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:
As a Shutdown Coordinator, you will be responsible for the end-to-end planning, coordination, and execution of fixed plant shutdowns within our Newman Operations team. You will work closely with maintenance, processing and contractor teams to ensure shutdowns are completed safely, efficiently and on schedule, while minimising operational impact.
Located at Newman Operations, this position is offered on a FIFO (8/6 roster) or Residential basis, back-to-back with our existing site Shutdown Coordinators.
Reporting to the Shutdown Lead, key responsibilities include:
- Develop and execute detailed shutdown plans for fixed plant maintenance activities
- Coordinate resources, including internal teams and contractors to ensure safe and timely execution
- Manage schedules, budgets and risks (safety & production) to optimise shutdown performance
- Liaise with commercial and logistics teams to ensure timely availability of materials and equipment
- Drive a strong safety culture by being an effective safety mentor in field
- Conduct post-shutdown reviews to identify continuous improvement opportunities
- Manage improvement initiatives to continuously close identified performance gaps
- Ensuring compliance with BHP safety standards, policies and procedures
About you:
To be successful in this role, you will bring:
- Experience in maintenance coordination within the mining, resources, or heavy industry sector
- Experience in project management within the mining or resource sector
- Strong knowledge of fixed plant maintenance and shutdown best practices
- Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and work in high-pressure environments
- A commitment to safety management and operational excellence
- Proficiency in SAP, Microsoft Projects, or similar planning tools
- Relevant trade or engineering qualifications are highly regarded
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.