Supervisor Production Services

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 the Superintendent Production Services, these roles will lead safe field execution of weekly structural cleaning activities within a fixed plant environment across our Nelson Point and Finucane Island operations, integrating with planning and ramp down requirements, assure frontline teams performance and work quality, and drive cost discipline and operational efficiency across FI and NP. This position will be working on a roster of 8 days on, 6 days off.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Provide Section 26 supervision to frontline teams structural cleaning teams, ensuring all work is executed safely, efficiently, and in line with BHP standards.
• Work closely with the Ramp Down Coordinator to align weekly cleaning activities with plant ramp down requirements, ensuring optimal sequencing and shutdown readiness.
• Actively manage and adjust daily plans to ensure resources are optimised, eliminating inefficiencies and avoiding over-servicing.
• Continuously review and refine work plans to prioritise critical activities, improving readiness and reducing pressure during shutdown windows.
• Partner with Services Supervisors to ensure integrated planning, allowing services teams to restructure workload and maximise efficiency in the lead-up to shutdowns.
• Maintain strong field presence to verify work quality, ensuring frontline teams deliver to scope, standard, and expectations.
• Ensure all activities follow quality notification, planning, and work order processes, eliminating informal or uncontrolled work execution
• Challenge scope, labour, and equipment use to ensure only value-adding work is executed, reducing unnecessary cost.
• Track key performance metrics, identify deviations, and apply structured problem-solving to address root causes and implement sustainable improvements.

About You

• Previous leadership experience in mining or a related field
• Statutory Supervisor (S26) required
• Strong work management background with experience in weekly planning and shutdown execution
• Previous experience in contractor management
• Proficient in SAP/FIORI and Microsoft applications (including Microsoft Project)
• Solid understanding of maintenance–production interfaces and ramp down activities
• Ability to balance daily workloads, optimise resources, and solve problems in the field
• Demonstrated application of the BHP Operating System (BOS) and continuous improvement practices

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.