BHP Employee Reviews for Production Technician

Be punctual, be alert on safety and hazards, be aware of your work areas, be clear in your verbal correspondence to radio control communications, be nice to people, attitudes saves lives , your safety is others safety

Pros

Beautiful comfortable mining atmosphere everything you need is in camp

Cons

Hours are long But reasonable personal issues from home life can interfere, talking to your management is the best insurance of safety and awareness

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Very non productive. Dishonest and unskilled managers.

Production Technician (Former Employee) - Newman - 30 April 2021

Managers not there for the job or the people or the company. They fabricate outcomes. Investigations are driven by the desired outcome. Weak and easily intimidated by skills and knowledge. Purple circles. Poorest culture of any place i have ever worked. They are not watching you are being watched. Try it see for yourself.

Pros

No free lunch

Cons

Dishonesty

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Boys club

Surface Smelter Production Technician (Former Employee) - Adelaide SA - 18 May 2020

Definetly depends on the area you are assigned to. My experience was a complete s#!% show from the get go. I really enjoyed the physical work, but never stood a chance in the boys club.

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dont do a traineeship

production technician (Former Employee) - Yandicoogina WA - 1 October 2018

lots of bullying by older males towards younger trainees and females. Terrible money if doing a traineeship. get paid for 12 hours a day but ends up more like 13 - 14.

Pros

week off

Cons

too many to list

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Fun one day, not enjoyable the next

Production Technician (Former Employee) - Pilbara WA - 4 May 2018

Area C is a secure site to work at having years and years of mine life left. The equipment isn't too bad, starting to get shabby in places. I did enjoy my time there, an average day will have you question why you are doing the job a certain way but it's best not to think about it and just do it how they tell you to. The crews are good, friendly people and helpful too. I always said I didn't want to work for BHP, but they do pay good money and the job security is excellent in the Mining industry.

Pros

Good Salary

Cons

Long hours like an FIFO job

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Production Execution Technician (Former Employee) - Olympic Dam SA - 27 May 2017

Had many varying and different positions throughout the extent of my working career at Western Mining / BHPBilliton, learning and operating various different pieces of equipment, including molten metal handling, processing anode furnace and casting anodes, forklift driving, control room operator and acid plant technician.

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Production Technician (Former Employee) - Newman WA - 28 April 2017

Doing FIFO work for ten years you are always meeting new friends, I loved this part of the job meeting new people, management were always easy to talk to and quick to resolve matters that arised, family was very important and being away sometimes for 4 weeks at a time missing family events would have to be the hardest part. As far as driving I had a mobile office which the scenery was different every day, I enjoyed driving. I have made some wonderful friends and I enjoy their company on the R & Rs. Safety is a huge issue and so it should be I learned to never be complacent as each day I learned something new.

Pros

stable job

Cons

family times

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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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great crew

Production Technician (Former Employee) - Mt Keith - 16 May 2016

Mt Keith was enjoyable to work at, the crew was great upper management was wonderful. Everyone watched out for each other.

Pros

great friends made from crew

Cons

no cons

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Good company to work for. Gave me a start in the industry (I was completely green) and provided opportunities for learning new skills.

Refinery Production Technician (Former Employee) - Olympic Dam, SA - 9 May 2015

Worked on the 'Sportsman roster' (5/5, 4/4 5/4 rotating) but would have preferred 8/6 or 2/1. Employed me as a complete newbie, and having no experience in the industry, provided ample opportunities to learn new skills and advance into my role. Like all large organizations, there were probably too many middle management, which could sometimes hamper decision making, thus resulting in jobs and tasks perhaps taking longer than they really should have. Having said that, the safety culture was good and the lifestyle and salary not too bad.

Pros

Learning opportunities, quarterly bonuses.

Cons

Long bus ride to site (not fifo).

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- Production Technician Level 4 All Rounder (Former Employee) - Eastern Ridge Newman - 8 March 2015

prefer new starters, dont listen to experience,full of problems no manager wants to fix,be part of a prestart or toolbox see for yourself

Pros

Lots of experience

Cons

All out of school management

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production is a must but great working atmosphere

Production Technician (Former Employee) - Newman, WA - 21 January 2014

great company to work for,good roster and good team enviroment which makes the day more pleasant as you are working long hours.The tonnes we aim to achive on a shift can be done without taking short cuts in a safe manner which gives you good job satisfaction.When you have management that is prepared work with and listen to experienced workers some ideas is always a win win and by far makes it a more enjoyable place to work.

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