Female Indigenous Development Opportunities | Development Supervisors | BMA

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 

BHP is pleased to announce permanent positions as Development Supervisor’s within our BMA Queensland Coal operations for female candidates who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.

The Female Development Supervisor Program is conducted over 18 months. It has been created to provide an opportunity for those that have strong interpersonal and mentoring skills to allow them to practically learn about our business on the job. The program will enhance current skillsets and behaviours necessary to lead and inspire teams, helping deliver value to our BMA asset and ultimately drive the success of BHP.

We have various travel models - residential, drive-in-drive-out (DIDO) and limited fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) from Brisbane or Cairns. Rosters, in some cases, can be adapted to suit your lifestyle requirements allowing you to balance both your career and your family commitments.

We have various Supervisor development opportunities available in the following areas:

• Maintenance
• Production (Must have pit experience)
• Drill & Blast (minimum 2 years experience in a Drill & Blast environment)
• Planning

Please talk to us about how this role could work for your individual situation.

What’s in it for you?

• 18 months supported development program to develop your career
• Potential flexible working arrangements
• Competitive salary
• Permanent secure position with BHP
• Various rosters and working arrangements available

About you

A natural propensity towards coaching and mentoring in your current role will be highly regarded. The safety of your people and those around them will be a key priority. Having previous experience in a similar environment such as Mining, Heavy Industry or similar will help you adapt quickly to the complexities leading in a mining environment can bring.

We would love to hear from you if you have experience in Maintenance, Production, Engineering, Planning or similar industry experience. Having a trade or engineering qualification or maintenance planning background will be advantageous for Maintenance Development Supervisor roles, but this is not an essential requirement of the role, your passion for developing and leading teams will be key.

Take a look at what it’s like to work with BMA Click here.

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. 

Please note as part of this recruitment process the successful applicant will need to conduct a Queensland legislated coal mine workers’ health assessment.

From 1 April 2023, ResHealth will be mandatory for the completion of coal mine workers’ health assessments, allowing you to submit, monitor and review the progress of your health assessment in a secure online environment.

For more information please go to the ResHealth website.

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 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 this position will only be open to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicants.  The filling of this position/these positions is intended to constitute a special/equal opportunity measure under section 8(1) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), and s 105 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld).   We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.  In Queensland, BHP has a deep commitment to the traditional owners of the land upon which it operates.  We strongly encourage applications from Barada Barna and Wiri/Widi, Gaangalu, Yuwibara, Jangga and Iman peoples together with other traditional owners.  Providing employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is an important part of our 2017 – 2021 Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).  For more information about our RAP, please visit here.   These are full time positions. We are open to discussing flexible work arrangements that suit you - including varied roster arrangements, part-time or job share alternatives. 

This job requisition will close 1st March 2024.