electrical Reliability Engineer | WAIO | Newman Ops | Roster 5:2 4:3

Date: 1 Oct 2026

Job Posting End Date:

Job Country:

Australia

Job State/Province: Western Australia

Job Location/Region: Pilbara

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 workplace 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 Role

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Electrical Reliability Engineer to join our Newman Operations Fixed Plant team. Reporting to the Reliability Superintendent, you will provide technical coaching and reliability engineering expertise across a diverse portfolio of electrical assets, driving sustainable improvements in asset performance, safety, availability and lifecycle cost.

As a senior member of the team, you will partner closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering and Planning functions to develop and execute reliability strategies that maximise equipment effectiveness and reduce operational risk. You will be responsible for identifying and eliminating chronic losses, improving maintenance strategies, managing asset health,



and ensuring the long-term integrity of critical electrical infrastructure.

This role requires a strong analytical mindset, the ability to influence outcomes across multiple stakeholders, and a passion for continuous improvement. You will balance short-term operational needs and long-term asset performance priorities while contributing to the safe and reliable operation of Newman Operations' fixed plant assets.

Working on a 5:2 / 4:3 roster FIFO from Perth or a 5/2 residential roster from Newman, you will provide engineering support across electrical systems including power distribution networks, HV and LV infrastructure, motors, drives, protection systems, instrumentation and control systems.

Key Responsibilities:

- Provide technical guidance for electrical reliability and asset health management across fixed plant operations.
- Develop and execute reliability improvement strategies that deliver measurable improvements in safety, availability, maintainability and cost performance.
- Facilitate root cause analyses (RCA) and defect elimination initiatives to address recurring equipment failures and operational losses.
- Review and optimise preventive, predictive and condition-based maintenance strategies for critical electrical assets.
- Evaluate asset performance,



failure trends and condition monitoring data to identify emerging risks and improvement opportunities.
- Conduct equipment criticality assessments and implement risk mitigation plans for high-consequence assets.
- Partner with Operations, Maintenance and Planning teams to improve asset performance and reliability outcomes.
- Contribute to capital projects, shutdown planning and major maintenance activities by providing reliability engineering input and asset expertise.
- Support compliance with statutory obligations, engineering standards and BHP technical requirements.
- Mentor engineers, specialists and frontline teams in reliability methodologies and best practices.
- Drive continuous improvement through the application of reliability engineering principles, data analytics and industry-leading asset management practices.

About You

You are a collaborative and technically capable reliability professional who thrives in complex operational environments. You bring a strong electrical engineering foundation combined with practical experience improving reliability outcomes across heavy industry, mining, resources, utilities or similar asset-intensive operations.

You possess excellent stakeholder engagement skills and can influence decisions across multiple disciplines and people leadership levels. You are comfortable using data and engineering analysis to challenge conventional thinking, identify improvement opportunities and deliver sustainable business outcomes.

Most importantly, you are committed to creating a culture of safety, operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Experience, skills and qualifications required include:

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Eng

📌 Senior Electrical Reliability Engineer | WAIO | Newman Ops | Roster 5:2 4:3
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