Specialist Production Capacity

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.

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About Potash

The Jansen project in Saskatchewan, Canada is set to become one of the largest potash mines in the world and is located approximately 140 kilometers east of Saskatoon.  BHP’s CAD$14 billion (US$10.5 billion) investment in the Jansen project will deliver a potash mine in Saskatchewan designed to maximize sustainability. As the largest investment in Saskatchewan’s history, Jansen is expected to generate approximately 5,500 workforce opportunities during construction and 900 long-term roles.

Jansen's construction will take place over several years with first production planned for mid-2027. Once fully ramped up, Jansen is expected to have an initial production capacity of approximately 8.5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa), with the potential to produce 16 to 17 Mtpa in future stages. To find out more about Potash and the Jansen project, click here.

BHP has recently been named one of Canada's top 100 employers for 2025.  This formal recognition is a testament to our dedication to fostering a positive, diverse and rewarding work environment.

Purpose

The Specialist Production Capacity contributes to ensuring that the Jansen value chain—from mining through processing, logistics, and customer delivery—operates within optimal capacity limits to meet production targets and strategic objectives. The position focuses on identifying equipment capacities, bottlenecks, and driving improvement to enable efficient ramp-up and steady-state performance.

About the Role

In this role you will:

• Analyze end-to-end value chain segments (Mining, Hoisting, Processing, Outbound Logistics) to determine current and future capacity requirements.
• Identify constraints and propose mitigation strategies to ensure compliance with integrated plans.
• Apply an understanding of end-to-end Supply Chain to enhance efficiency, drive optimisation, and maximise value. 
• Identify, engage and manage a range of diverse internal and external stakeholders. 
• Develop and maintain capability frameworks incorporating equipment performance metrics and operational benchmarks.
• Analyze equipment and productivity data (e.g., borers, hoists, conveyors) and apply BHP’s Time Usage Model (TUM) to assess utilization, efficiency, and reliability.
• Design and maintain dashboards and reports to track KPIs and enable data-driven decision-making and improvement focus.
• Gather and consolidate inputs from maintenance schedules, mine plans, and logistics constraints to support production planning.
• Provide integrated inputs and validated assumptions to planners for determining production capacity.
• Ensure timely and accurate data flow between planning functions to enable integrated scheduling and forecasting.
• Collaborate with maintenance, operations, and planning teams to identify trends, root causes of underperformance, and opportunities for optimization.
• Provide actionable insights to inform integrated planning routines and ensure alignment with the 2-Year Plan (2YP), production targets, and safety standards.

Work Location

Downtown Saskatoon. 40 hours per week. Hybrid working (flexible, shared workstations and a combination of office and work from home) is standard for BHP.

BHP offers relocation assistance to support the successful incumbent in transitioning, if required. Benefits offered as part of the relocation program include (but are not limited to) new home purchase assistance, temporary accommodations, home finding trip and a relocation allowance.

About You

To be successful in this role you need:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to turn data into actionable insights and performance improvements.
• Effective facilitation and communication skills to drive alignment across cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of equipment performance metrics and continuous improvement practices, ideally within mining or heavy industrial environments.
• Experience in mining operations, reliability engineering, process or chemical engineering, maintenance, instrumentation, or industrial analytics (degree, diploma, or equivalent practical experience).

Application Deadline

This posting will be active until 11:59pm CST on December 18, 2025. 

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.  The outcome of these checks is not determinative of whether or not BHP decides to make an offer of employment.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

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 is 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 recognize 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.

At BHP, we aim to unlock the enormous potential that diverse and inclusive teams bring to the workplace, to leave a strong legacy within and beyond our operations for the generations to come.

Based on existing demographics in our Potash project preference in hiring will be given to qualified women and Indigenous peoples who self-identify as such in the application process. This reasonable and justifiable measure has been implemented pursuant to section 56 of The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code, 2018.

The BHP Jansen project marks the largest investment in Saskatchewan’s history, and with that growth will come significant employment opportunities. With first production projected to occur in mid-2027, from now until the project fully ramps up there will be significant recruitment requirements over the coming months and years. To find out more about the project, hints and tips on our process and where a career with BHP Potash can take you, sign up to our talent updates here.