Superintendent Mine Services Engineering - Olympic Dam
Australia
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About the Role
Reporting to the Manager Mine Services, you will lead a team supporting the integrity, safety, and performance of underground mine services at Olympic Dam. The Mine Services Engineering team supports the Mine Services Operational team, providing specialist advice, analysis and benchmarking of the Services function's end-to-end performance. Through insight and innovation, you will identify and implement a portfolio of improvement initiatives that enable functional excellence and support business priorities for continuous improvement. It is essential you can develop and maintain effective working relationships with the operations teams, project teams, and other departments.
This position is being offered as 5/2, 4/3 FIFO from Adelaide to Olympic Dam or 5/2 Residential at Roxby Downs.
In this role you will:
- Provide leadership for the Mine Services Engineering team
- Mentor Engineers and Specialists in the team and support the Mine Services Manager
- Actively support Material Risk management through Critical Control ownership, activities & verifications
- Assist in the management of the Mine Services budget and provide forecast updates and budget analysis
- Identify and deliver improvement opportunities using the BHP Operating System practices
- Liaise with operational superintendents, coordinators and supervisors to implement improvement initiatives
- Provide inputs and feedback to the planning team to improve future execution plans, designs, schedules and forecasts
- Build and maintain close working relationships with other engineering and operational functions and provide expertise when required
About You
The ideal candidate will have the ability to effectively lead positive change and support continued improvement. You will have an absolute commitment to working safely, complying with all site safety standards, mine working procedures and ensure a safe and environmentally healthy workplace.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Bachelor degree in Mining Engineering or other closely related tertiary qualification related to mining
- Significant underground mining knowledge and experience
- Demonstrated leadership ability and experience
- Experience identifying, managing and implementing improvement initiatives
- Demonstrate an understanding of customer focus and lean principles
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills and ability to communicate effectively across all levels and disciplines
- Financial experience is advantageous but not essential
- Attention to detail and the demonstrated ability to work with data
How to Apply
Please apply before 27 May 2025
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