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.
About the Role
We are currently looking for an Electrical Superintendent in our Mine Fixed Plant Maintenance team. Reporting to the Manager Maintenance Fixed Plant, this role will help ensure continuous improvement within the electrical fixed plant area, primarily focussed on the Mine surface and underground electrical infrastructure. This role will also include working with execution on improvement projects and assisting in building the improvement portfolio.
Please note this position is based at Olympic Dam, operating on a 8/6 roster, with residential or FIFO options out of Adelaide available.
In this role you will:
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- Lead, coach and support the Electrical maintenance team
- Comply to and consistently follow the standards and procedures designed to enable you to work safely and effectively every day.
- Build and maintain internal and external relationships with execution and functional teams embedded into the operational routines and understanding voice of the customer(s).
- Implement maintenance work plans to validate the integrity of plant, equipment and infrastructure
- Execute and help optimise maintenance work strategies for the area
- Provide advice on defect elimination processes, and help identify improvement opportunities
- Review maintenance procedures, work instructions and control systems coding where relevant
- Provide input in to the training matrix for the Fixed Plant team
- Build cross-functional relationships with other sub-functions
- Conduct routine performance and development discussions with direct reports
- Support site shutdowns through scope development, reviews, executions and verification
- Coordinate and manage responsible team to balance capacity and demand
- Assist supervisors with recruiting and onboarding
- Ensure Safety, Constructability, Operability and Maintainability is preserved throughout the design lifecycle process
About You
- Proven commitment to look after your own wellbeing and the confidence to speak up when others put themselves in harm’s way
- Previous experience in the mine electrical teams preferred
- Unrestricted Electrical Licence preferred
- Previous experience leading teams
- Previous experience in managing OPEX budget and CAPEX co-ordination
- Need to have solid planning and analysis background and skills
- Must have excellent time management skills and be able to prioritise
- Need to be safety minded, with proven ability to demonstrate HSEC behaviours
- Highly engaged, collaborative and committed to building mutually beneficial relationships across functional teams
Applications close 5pm Thursday 2nd 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.