BHP Employee Reviews in Port Hedland WA

I am safe at work with BHP. Co workers are cooperative and respectful. I really want to come back with BHP Billiton for a work. There are lots of good opportunity with BHP

Pros

Co workers are cooperative and respectful

Cons

There are some race discrimination

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Store Person /Maintenance Planning/ BOM (Bill of Material) Co-Ordinator (Former Employee) - Port Hedland WA - 15 May 2020

To many chiefs not enough Indians. Not enough communication between departments which caused a lot of conflict for everyone involved. Besides that the overall team work in each department was of a high standard.

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Pressured

Boilermaker/Welder (Former Employee) - Port Headland,Tom Price,Yandy, Cape lambeth,Whaleback, - 9 March 2020

only work with them when jobs are short there supervisors were very short on communication skills they seem to under the pump then they passed in on to the work force,a great deal of safety aspects were ingnored.even though they pushed for safety but at the same time they had a dead line to keep hence the double standards BHP are top heavy to many chiefs to many people walking around doing nothing trying to justify there salary .

Pros

Cons

yes long hrs on flat rate wage theft

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Not good place to work as a contractor

Supervisor (Former Employee) - Port Hedland WA - 21 September 2019

You get treated like a second class citizen if you are a contractor , not inclusive as they make out to be . Never got trained in anything the whole time i was there.

Pros

Leaving

Cons

Contracting

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Worst job I have ever had!

Rail (Former Employee) - Port Hedland WA - 23 July 2019

The place is beyond backwards. HR and General Managers in a purple circle who enable a savage and toxic culture to exist. You might get some extra cash but in return you will sell your soul, your family and precious moments in the process and it’s just not worth it. Don’t forget you’re just a number no matter how much you work your butt off, no matter what you sacrifice to be there.

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Shutdown Fitter (Former Employee) - Port Hedland WA - 6 January 2019

Carry out daily inspections of plant,reporting defects,keeping the plant running .Great place to work leadership and safety are a big focus with the company.

Pros

great work mates

Cons

none

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Good place to work with benefits

Crew Development Officer - Rail Operations (Former Employee) - Port Hedland WA - 2 January 2019

BHP looked after their staff very well when I first started work there but it slowly declined over the years with cuts to staff and a lot of the benefits abolished

Pros

Salary

Cons

Long Hours and hot climate

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My employer had ethnic culture issues

Dump Truck Driver (Former Employee) - Port Hedland WA - 27 December 2018

This company employed a gang of ethnic cultured staff who had no knowledge of safety nor was their english good , most could not communicate to advise them their were safety issues with their work practises.Croations.

Pros

2 Teams aussie and others

Cons

If my machine was required communication was difficult

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Great company with great benifits

Contracts Coordinator (Former Employee) - Port Hedland WA - 17 March 2018

BHPBilliton provided a great place to work with good pay and great benefits such as healthcare and loan finance subsidies. The town of Port Hedland was a great lifestyle change from living in Perth city

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Train Controller Port Hedland (Former Employee) - Port Hedland WA - 14 March 2018

I learnt how to operate the rail activities from a computer room in Port Hedland Nelson Point. I learnt how to use excel programming to connect wagons to trains, what line they will arrive on and what line they are to depart from. I learnt that all wagons have to be connected particularly because all the brakes are on a particular side. I learnt how to track the train, how to monitor the wheel bearing temperatures through heat seekers. How to direct the empty trains into pull off waiting bays to allow the full trains priority to pass. This job , as an aboriginal ex national park ranger was exciting and enjoyable because I love machinery being a Farmers son. I have the greatest respect and the willingness to continue to learn

Pros

wanting to move to Train Driving with all my knowledge

Cons

doesn't pay well

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Great to be able to be part of a team

Process Technician/Control Room Officer (Former Employee) - Port Hedland WA - 11 October 2017

I worked with a great team to be able to start up a Green field site. This was from checking systems, writing all safety documents and passing the information throughout our team. Also writing start up procedures. Before startup, we had to walk through the site to check all the piping, Process machinery, safety systems. Any faults were reported and then corrected. After learning the process, I was integral with passing this information to my peers. Working in a start up site, there was only 50 personnel in the beginning of the startup. This brought the team together with the buddy system, as well as enjoying their company outside of work.

Pros

Team work, Learning the process, enjoying life outside of the site.

Cons

Anxious of start up. New process. Sometimes not getting enough information.

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Great team enviroment. Great pay.

Train Driver (Former Employee) - Port Hedland WA - 4 October 2017

Typical day was driving trains from port the the mines. Learned to drive trains and work as a team. Management was hard at times but very understanding. FIFO life was tough after so many years of doing it. but having a good break I would do it again. Awesome pay, great people.

Pros

Pay, Job advancement great people.

Cons

long hours, FIFO life.

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not a bad bunch of guys to work with and friendly

FIXED PLANT BOILERMAKER (Former Employee) - Port Hedland WA - 4 September 2017

long hours especially in summer when temps are high but a great team based crew and never not busy different experiences on night shift always better and went faster and always left satisfied

Pros

days off from shift

Cons

long hot summers

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Very people oriented

Maintenance Resource Coordinator (Former Employee) - Port Hedland WA - 1 August 2017

BHP Billiton Iron Ore was one of the best jobs i had had in a long time. it gave me the opportunity to learn new skills and advance within my role. It was proactive in promoting a safe workplace and practices and was instrumental in providing me with the tools and confidence to proceed in my future endeavors.

Pros

Proactive with career advancement

Cons

My role was very intense with long hours and hefty deadlines to meet.

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Head down to avoid the radar

Supply Officer (Former Employee) - Port Hedland WA - 9 January 2017

Worked in supply on a fixed term contract was hesitant once I got this job as I had heard rumours about the culture at the Nelson point warehouse. Everything I was told all correct glad I pulled the plug early. In hindsite if I had of come to work did nothing, bludged, bent the rules did the bare minimum I would've fit in. Speaking up put a target on my back and out the door I went. When management don't follow the "charter values" why bother.

Pros

Good salary, great camp, supervisor and my team were great.

Cons

Bullying, supervisor threating violence against staff, poor culture, bullying and harassment ignored by Superintendant, poor work practices

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The enviroment at times was fun but in a split second it could be frustrating.

Production Technician (Former Employee) - Port Hedland WA - 25 October 2016

The guys were great but management needs a overhaul. To watch my back. The correct way to maintain a locomotive. The hardest part of the job was being told you are doing incorrect work from management who of have never done the job before. The most enjoyable part of the job was working with friends and flying home.

Pros

Money

Cons

Ignorant management

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good company to expand your knowledge

FIXED PLANT MECHANICAL FITTER (Former Employee) - Port Hedland WA - 15 August 2016

great employment, many opportunities for professional and personal advancement. coastal WA had many exciting destinations to explore during downtime. overall a great employer

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Acting Shift Supervisor / Senior Shift Technician (Former Employee) - Port Hedland WA - 3 August 2016

Every day presented new challenges within the Port environment in relation to time constraints or a Breakdown but challenges that I felt equipped to deal with whilst gaining extensive Fixed Plant knowledge and experience over the duration of my employment . The employees and contractors that I had been fortunate enough to work with had made the task generally a little easier to meet the time constraints or allocated deadlines and quiet often resulting in the plant to be handed back well before the the allocated deadline ..