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About Nickel West

Nickel West is a fully integrated mine-to-market business. Our culture is rich with technical know-how, highly efficient and focused on innovation. The business employs over 2500 people from five operations across Western Australia comprising of nickel underground and open-cut mines, concentrators, a smelter and a refinery. We also have plans to expand our operations with new mines in the northern Goldfields and a large nickel sulphate plant in Kwinana.

A member of the BHP Group, Nickel West is undergoing an exciting business transformation to become a globally significant supplier of battery materials to the electric vehicle market. Nickel West will soon become the world’s largest producer of Nickel Sulphate, a key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries. As the world’s largest producer of nickel briquettes and nickel powder, Nickel West is leading the new-energy revolution in Western Australia.

Nickel West has an exciting future ahead. We invite you to join us at Nickel West as we seek to energize our future.

About the Role

• Exciting opportunity to become an integral part of our growing Technical and Studies team
• The role would be working 5 and 2 roster based in the Perth office
• Competitive salary on offer plus 12% superannuation and a range of company benefits

The opportunity is for a Senior Geotechnical Engineer to join our team reporting to the Manager Technical and Studies. In this role, you will work alongside the Principal Geotechnical Engineer and be responsible for developing geotechnical engineering inputs into underground and open pit mine studies. The main accountabilities will include:

• Planning of geotechnical drilling and data collection programs
• Management of consultants for geotechnical data capture
• Rock mass characterization for input into excavation stability analysis
• Conducting stability analysis for open pit and underground mine excavations
• Management of relevant geotechnical consultants
• Development of technical reports detailing the geotechnical design outcomes

In addition, this role will provide site support and mentoring of the operation geotechnical teams across the Nickel West operations.

About You

To be considered for this role it is preferred you will have the following skills and experience

• A degree (bachelor or higher) in Mining, Civil or Geological Engineering. Applicants with a degree in Geology plus relevant training and industry experience will be considered;
• Experience in geotechnical data collection and testing programs;
• Experience in geotechnical design for open cut or underground mining;
• Exposure to instrumentation and monitoring methods;
• Operational experience working in either an open cut or underground environment;
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to significantly contribute to an experienced team.

As part of the recruitment process for this position you may be required to undergo a pre-employment medical and participate in a background screen including a criminal history check, identity check and qualifications check.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

The size and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance based bonuses and unique BHP employee share program.

At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from women and Indigenous people. 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.