Senior Engineer Reliability Mechanical

25 Sept 2026

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 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 Role

Working in our Fixed Plant Maintenance Reliability Team, your role will provide technical support by applying Reliability Centred Maintenance principles in driving defect elimination, improvement initiatives and identifying opportunities to support safe and reliable fixed plant operations. Establishing and maintaining relationships with the fixed plant maintenance, production, planning, inventory, and engineering teams will be critical to ensure success in this role.

Demonstrate strong safety values by supporting Field Leadership, Safety Audits, Risk Assessments, and Safety Initiatives that drive positive safety outcomes

Examine asset performance and work management trends and identify opportunities to consistently improve equipment reliability and productivity. Enable, influence & support maintenance team(s) to achieve these

Guide and facilitate root cause analysis from identified gaps in equipment and work management performance. Ensuring corrective actions / recommendations are in place to prevent recurrence of identified failure mode(s)

Identify and drive initiatives / projects to capture value across: Safety, Volume, Cost and Culture. With focus on improving MTBF, equipment availability and direct cost savings

• Provide technical support and guidance to Fixed Plant Maintenance team/s
• Provide input into Maintenance budget forecasting, and review equipment critical spares
• Manage End-to-End asset life cycle and consistently optimise asset management strategies to deliver business requirements
• Support and be an advocate for BHP Operating System (BOS) Principles and Practices
• Build strong relationships with all the internal and external stakeholders to influence and drive outcomes to deliver business goals
• Responsible as a control owner in identified risk area to support compliance and adherence to the risk framework

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have the following skills and attributes:

Degree in Engineering

• Ability to influence, engage, & communicate with stakeholders effectively across all levels of the business, from frontline employees to senior management
• Strong problem-solving skills with a collaborative approach to finding practical solutions utilising continuous improvement processes
• Proficient-level of experience with all Microsoft Office Applications & 1SAP
• Ability to apply management of change & risk principles
• Willingness & ability to learn, adapt to change, & step-up as a leadership delegate when required
• Solid experience as a Reliability Engineer or Maintenance Engineer within the mining, or oil & gas sector will be highly advantageous.
• This role is based at our Area C mine site on a fly-in fly-out 5/2/4/3/9/5 roster.

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 inclusion@bhp.com .

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