Superintendent Projects South Flank

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.

About the Role

We are seeking a forward thinking and talented professional to take on the key role of Project Superintendent for South Flank within our Engineering department. This is an exciting opportunity for a high performing contributor to work with a range of senior stakeholders where your contribution will have a significant impact on the business.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager for Project Mines, you will be responsible for the safe delivery of projects across all phases and providing leadership to a skilled and diverse team of Project Managers.

Key accountabilities will include:

• Guide and support a team of Project Managers that deliver projects for the South Flank mining operation
• Champion the safe planning and execution of capital projects within the portfolio, ensuring full compliance with site safety standards and statutory obligations
• Foster visible safety leadership, promoting a culture of zero harm and active field engagement
• Coordinate end-to-end project delivery (scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk) in alignment with approved Investment Approval Requests (IARs)
• Work closely with contractors to support safe, timely delivery to agreed standards
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including engineering, design management, operations, and external vendors
• Ensure effective risk identification, mitigation, and control throughout all project phases
• Maintain strong governance and reporting, including progress tracking, forecasting, and executive updates
• Drive schedule adherence and proactively manage delays, constraints, and critical path activities
• Ensure compliance with BHP / site-specific standards, procedures, and systems (e.g., BOS, risk frameworks)
• Support development of project scopes, cost estimates, and execution strategies during early project phases
• Manage project budgets and cost control, including tracking commitments, forecasting, and variance management
• Foster strong stakeholder engagement with operations to minimise disruption and ensure operational readiness
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities across project delivery practices
• Mentor and support project managers to build team capability and individual professional development

About You

• Proven experience delivering capital or sustaining projects in mining or heavy industry
• Strong understanding of project management principles (scope, schedule, cost, risk)
• Demonstrated contractor management and site execution experience
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced operational environment
• Strong commercial and cost management acumen
• Tertiary qualification in Project Management, Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline (preferred)

Location

This role is based at South Flank on a 5/2/4/3 Fly in Fly out roster from Perth.

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.