Material Handling System Supervisor (MHS) (Underground) - Carrapateena - FIFO

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.

Our Operations - Carrapateena

Located 472 kilometres north-west of Adelaide, South Australia, Carrapateena is part of our Minerals Australia operations, within the Copper South Australia province. The mine is located on the traditional land of the Kokatha people. Carrapateena produces copper concentrate and is one of the largest mining projects in South Australia in the last decade. 

Please note this position is based at Carrapateena, operating on an 8/6, day shift roster with some night shift swings with FIFO (from Adelaide OR Port Augusta).

About the Role

Reporting to the Underground fixed plant maintenance Superintendent, the Material Handling System Supervisor (MHS) is a key role in ensuring that the operational tasks associated with the MHS system are carried out safely and effectively to support Carrapateena in achieving their production targets.  The MHS system consists of conveyors, transfer chutes and feeders which are located underground and on the surface.  The role also focuses heavily on housekeeping standards in these areas and basic conveyor belt inspections and maintenance.   

A typical day would see you start the day with your underground maintenance team, participating in the pre-shift meeting. Following this, you would then deploy your team to complete the daily tasks, adjusting your crew to suit operational requirements if required. You will spend time in the field with your crew, checking in and completing field leadership activities. Some of your day is spent doing administration, reviewing completed jobs, providing inputs to the plan for the following week and reviewing/developing documents.  You will ensure a smooth transition between day/night crews ensuring the teams are set up for success at handover. Throughout the day you will regularly liaise with the maintenance supervisors to ensure the operation continues to run safely and reliably.

In this role you will:-

• Integrate with Maintenance counterparts to ensure effective, pro-actively planned maintenance to minimise unplanned downtime
• Be responsible for the plant operators within the material handling system.
• Ensure daily operational tasks are completed, prioritising tasks to suit operational requirements requirements
• Be responsible for conveyor belt operation, identifying issues and escalating to maintenance team in timely manner
• Review work practices to ensure best practice
• Work with training department to ensure teams have suitable skills and progression plans
• Maintain high housekeeping standards for all the equipment

ABOUT YOU

Our successful candidate: --

• Be an organised and motivated individual excelling in and proven in delivering a high degree of housekeeping standards
• Talented in driving and implementing initiatives & improvements around safety & performance in line with our BOS Practices
• Showcase outstanding planning and organisation skills, with the initiative to execute urgent and planned tasks without being prompted  
• Thrive in pressure, with a key talent in prioritising people and workload, with the resilience and pace to work 12-hour shifts
• Hold the ability to effectively communicate across multiple levels and disciplines
• Hold preferred experience in heavy industry/warehouse environments where organisation skills were critical
• Identify, build and develop team capability through ongoing and regular coaching and development
• Whilst not essential, experience working with SAP would be of advantage
• Conveyor experience whilst not essential would be a strong advantage in this role
• Hold extensive experience driving a manual
• Trade qualifications of relevance advantageous but not essential
• Supervisory experience advantageous but not essential

Diversity & Inclusion

Carrapateena thrives on a diverse workforce, providing an energetic & inclusive team of individuals of varying backgrounds.

Transferrable skills

If you present with transferrable skills in a similar heavy industry environment with a warehousing & logistics focus, we recommend expressing why you present as a good candidate for this role in a combined cover letter/resume as note only one attachment can be uploaded on application.

Please note you will have the opportunity to answer motivational questions on application to demonstrate why you are a strong candidate for this role.  Please make this count

BENEFITS

BHP offers an array of attractive perks to our employees, not limited to annual bonus, shares program, employee recognition program, heavily discounted  corporate offers and so much more. To hear more about the benefits we offer our employees, please take a moment to play Why choose BHP for your career? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W541c1oeLmE

APPLICATIONS CLOSE:  30 April at Midnight SA Time.

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.