Tailings Engineer Prominent Hill 88593

About the Role:

Prominent Hill is a coppergold mine a longlife asset that is part of the BHP South Australia copper province. BHP is a global company with operations in Australia North and South America across 5 different commodities.

As part of the BHP Asset Management and Engineering team the Tailings Storage Facilities (TSF) Engineer is accountable for the assurance of the integrity of BHPs water and tailings storage facilities through engineering governance to manage the risk of dam failure.

Location: Prominent Hill South Australia 60minute flight from Adelaide / 30minute flight from Port Augusta)
Roster: 8 days on; 6 days off
Department: Asset Management & Engineering
Manager: Senior Metallurgist TSF
Employment Type: Permanent.

Applications close: 9 May 2025

In The Role You Will:

• Fulfil the role of Tailings Engineer reporting directly to the Responsible Tailings Facility Engineer (RTFE).
• Perform or oversee routine dam inspections of the tailings facility.
• Develop and refine tailings plans monitoring and systems that will achieve regulatory compliance.
• Work with the site teams and design engineer to develop and execute short and longterm construction and maintenance plans and schedules.
• Work with the engineer of record to continuously improve and implement the quality assurance and control construction monitoring and dam surveillance programs.
• Provide necessary reporting to site corporate and government agencies.
• Maintain an action log of required tasks and their current status to ensure compliance and adherence to delivery of these tasks.
• Coordinate activities with Consultants Project Engineering Processing Environmental contractors and Government Regulators as required.
• Oversee the engagement of various contractors for the purposes of field investigations at the TSF.
• Provide updates to operating maintenance and surveillance manuals along with emergency preparedness and response plans and other management system documents.
• Work to achieve and maintain compliance to GISTM in line with corporate objectives.
• Manage and track the site water balance and report to the water steering team.

About You:

• Tertiary qualifications in engineering or equivalent subjects and industry experience preferably in the fields civil or geotechnical engineering.
• Direct experience in tailings and water storage facilities during design construction operation and maintenance.
• Strong capability in engineering principles standards and processes.
• Demonstrated experience with defining project scope working across a range of disciplines and navigating organisational complexity.
• Highly organised and adaptable to manage conflicting priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Strong stakeholder and communication skills with the ability to translate technical information to operations and influence at various levels within the organisation.
• Civil project experience is desirable and would be experience using SAP.

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 significantopportunity for professional development but also attractive salary packages withperformancebased bonuses and a bestinclass employee share program. We knowthere are many aspects of our employees lives that are important and work is onlyone of these so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. Thesebenefits include flexible working options a generous paid parental leave policy otherextended leave entitlements and parent rooms.

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