Superintendent Draglines & Dozers | Caval Ridge | 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 here

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and values driven Superintendent Draglines & Dozers to join our leadership team at the Caval Ridge Mine. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a high performing team and play a critical role in delivering safe, efficient, and consistent operational performance on a seven days on / seven days off FIFO roster, flying from Brisbane or Cairns.

As the Superintendent Draglines & Dozers, you will provide strong operational leadership across our dragline and dozer fleets. You will champion safety, contribute to strategic planning, deliver operational excellence, maintain cost discipline and support your people to perform at their best. Your ability to build relationships, apply systems thinking, and lead with discipline will be central to your success.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a frontline and operational workforce to deliver safe and productive mining performance.
• Manage, co-ordinate and verify operational activities in the dragline operation, drill bench preparation, dozer push and key enabling tasks for mining
• Maintain strong operational discipline with a focus on risk management and critical controls.
• Utilise the BHP Operating System to engage frontline teams in problem solving, waste reduction and improvement projects 
• Drive quality at every step: set clear standards, verify at each handover, and ensure issues are corrected early.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with planning, engineering, maintenance, and other production teams to optimise fleet performance.
• Contribute to medium  and long term planning, including resource forecasting, improvement roadmaps, and equipment strategy.
• Manage the operational budget for draglines and dozer fleets, ensuring effective cost control, accurate forecasting, and disciplined allocation of resources to maintain value.
• Execute cost and production improvement projects as per the site business plan

About You

• Significant leadership experience in dragline or dozer operations (or related large scale mining operations).
• A strong commitment to safety and operational discipline.
• A demonstrated ability to build trusting relationships across teams and disciplines.
• A passion for continuous improvement, systems thinking, and structured problem solving.  Exposure to LEAN management or Shingo principles will be highly valued.
• An ability to use systems thinking to understand how processes, behaviours, and operational factors interact to influence outcomes.
• Confidence in setting expectations, holding yourself and others accountable, and developing capability within your team.

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 applicant’s 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.

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 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 encourage applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, colour, sex, national origin, age, religion, people with disabilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, citizenship, genetic information or other protected status under federal, state or local laws.
 
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.
 
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, citizenship, genetic information or other protected status under federal, state or local laws.