Superintendent Marine Services | Port Hedland | FIFO/RESI
Australia
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
As the Marine Towage Superintendent, you will be responsible for managing day-to-day towage operations, ensuring the safe, efficient, and compliant delivery of tug services for one of the world’s busiest ports by tonnage. Working closely with tug operators, pilots, port authority, and key stakeholders, you will play a vital role in supporting shipping movements and marine traffic management.
Reporting to the Manager - Marine, you will:
- Coordinate daily tug deployment in line with vessel schedules and port priorities
- Ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, and operational standards
- Liaise with tug masters, pilots, and marine stakeholders to manage towage efficiency
- Oversee planned and unplanned maintenance of towage assets
- Monitor contractor performance and ensure adherence to service level agreements
- Assist with audits, incident investigations, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Contribute to emergency response planning and execution as required
About You
To be successful in this role you should possess:
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Proven commitment to safety, compliance, and operational excellence
- Familiarity with the regulatory environment in Australian ports is an advantage
- Ability to work in a high-pressure, 24/7 operational environment
- Sound understanding of tug operations, port logistics, and vessel scheduling
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.
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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.