Superintendent Development - Carrapateena

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 Carrapateena

Carrapateena is a large-scale, world class modern mine operated by world class people. This exciting role is now available, and we want the very best of the best on deck to lead the team and collectively deliver exceptional results.

At Carrapateena, we believe our greatest asset is our people and we are working hard to provide a wonderful mix of age, cultural and geographical backgrounds to further enrich our inclusive workplace culture. We truly value your ideas and encourage you to champion innovation and collaboration, we are here to unlock your value and offer opportunities that supercharge your career to go beyond what is possible.

About the Role

The Superintendent Development is responsible for safely executing the 13-week mine plan, that is, development physicals including vertical development (raisebore), safety performance along with cost compliance to budget. You will do this through providing the interface between our mining contract partners and employees (those doing the work) and our Mining Operations and Technical Teams (the planners). You will be expected to be the contract superintendent for contracts related to Development; engaging and managing these contractors to ensure their performance is reflective of our business expectations and aspirations. Along with providing operational leadership, you will be expected to be a leader amongst the short-term technical team; providing guidance and mentoring to engineers.

It is expected that you will drive continuous improvements in safety and production, including processes and systems, which is essential in a SLC mine and development and operational readiness phase of a block cave.

This is a leadership role within the Carrapateena Mining Team, the team with the largest workforce on site, and with it comes the responsibility and opportunity to have a significant impact on the performance, safety and culture of the operation.

This role is based at Carrapateena, South Australia (60-minute flight from Adelaide / 30-minute flight from Port Augusta) on an 8 days on, 6 days off FIFO roster.

About You

• Strong leadership skills with demonstrated experience in safety leadership.
• Long standing experience in underground mining; SLC or BC experience highly regarded.
• Experience in mine design, scheduling, and production activities.
• Tertiary qualifications in Mining Engineering, desirable, but not essential.
• Mine managers competency desirable, but not essential.
• Project management experience highly regarded.
• Contract(or) management experience.
• Commercial acumen and ability to make data driven and informed business decisions.
• Ability to interact successfully with multiple internal stakeholders.
• Proven experience in coaching and mentoring of team members.

How to Apply

Please apply before 27 April 2026

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.

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 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