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2020 BHP Olympic Dam Internships

Site Based - Roxby Downs, SA

Opportunity Expired

BHP's Olympic Dam operations have Intern opportunities for Civil Engineering, Health and Environment students for 12 weeks starting November.

Opportunity details

Opportunity Type
Internship, Clerkship or Placement
Number of Vacancies
4

Application dates

Applications Open
20 Jul 2020
Applications Close
10 Aug 2020

Minimum requirements

Minimum Prior Qualification
Bachelor
Accepting International Applications
No
Qualifications Accepted
E
Civil Engineering & Construction
M
Medical & Health Sciences (all other)
S
Ecology & Evolution
Environmental Science

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

As an Olympic Dam Intern you will commence on 23 November 2020 and work with us for 12 weeks where you will be based at Roxby Downs (accommodation provided). You will gain valuable work where you will be given the opportunity to apply what you have learnt in real life situations and use your initiative to seek out projects to showcase your capability.

If you are do well as an Intern, and you are in your penultimate year, you will go to the front of the queue to receive a graduate job offer. What a great way to start you career!

About You

  • Our intern opportunities are open to those students who are studying in the following areas:
  • Engineering: Civil, Structural
  • Environment: Environment Science, Environment Management, Ecology and HSE.
  • Health: Medical Physics, Physics; Physical Chemistry

Supporting a diverse workforce

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.

How to apply

If you are ready to make a difference, then apply now to see what is possible. Applications are open from 20 July to 10 August. 

Reference Number – 176948

Graduate Success Stories


  • Graduate stories
While it is necessary to have a foundational knowledge of Process or Chemical Engineering to do my IROC role, most of the day-to-day skills I have used in all my roles are soft skills of organisation, communication, management, and collaboration.

Sharna Armstrong

  • Graduate stories
While it is necessary to have a foundational knowledge of Process or Chemical Engineering to do my IROC role, most of the day-to-day skills I have used in all my roles are soft skills of organisation, communication, management, and collaboration.

Sharna Armstrong

  • Graduate stories
The BEST part of my job is that I get to act as a sounding board for (really) experienced people and offer my thoughts on their ideas, plans, and dreams, whilst also contributing my own.

Rachel Fong

  • Graduate stories
The BEST part of my job is that I get to act as a sounding board for (really) experienced people and offer my thoughts on their ideas, plans, and dreams, whilst also contributing my own.

Rachel Fong

  • Graduate stories
While it is necessary to have a foundational knowledge of Process or Chemical Engineering to do my IROC role, most of the day-to-day skills I have used in all my roles are soft skills of organisation, communication, management, and collaboration.

Sharna Armstrong

  • Graduate stories
While it is necessary to have a foundational knowledge of Process or Chemical Engineering to do my IROC role, most of the day-to-day skills I have used in all my roles are soft skills of organisation, communication, management, and collaboration.

Sharna Armstrong

  • Graduate stories
The BEST part of my job is that I get to act as a sounding board for (really) experienced people and offer my thoughts on their ideas, plans, and dreams, whilst also contributing my own.

Rachel Fong

  • Graduate stories
The BEST part of my job is that I get to act as a sounding board for (really) experienced people and offer my thoughts on their ideas, plans, and dreams, whilst also contributing my own.

Rachel Fong