Underground Supervisor Mobile Maintenance | Leinster Mine | Nickel West WA

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.

Location

Nickel West Leinster is located 375 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia.  The operation sources nickel ore from the Perseverance Underground Mine and Cliffs Underground Mine before crushing and processing to produce a concentrate.  The Leinster Village and Township offer a unique lifestyle with all the modern conveniences and plenty to keep you entertained - take the heat off at the end of the day and head to the Olympic sized pool - or join in a regular social game of sports, there is a health and fitness center, other social activities including movie nights, a race-course and even an 18 hole golf course. Employees either commute to and from Perth on a fly in / fly out roster or live residentially within the township of Leinster, consisting of approximately 1000 residents.

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. A member of the BHP Group, Nickel West is undergoing an exciting business transformation to become a globally significant supplier of battery materials to the electric vehicle market. Nickel West will soon become the world’s largest producer of Nickel Sulphate, a key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries. As the world’s largest producer of nickel briquettes and nickel powder, Nickel West is leading the new-energy revolution in Western Australia.

Nickel West has an exciting future ahead. We invite you to join us at Nickel West as we seek to energise our future.

About the Role

As a Supervisor within the Mobile Maintenance Underground team at Leinster Mine working in a world class 10 level underground workshop, you will have the opportunity to support and guide a talented underground maintenance team to managing the safe and cost effective maintenance on our large fleet underground mobile fleet of mobile equipment, in order to ensure availability, performance and integrity.   Our mobile equipment includes and is not limited to DD421 Sandvik Jumbo’s, 7 x MT065 EPIROC Trucks ,  water cart, 2900 CAT loaders, brand new K Series CAT loaders , CAT Graders and 8 x Volvo integrated tool carries.  Our successful candidate will lead, coach and mentor a team of approx.19 team members on shift which include HD Fitters, Auto Electricians, Drill Fitters, Trade Assistants, various Service Support roles, HV Electrician and Apprentices.  This opportunity is being offered on a 7 days on, 7 days off, 7 nights and 7 off roster.  

Reporting to the Superintendent Mobile Maintenance Underground, your duties will include:  

•    Demonstrating and instilling an overriding commitment to health, safety & environment •    Setting and clearly communicating targets and expectations •    Lead people effectively through engage active leadership methods and  •    Overseeing, coaching and mentoring employees to deliver on plan and build a high performing team •    Managing the planning, scheduling and execution of all Mining Mobile Equipment Maintenance work •    Ensuring reporting systems are kept up to date •    Ensuring the tooling and equipment required for maintenance work are in good working condition •    Reviewing and monitoring maintenance performance on a daily and weekly basis •    Supervisor is responsible and accountable for both planned and unplanned maintenance using SAP  •    Facilitating continuous improvements through gap closing action plans coming from lessons learnt  •    Developing, communicating and executing the Mining mobile Equipment Maintenance work plan •    Contractor Management frame work, assisting with the monitoring of our Contractor Partners work activities.

About You

Ideally as our successful candidate you will have:  

•    A genuine commitment to safety •    Experience leading and mentoring teams and an ability to provide leadership and development of supervisory staff •    Proven experience improving your team’s technical capacity in a Heavy Earthmoving Equipment maintenance environment •    Significant experience in a similar role, leading teams is desirable  •    Demonstrated time in the mining sector in a OEM or workshop based leadership role, would be advantageous  •    Trade qualification within an equivalent industry would be an advantageous   •    Current full "C" class motor vehicle license is essential  •    Diploma in Frontline Management and qualification in Six Sigma are ideal but not essential or state are desirable  •    Working knowledge of Mine Safety & Inspection Act and Regulations •    Solid technical experience within maintenance in a mining business •    Systems knowledge of maintenance processes (e.g. Work management, reliability, information management, cost control and budgeting processes).

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. #LI