Superintendent Major Maintenance Execution | Olympic Dam | 5/2 4/3 Roster

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

One of Australia’s largest mines and a complex minerals processing operation, Olympic Dam, is unique in that we produce Copper, Uranium, Gold and Silver. The local township of Roxby Downs is an active and progressive community offering a variety of modern, well-equipped housing, educational, health, sporting, leisure, shopping and cultural facilities.

Our Major Maintenance Superintendent will lead a diverse multi-skilled workforce, executing large packages of work across the Surface Operation, inclusive of strategy-based maintenance, asset integrity scopes and a capital portfolio. You will be an experienced, dynamic and collaborative leader who has a demonstrated commitment to safety with a well-developed interpersonal skill set necessary to be an effective and supportive leader ensuring successful outcomes for your team and your customer.We value diversity in thinking and your career to date will testify to your ability to demonstrate solid critical reasoning skills, quickly grasp technical concepts and apply them effectively in the field. Energetic and committed, you work well with challenges, bringing attention to detail and an ability to meet multiple deadlines. You relate well with people, communicate confidently and build positive working relationships.Please note this position is based at Olympic Dam, operating on an 5/2 4/3 roster pattern arrangement, with residential, FIFO or DIDO options available.

In this role our successful candidate will:

• Have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in the field of maintenance execution with a sound understanding of maintenance and capital systems and processes, the applicant should be able to clearly demonstrate past experiences and knowledge
• Oversee and coordinate the surface operations capital portfolio
• Manage and monitor planned and actual costs including all monthly accruals and reconciliation of the department spend
• Maintain, demonstrate and promote an overriding commitment to health, safety and a culture that is inclusive for everyone.
• Coach, review and develop multi skilled trades personnel to ensure their skills are optimised to their full potential
• Lead, engage and empower our people to increase their capabilities
• Oversee the execution of planned and scheduled maintenance, integrity scopes, capital scopes along with breakdown work
• Work closely with the Major Maintenance and Fixed Plant Integrity teams ensuring continuous improvement.
• Be focused on working collaboratively to achieve results for our customers.
• Able to communicate across multiple levels and disciplines.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Foster a positive and productive working relationship and culture between the team members and with other departments

• Ensure HSEC standards, hazard identification and management is applied by departmental personnel
• Previous experience in leadership of high-performance maintenance teams
• Continue to identify opportunities to improve the performance of safety, people, processes and systems
• Improve performance and availability through quality maintenance practices
• Build cross functional relationships with other areas to support the delivery of maintenance and capital scopes
• Confident in using maintenance work management systems including SAP based programs
• Have experience with Contractor Management Systems highly regarded
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Project
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Exceptional risk management skills
• Hold a valid driver’s license, with the ability to drive a manual vehicle

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.