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Superintendent Load & Haul VO

Date:  4 Aug 2025
Job Posting End Date: 
Job Country: 

Australia

Job State/Province:  Western Australia
Job Location/Region:  Pilbara

 

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

 

We are seeking the talents of a committed operational professional to join the team at South Flank in the capacity of Superintendent Mining Production.

 

Reporting to the Manager Mining you will be responsible for providing leadership to a team focussed delivery a high level of performance, enabling teams to achieve the safe delivery of iron ore to the WAIO supply chain. Your ability to work collaboratively and effectively with a variety of key stakeholders across the BHP business will be integral to your success.

Key Responsibilities in this role will include:

 

  • Supervise operational activities to enable the delivery of continuous safe operations
  • Conduct routine operational and safety activities to effectively prepare for and manage operational workload
  • Use and interpret data from operational digital interfaces/systems/technologies to make decisions and overcome challenges in an increasingly digital work environment
  • Respond to emergencies, communicates effectively, identify/manage hazards and comply with work procedures/regulatory requirements to guarantee safety and safeguard production targets in the open-cut mining operations environment
  • Identify and assess risks, make risk informed decisions, using BHP's risk management framework and build a risk aware culture to support safe and productive performance outcomes
  • Prioritise work effort and resources accordingly
  • Engage the capability of the entire organisation
  • Strive to achieve 100% safety, 100% customer value and 0% waste
  • Know our customer and is obsessed with meeting their needs

About You

 

To be successful in this role you will be an experienced leader ideally with a background in mining or mining technical roles. You possess excellent stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to build effective business partnerships.


As the successful candidate, you will ideally possess the following:

 

  • Strong leadership skills in a similar role with demonstrated experience in the ability to manage supervisors, employees, community connections and achieve regulatory expectations
  • Bachelor degree in Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience in site / operational background or operations management highly advantageous
  • Solution focused and innovative with the ability to work well under pressure
  • A genuine passion and drive to create an inclusive workplace which is free from harassment, discrimination, and victimisation
  • The ability to work effectively with others and provide constructive feedback where appropriate

 

Location

 

This position is based at South Flank and is offered as a 4:3 5:2 4:3 9:5 FIFO roster.

 

South Flank is BHP's newest iron ore mine, and the biggest in 50 years. It expands existing infrastructure at Mining Area C, adding 80 Mtpa of new crushing and screening capacity, an extensive overland conveyor system, expanded stockyards and new train loading facilities to form the largest iron ore hub in the Pilbara region. Its brand-new mining fleet is the biggest and best in class, and has been converted to autonomous operation, in line with South Flank's future-facing design.

 

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.