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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 secure 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 WAIO Asset Engineering

WAIO Asset Engineering is the centralised technical authority within Iron Ore providing engineering expertise to ensure our assets are safe, compliant, reliable and efficient. The multidisciplinary team works collaboratively with the operational and projects team to manage equipment throughout its entire life cycle. We are committed to continuously improving our performance and delivering value to enable a safer, smarter, better WAIO.

About the Role

We are currently recruiting a Principal Structural Engineer to work within our Asset Engineering Governance and Technical Stewardship team. You will be the structural Subject Matter Expert for BHP’s fleet of Fixed Plant and Infrastructure focusing on reducing business risk, improving reliability and performance through the use of best-in-class technical support and engineering practices.

Reporting to the Manager GTS Fixed Plant & Infrastructure, you will be responsible for:

- Providing technical leadership to the structural community and setting the direction for the discipline, including management of ageing assets




- Undertaking fatigue and end-of-life assessments on supply chain-critical assets
- Governing and improving key engineering documents and processes
- Leading and/or guiding design activities to support operational improvements
- Providing engineering support, diagnostics and risk management during breakdowns
- Assisting operations to manage asset integrity concerns

About You

You will be a highly skilled engineering professional with expert knowledge across multiple fixed plant mining assets. You thrive on delivering positive business outcomes focused on safety management, technical governance and continuous improvement.

You possess the following:

- Tertiary qualification in Engineering (Structural)
- Demonstrated experience in a structural engineering leadership role supporting fixed plant, mining or heavy industrial assets
- Extensive experience in structural engineering design and assessment, including:
- Finite Element Analysis (Femap/Nastran/ANSYS)
- Fatigue and end of life assessments
- Working knowledge of Australian Standards (AS4100, AS3990, AS3600, AS1170, AS1657, AS4991, AS/NZS 1554)

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.&l;

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