Australia
United Kingdom
United StatesLead Control Systems Engineer
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
Are you a highly skilled Control System Engineer with leadership experience in remote operations? We are looking for a Lead Control System Engineer to head our 24/7 Operations Support Team, ensuring the reliability and optimization of critical automation systems across our operations—all from our state-of-the-art Remote Operations Centre (IROC) located in Perth CBD.
Reporting to the Perth Control Systems Superintendent, you will lead a team of control system specialists providing real-time support to operations across multiple sites. Your primary focus will be to minimize downtime by ensuring rapid fault identification, troubleshooting, and safe resolution. You will also drive continuous improvements and foster a collaborative team culture, mentoring new starters and encourage peer support to develop a highly skilled, resilient, and high-performing team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead a 24/7 control systems support team, ensuring round-the-clock monitoring and rapid issue resolution to minimize supply chain delays.
- Engage with operations leadership teams, site-based teams and technical experts to enhance system reliability and prevent recurring issues.
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement, identifying and implementing control systems enhancements to improve plant, equipment performance and reduce operational risks.
- Foster a culture of peer support and knowledge sharing, provide structured approach to training and capability development.
About You
- Strong leadership skills in an equivalent operational support role, with a focus on team development and stakeholder engagement.
- A leaders who thrives under pressure, who can stay calm and composed to deal with time critical operational issues on a regular basis.
- Experience with Allen-Bradley PLCs and Citect SCADA systems is essential.
- Experience in control systems within mining, heavy industry, or remote operations is highly desirable.
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.