About the Role:

Located 472 kilometres north-west of Adelaide, South Australia, Carrapateena is part of our Minerals Australia operations, within the Copper South Australia province. The mine is located on the traditional land of the Kokatha people. Carrapateena produces copper concentrate and is one of the largest mining projects in South Australia in the last decade.

Come and join BHP Carrapateena, a safe, reliable, globally competitive business supported by motivated people. At Carrapateena, we care that everyone goes home safe to do the things they love.

Reporting to the Manager Operational Readiness, you will be leading an empowered and high-performing team. The Superintendent Operational Readiness play a pivotal role in ensuring that assets developed and delivered through projects are operable, reliable and maintainable post-handover. Successful delivery of Operational Readiness deliverables will enable Carrapateena achieve its targets in safety, productivity and cost.

This position will be based in Carrapateena, with FIFO options from Adelaide or Port Augusta at a 5/2/4/3 roster.

In This Role You Will:

• Oversee the scope, development and delivery of Operational Readiness project deliverables from identification to completion.
• Manage stakeholders to achieve key project milestones, to enable effective handover of assets.
• Coach the team in understanding of the operation's systems, activities, risk handover and key processes, terminology, and workflow.
• Manage the relationship between Project, Operational and Functional representatives to ensure the successful integration of projects into operation.
• Identify opportunities and manage improvement initiatives to lift performance across the operation.
• Actively lead the use of the BHP Operating System (BOS) tools and principles to manage how the team operates and coach team members on continuous improvement.

About You:

Ideally, you have relevant industry experience in mining, or projects. Where this experience has enabled you to develop a deep understanding of the link between Definition, Management and Integration framework pillars of Operational Readiness.

Skills and experience that will serve you well in this role include:

• Strong leadership shadow in safety & culture (lead by example) through actively leading Field Leadership/ Time in Field activities.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills to influence and manage relationships across a diverse stakeholder group involving Operational and Functional Teams
• Demonstrated ability to apply your analytical and problem-solving skills and experience to overcome complex barriers.
• Strong desire to coach and build capability in their own team and others.
• Organisational skills for coordination and management of teams and projects; previous experience in Operational Readiness work would advantageous.
• Experience working at Brownfield operations to implement Operational Readiness and/or Change 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.

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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.