Manager Mine Planning and Technical | Nickel West | Perth or FIFO
BHP
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 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.
Nickel West has an exciting future ahead. We invite you to join us at Nickel West as we seek to energize our future.
- Integral and challenging leadership positions available
- Unique operational roles covering mine planning and mine technical execution elements
- Roles are based across Perth and FIFO mine sites
- Drive improvement in processes, support productivity improvements and growth
About the Role
We are actively seeking the talents of skilled Managers to support Mine Planning and Technical leadership positions. The roles cover both underground and surface mining activities. They also oversee large and diverse multi-disiplinary teams in mining disciplines. They will draw upon your extensive and broad skills gained in various leadership and operational roles within the mining industry. This role will also continue to build upon the existing culture of safety excellence and optimal operational delivery within Nickel West.
Key Responsibilities will include:
- Demonstrate visible safety leadership to promote a culture of zero harm through appropriate time in field
- Positively influence and shape a pro-active and engaging team culture to ensure a safe, productive, quality disciplined and sustainable approach to work
- Lead the development of employees through coaching & mentoring and ensuring short to medium term talent and succession planning is in place
- Lead transformational initiatives and role model change to ensure successful delivery and alignment with strategy
- Yearly life of Asset Planning and yearly Reserve reporting
- Providing expert review, guidance and governance across the asset for mine planning
- Lead the technical execution of mine engineering, geotechnical engineering, surveying and geology at the mine sites
- Set the vision, strategy and long term goals for your teams
About You
Your demonstrated experience in leading and mentoring large, multidisciplinary teams in a complex operational environment will contribute to your success in this role.
Exceptional technical expertise complimented by a diverse operational mining background will certainly be advantageous. Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills will also be critical in ensuring you build effective collaborative relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders across the business.
In addition, you will possess the following:
- Demonstrated success working within a similar delivery focused position
- Previous experience with continuous improvement methodologies such as LEAN will be highly regarded
- Experience in technical and operational Leadership
- Tertiary qualification in a related discipline
- A proven track record when it comes to safety management
- The ability to influence and inspire others to achieve results
- Demonstrated success building cohesive and inclusive teams
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.
To ensure the safety and wellbeing of our people, BHP requires employees in Australia to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in line with BHP’s Covid Policy and any relevant State health directives. If you are applying for a role at BHP please consider this requirement when submitting your application. BHP will also adhere to any relevant health directives that may be made that affects our workforce.
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 a 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.
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