Superintendent - Operational Readiness | Carrapateena

About the Role:

We are seeking a forward thinking and talented individual join Carrapateena in the role of Superintendent – Operational Readiness.

This is an exciting opportunity for a high-performing professional to work collaboratively with our teams and their leaders as we continue to ramp up site production and improve operational performance through a structured series of investments over the next five years.

Reporting to the Manager – Operational Readiness, you will be responsible for leading a team focused on delivering the necessary systems, processes and organisational capabilities required to ensure value is delivered quickly from the ongoing investments in the site.

Location: Carrapateena, South Australia (60-minute flight from Adelaide / 30-minute flight from Port Augusta)
Roster: 5/2/4/3
Reporting to: Manager - Operational Readiness
Employment Type: Permanent, Full Time

Applications close: 5 November 2024

In This Role You Will:

• Doing what’s right and ensuring an overriding commitment to health, safety, environmental and community responsibility is maintained through Operational Readiness activities.
• Setting the direction for Operational Readiness activities, starting early in the project lifecycle to develop project specific Operational Readiness deliverables.
• Collaborating closely with project and operational representatives to make a difference through successful integration and ramp up of projects.
• Building strong internal stakeholder relationships, including Operations, Maintenance, Engineering and Technology teams.
• Seeking better ways by engaging and integrating with each key Operational Readiness delivery partner to clearly define all operational readiness scope elements.
• Managing change effectively and efficiently to strategically enhance business performance.
• Identifying risks and making risk informed decisions to maximise business outcomes.

About You:

• Mining and/or processing experience with demonstrated budgeting and project management experience at an operational mine site. This should include the ability to plan work activities and resources, track delivery of work, manage risk and opportunities and evaluate success.
• Highly effective communicator with the ability to engage with and resolve issues across all levels of the project and operation. Experience executing organisational change management programs would be considered an advantage. Demonstrated bias to a collaborative work style with the ability to work autonomously and achieve timely outcomes.
• A high degree of business acumen including the ability to make sound commercial decisions based on understanding of key processes, inputs and drivers across a mine to mill value chain.
• A good understanding of the systems, processes and organisational capabilities required to handover, operate and maintain a new asset.
• Ability to apply risk management in both a project and operational context. Hands on experience in applying the BHP risk management framework would be an advantage.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or relevant trade in combination with leadership experience.

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 [email protected]