Supervisor Mine Services

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 would like to connect with experienced and emerging People Leaders who are keen to join our Mining Production team.  Having the right people working within our organisation, focusing on safety, production and culture will allow us to unlock the value of our asset.

We are seeking a Mine Services Supervisor to lead a skilled team dedicated to reducing workplace risks and fostering a productive, healthy team culture. In this role, you will manage the Mine Services team who maintain the haul roads, mining areas and dump areas with a fleet of ancillary equipment and watercarts. You will also be responsible for mine enabling works including pattern preparation, haul road builds and improvement projects.

Your responsibilities include ensuring a safe and inclusive work environment while optimising fleet performance to meet daily production targets. Reporting to the Mine Services Superintendent within the Mining Production department at our Jimblebar Mine, you will work an 8/6 - 7/7 roster.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage workloads and allocate duties across the Mine Services team to deliver the plan and ensure all development targets are achieved;
• Ensure compliance with the requirements of the Mine Safety and Inspection Act and Mines Safety Inspection Regulations;
• By routine, personal inspection and daily interactions, monitor performance of equipment and compliance with operating procedures;
• Foster our positive culture within your team to maintain a focus on identifying opportunities and driving continuous improvement through reduced costs through maximising production, minimising down time and eliminating waste;
• Have an overriding commitment to the sustainability of our inclusive and safety focused workplace culture;
• Build partnerships and maintain strong working relationships with customers and key stakeholders across the business;
• Support and encourage strong levels of engagement to drive our site safety and performance;
• Coach and mentor your team while supporting their development and personal achievements;
• Safely and proactively execute short term production plans to maximise equipment utilisation achieve quality targets;
• Monitor and report against plans and escalate unplanned and non-routine activity or performance to the Superintendent.

About You

To liaise with a variety of stakeholders, it is important you are a confident verbal and written communicator. In addition, your strong problem-solving skills as well as a high level of motivation and drive will assure you are able to support your team in identifying and delivering projects to optimise our operation in terms of Safety, Volume, Cost and Culture.

• Schedule 26 Statutory Supervisor qualification
• A current WA C-class driver’s licence
• Proven experience leading and developing large teams, with a focus on building a strong team culture and driving continuous improvement
• Experienced in delivering quality risk assessments and managing controlled, safe work environments
• Exposure to autonomous mining and mine services operations.
• Experience with MineStar Command autonomous haulage system (desirable)
• Experience with mine enabling works (haul roads, pattern preparations and project works)
• High understanding of incident/event investigation procedures
• Familiarity with Human Resource and Performance Management 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.