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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 Superintendent Reliability in the Maintenance department, you will oversee the reliability team supporting the Prominent Hill Mine complex operations. 

Your focus will be ensuring the improvement of maintenance performance and downtime through analysis and providing the reliability engineering services to support the efficient and effective operation of the Maintenance department.

This role is based at Prominent Hill and is offered on a 5/2, 4/3 roster FIFO ex-Adelaide.

In this role you will also: 

• Demonstrate a commitment to safety by actively engaging in the BHP Field Leadership program
• Promote and coach operational discipline and high performance in work execution and enhance the technical knowledge of team members
• Ensure all teams follow our safety systems and procedures, coach and mentor all teams through appropriate field leadership
• Monitor all asset/equipment parameters to develop a comprehensive portfolio of signs and triggers to develop predictive maintenance programs
• Determines the underlying cause of problems and evaluates multiple solutions to ensure a planned and structured approach to solving complex problems.
• Identifies opportunities to improve asset/ maintenance strategies 
• Develops and implements performance targets
• Monitors and analyses key performance metrics 
• Navigates and supports the application of core processes and systems in the business
• Reviews plans against changing external environment
• Monitor the application of maintenance execution processes within the team to support local and GLD compliance to a quality and cost standard
• Implement Continuous Improvement activities that support long term improvement of plant reliability
• Deliver BOS principles with all teams and driving improvement in all areas
• Effectively engage with other department and external parties to ensure that pathways are provided for success
• Provide inputs into plans, budgets, and targets for the projects and ensure delivery against them
• Be first and foremost focused on creating a culture of care by being a visible safety leader, engaging, developing and coaching your team

About You

To be impactful in this role, you are an experienced maintenance and reliability leader with the skills and desire to drive improvements. You will have a proven collaborative style with a key focus on strong team performance, stakeholder engagement and reliable delivery of value to the operation.

In addition, we are ideally looking for the following skills and experience:

• Tertiary qualified or relevant maintenance, mining, manufacturing or production experience
• Significant experience in leadership roles of large teams
• A proven track record in safety management
• Demonstrated success building cohesive and effective teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Solution-focused with the ability to work well under pressure
• Excellent communication skills; both written and verbal
• Deep foundational leadership which supports team growth and development
• A continuous improvement mindset

Applications close 5pm Friday 17th July 2026.

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.