Laboratory Supervisor

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.

BHP are seeking a Laboratory Supervisor to join our team in Newman in a residential role, reporting to the Processing Services Superintendent.  This opportunity is a residential position based in Newman and working a lifestyle roster (typically a -  4 days on, 5 days off, 5 days on, 4 days off, 5 days on, 5 days off rotating roster)

About this role

In this role you will:

• Demonstrate commitment and conformance to the BHP Charter, the BHP Group Level Documents, Code of Conduct, and relevant statutory obligations.
• Manage your team’s performance to ensure accurate and timely results are reported to our customers
• Monitor and Control automation of sample preparation and analysis processes.
• Ensure safe operations by monitoring duties being performed are in accordance with established operating standards, procedures, and work instructions.
• Conduct incident investigations and implement appropriate actions.
• Lead a team to problem solve and continually improve their work off a base of Standardised Work, and making frontline work safer, easier, better.
• Prioritises work effort and resources accordingly. Know our customer and strive to meet their needs.

About You

As the ideal candidate you will have:

• Schedule 26 Statutory Supervisor qualification
• Laboratory skills cert IV or experience working within a laboratory environment.
• High risk fork licence desirable.
• You will have an overriding commitment to health, safety, environmental responsibility.
• Truly inspire people to engage and be part of a high performing team.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence effectively.
• Sound knowledge of Risk Management systems and processes.

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.