Supervisor Hoist Maintenance | Olympic Dam

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.

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Our Operations - Olympic Dam

Olympic Dam is one of the world's most significant deposits of copper, gold, and uranium. Located 560 kilometres north of Adelaide, South Australia, Olympic Dam is a part of our Minerals Australia operation. It's made up of underground and surface operations and operates a fully integrated processing facility from ore to metal.

Please note this position is based at Olympic Dam, operating on a 7/7 roster pattern arrangement with residential, FIFO from Adelaide or DIDO options available.

About the Role

This role is based within our Mine Hoist Maintenance area. As Supervisor Hoist Maintenance, you will be an integral part of the team, reporting to the Superintendent Mine Hoist. Working closely with other supervisors and support teams, you will lead a small, skilled team of technicians responsible for the safe and reliable execution of hoist maintenance activities.

You will take a hands‑on leadership approach, working alongside your team during day‑to‑day operations while providing clear direction, coaching, and support to ensure compliance with maintenance schedules, operating standards, and defined work processes. A key focus of the role is building team capability and accountability to deliver consistent, high‑quality maintenance outcomes for fixed plant operations.

The role also requires strong leadership during major outages and planned maintenance events, where you will coordinate resources, manage priorities, and oversee execution to ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and to plan. You will be expected to maintain effective communication with stakeholders, manage emerging risks, and adapt to changing conditions in dynamic operational environments.

As a Supervisor Hoist Maintenance, you will demonstrate the ability to make sound, risk‑based decisions in high‑pressure scenarios, particularly during breakdowns or time‑critical situations. Your judgement, calm leadership, and commitment to safety will be critical in maintaining asset integrity, minimising downtime, and supporting continuous improvement across the maintenance function.

In this role you will:

• Be first and foremost focused on creating a culture of care by being a visible safety leader, engaging, developing and coaching your team
• Identify, build and develop team capability through ongoing and regular coaching and development
• Prioritise the execution of work based on condition of risk of equipment to prevent unplanned failures and supervise the execution of the weekly work schedule 
• Plan and schedule break in work as based on risk of equipment failure within a 7 day period
• Identify and implement Maintenance Execution improvement initiatives with support from the Reliability team
• Allocate resources to achieve optimal maintenance outcomes as part of work activity planning 
• Offer continued development and mentorship to your team and ensure competency of individual maintainers in the safe performance of their duties

About You

• Demonstrate the confidence to lead by example, hold yourself and others accountable and coach others in ‘Safety Leadership’
• Australian recognised Trade qualifications in relevant maintenance field(s)
• Previous Supervisory or leadership experience in an operational environment
• Experience with local safety and statutory regulations will be advantageous, as well as Front Line Management qualifications
• Exposure to SAP or other similar computer-based maintenance systems
• Quality focussed with a drive to achieve results for the team
• Confidence working across multiple disciplines and levels, building effective, respectful, and collaborative working relationships
• A strong focus on quality outcomes, with a drive to deliver safe, reliable, and efficient results for the team
• The ability to balance multiple competing priorities and make sound, risk‑based decisions in dynamic and time‑critical situations

 Applications close:  Friday 3 April 2026 at Midnight SA Time

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.