Superintendent Fixed Plant Electrical Maintenance | WAIO | Port | Residential

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

Reporting to Manager Fixed Plant Maintenance at BHP's Port Operations in Port Hedland, the role is to provide leadership and direction to the onsite Fixed Plant Electrical Maintenance team to ensure safe execution of maintenance activities for the fixed plant assets (including Car Dumpers, Stackers, Shiploaders, Screening, Stockyards, Sample Stations, Conveyor Systems).

You will support Reliability Maintenance work strategies and in compliance with the daily work schedule, relevant standards and work instructions, in order to meet and improve required plant availability.

This role is based in Port Hedland and can be offered as 5/2 Residential.

In this role you will:

• Be first and foremost focused on creating a culture of care by being a visible safety leader by engaging, developing and coaching your team whilst ensuring an overriding commitment to health, safety, environment responsibility and sustainable development
• Build business partnerships and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders internal and external to the business
• Positively shape culture in alignment with the BHP Charter Values
• Lead and develop a team of technical and operational professionals
• Ensure maintenance teams understand the value of 1SAP work management processes and related metrics
• Develop budgets and forecasts for Fixed Plant Maintenance area and assist Manager Fixed Plant Maintenance with the creation of overall department budget
• Lead Fixed Plant Maintenance teams and promote operating discipline related to the 1SAP work management processes
• Encourage and promote continuous improvement by constantly looking for opportunities to improve work practices and procedures
• Lead process improvement initiatives to support customer group by leveraging BOS practices

About You

• Electrical Engineering Degree or Grade A Electrician, with HV Switching and Instrumentation Certifications are required
• Solid understanding and exposure to electrical maintenance practices
• Experience large scale materials handling, mining or ore processing operation is highly desirable
• Experience in Reliability Centred Maintenance program implementation
• Foundational leadership experience and engagement of teams that support high quality and engaged delivery
• Experience implementing continuous improvement strategies and change management processes
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills are required to support cross-departmental engagement and effective communication throughout multiple levels of the business
• The ability to engage and find positive outcomes with internal and external stakeholders

Location

With this role you will be residentially based in Port Hedland on a 5:2 roster. You will be working across both sites at Port, Finucane Island & Nelson Point. Port Hedland is home to one of the world's largest bulk export ports, handling hundreds of millions of tonnes of iron ore annually and serving as a critical gateway for Western Australia's resources sector. With its warm climate, coastal lifestyle and easy access to fishing, boating and some of Australia's most unique landscapes, Port Hedland offers an exceptional place to live and work.

As a residential employee, you will also be provided with subsidised rental accommodation in addition to power and water subsidies.

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 ••••@bhp.com.