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:

Reporting to Operations Superintendent, the Geoscience Supervisor plays a critical role in leading Geoscience programs across our sites. This position is responsible for ensuring the safe, efficient, and compliant execution of geoscience activities, while fostering strong relationships with key stakeholders and delivering high-quality outcomes aligned with our Geoscience purpose: Delivering deposit knowledge to realise our full potential.

This role will appeal to individuals seeking a fast-paced, challenging, and dynamic career opportunity. You’ll be solving technical and operational Geoscience challenges daily, working alongside a large, safety-focused, collaborative, and results-oriented team.

This is a FIFO-based role at one of our WAIO hubs (Central Pilbara, Newman, or Jimblebar), offered on either an 8:6 Day shift only roster (Full time) or 8:20 day shift only roster (Part time) roster.

Key Responsibilities:

• Organisation: Ensure conformance with the BHP Charter values, Our Requirements, Code of Conduct, and all relevant statutory obligations (including WHS legislation and S26 responsibilities).
• Safety: Demonstrate a strong commitment to health, safety, environmental responsibility, and sustainable development.
• Project Management: Lead and manage Geoscience operational programs (Strategic, Tactical, Hydro), monitoring and escalating variances to planned safety, operational, and cost metrics. Including strategic and tactical improvements to enhance delivery across the Geoscience Operations portfolio
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including vendors and contracting partners.
• Leadership: Promote a values-driven, high-performance culture by leading with integrity, accountability, and respect. Empower a diverse team through collaboration and shared ownership of outcomes.
• Vendor Management: Collaborate with vendors to ensure service quality, safety performance, and alignment with operational goals.

Recommended Qualifications and Experience:

• WHS Section 26 Statutory Supervisor appointment, with a minimum of two years prior supervisory experience in the mining industry
• Qualification in Geoscience, Engineering, or Project Management
• Experience in Geoscience operations, drilling, or earthworks
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage across multiple levels
• Proven ability to manage complex projects and drive performance in dynamic environments
• Proficiency in Geoscience software and data management systems.

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.