Lead Mods and Ops Projects - EME Execution | Brisbane | 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.

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 the Superintendent, the Lead – EME Execution Team will oversee a team of execution project managers and supervisors, driving the safe, compliant, and efficient delivery of earthmoving equipment activities across BMA.

This role is central to maintaining fleet readiness, ensuring equipment compliance, and executing equipment scopes with discipline and consistency. It plays a critical part in sustaining a safe, reliable, and future fit fleet that underpins operational performance.

The Lead – EME Execution Team will role model and uphold BHP’s values — Do What’s Right, Seek Better Ways, and Make a Difference — while enabling strong execution culture across the EME portfolio.

The EME Execution Team Lead will support and execute fleet projects across delivery, commissioning, transfers, rebuilds, and disposals. You will work closely with site teams, Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and OEMs to ensure high quality execution outcomes.

This position requires extensive technical knowledge of heavy earthmoving equipment, strong understanding of equipment compliance standards, and the ability to lead and influence across operational interfaces.

Regular and frequent travel to site is mandatory to ensure effective oversight and field engagement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate execution of earthmoving equipment activities across multiple sites

• Maintain full compliance with safety, regulatory, and OEM requirements across the fleet.

• Oversee equipment delivery, commissioning, rebuilds, transfers, and disposal processes.

• Work with operational teams to resolve equipment issues and support risk mitigation.

• Provide technical assurance and maintain governance documentation to required standards.

• Support execution readiness and continuous improvement opportunities across the EME portfolio.

• Prepare reporting and updates for the key stakeholders.

About You

• Extensive technical knowledge heavy mining equipment.

• Strong grounding in equipment compliance, documentation, and assurance frameworks.

• Proven experience in mining, heavy industry, or large scale maintenance environments.

• Ability to lead execution activities and influence across multiple functions and locations.

• Strong communication, planning, and problem solving capability.

• Willingness and ability to travel frequently to operational sites (high site presence required).

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.

Please note as part of this recruitment process the successful applicant will need to conduct a Queensland legislated coal mine workers’ health assessment.

From 1 April 2023, ResHealth will be mandatory for the completion of coal mine workers’ health assessments, allowing you to submit, monitor and review the progress of your health assessment in a secure online environment. For more information please go to the ResHealth website.

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.