Superintendent CPPM | Goonyella | 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 here

About the Role

Our Enterprise Mining Probabilistic (EMP) team is seeking a Superintendent Critical Path Project Management (CPPM) to lead a high-performing, technically driven team. Based at Goonyella Riverside and working an 8/6 roster, this role is responsible for integrating and optimising an enabling activity schedule, ensuring disruptions are effectively managed or removed to protect the critical path and support operational performance.

Key responsibilities:

• Own and maintain the enabling activity schedule, ensuring alignment and delivery across all site teams
• Act as an escalation point to align operational value chain objectives, manage variability and agree on execution plans
• Drive adherence to decision rights to enhance plan stability and execution discipline
• Apply the BHP Operating System and take accountability for the MIP/MOP process within CPPM
• Monitor and manage plan performance using PDCA cycle, escalation protocol and TARPs
• Guide project schedulers and managers in prioritising and allocating of resources to maintain critical path
• Oversee return to work packs and 24-hour plan approvals

About You

You are a highly capable leader with strong operational insight and a proactive, solution-focused mindset. You thrive in complex environments and build strong relationships across teams to drive performance outcomes.

As the successful candidate, you will possess the following:

• Extensive practical mining leadership experience and thorough understanding of the operational value chain
• Demonstrated ability to lead problem solving initiatives and implement continue improvement
• Proven ability to influence and engage a diverse range of stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Strong time management skills and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Experience in open cut coal mine planning will be highly regarded

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. 

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 know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity. 

BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at inclusion@bhp.com.