BHP and OZ Minerals

OZ Minerals is now proudly part of BHP, with the acquisition strengthening BHP’s portfolio in copper and nickel, helping to meet the worlds increasing demand for the critical minerals needed for electric vehicles, wind turbines and solar panels, to supporting the energy transition to a cleaner and more sustainable future.

In combining our two organisations we will be able to provide more options for growth, bringing new talent and innovation together to unlock these resources in a sustainable way, and deliver value to our shareholders and the communities in which we operate.

Our strategy has and will always be 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. As we work through this transitional period of bringing both organisations safely together, we know that some processes will take longer than others and for now we will be continuing to temporarily recruit roles for our Prominent Hill team within the OZ Minerals recruiting platform.

Your New Role:

This newly created permanent role is responsible for managing and overseeing the asset management governance function as well as ensuring the ongoing reliability associated with failure engineering whilst ensuring corrective and breakdown maintenance is in place for ongoing optimisation. As the Engineering Superintendent you will be in charge of the Preventative Maintenance, ERP Plant Maintenance process experience together with being involved in continuous improvement practices.

Location: Prominent Hill , South Australia (60-minute flight from Adelaide / 30-minute flight from Port Augusta)

Roster: 4 days on, 3 days off, 4 days on 3 days off and 8 days on; 6 days off

Employment Type: Permanent Full-Time

How you will create impact:

• By showcasing your extensive leadership, improvement and communication skills in the areas related to important business processes that form part of the OZM Prominent Hill Asset Management System.
• Providing daily leadership of a small team whilst also influencing stakeholders and colleagues across reporting lines to achieve the department objectives, understanding how that contributes to value creation for OZM at Prominent Hill.
• As custodian of key processes, this role will develop reporting tools and monitor the health of the processes and lead the management of any improvement opportunities.
• Leading and coaching others in compliance and performance within the processes that extend beyond a traditional hierarchal reporting structure.

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Extensive experience in industrial/mine processing/ infrastructure physical assets, corrective and breakdown maintenance for typical failure modes
• Work Management (Identify, Plan, Schedule, Execute, Review) governance, optimisation and application within an ERP system
• Preventative Maintenance, ERP Plant Maintenance processes experience
• Confidence with the management of external subject matter experts to achieve objectives
• Effective written and verbal communication of technical concepts and processes
• Previous shutdown management and cost control
• RCA and defect elimination knowledge
• Awareness of basic accounting principles including cost management
• Comprehensive engineering judgement and financial justification to achieve set objectives
• Extensive supervisory, team management and strong leadership skills

To apply for this role, you require the following qualifications, accreditations, and licenses:

• Tertiary Studies within an Engineering discipline
• Current National Police check (NPC)
• Asset Management Qualifications (highly desirable)
• Leadership/ Management Certification and or Qualifications (highly desirable)

To Apply:

If the above excites you, and even makes you a little nervous, then we want you to apply! It’s an exciting and transformative time for us; and we need creative, collaborative and great people like you.

Applications close: October 12th 2023