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BHP
Superintendent Mine Geology
October 26, 2024
Date: 26 Oct 2024
Job Posting End Date: 11-Nov-2024;13:29:59GMT
Job Country:Australia
Job State/Province: South Australia
Job Location/Region: Adelaide
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
We are seeking a hands-on, experienced Mine Geology Superintendent to lead our underground mine geology and core processing teams onsite at Olympic Dam.
In this role, you will oversee all underground mine geology activities, driving technical excellence to ensure that geological information is not only accurately collected but translated into meaningful insights that support orebody optimisation and extraction.
We believe that our success begins with our people and your leadership will play a key role in promoting an environment where everyone feels supported, heard, and respected, while maintaining a culture of safety, inclusivity, and teamwork. You will be responsible for mentoring and developing a diverse and skilled team, helping them grow both technically and professionally.
Working with a back-to-back you will share leadership of approximately 40 people across these teams, to deliver a variety of geological outputs that assist the Olympic Dam Operation to safely and reliably identify and optimise value from their world class deposit.
This role will be based at Olympic Dam on an 8/6 basis. FIFO from Adelaide, DIDO or residential options are available.
Reporting to the Manager Geoscience, in this role you will:
- Prioritise safety by managing risks effectively and demonstrating strong safety leadership behaviours.
- Oversee key functional areas, including diamond drill design/scheduling, core logging and processing, stope design, underground production support, mapping and reconciliation.
- Drive cultural and capability growth by inspiring your team and promoting an inclusive and supportive work environment.
- Ensure Geoscience Excellence through delivering the right data at the right time to support geological outputs such as block models and 5-year plans.
- Champion continuous improvement in geological processes to optimise ore recovery, reduce dilution and meet production goals.
- Create and nurture successful working relationships across departments to ensure geological work aligns with broader operational needs.
About You
- Experienced geology leader with a proven ability to influence, coach, and mentor individuals and teams.
- Passionate about people development with a focus on building high-performing, cohesive teams where everyone feels valued.
- Committed to process improvement with a keen interest in innovation and new technologies to enhance operational effectiveness.
- Collaborative mindset, able to align geological work with operational and business goals while fostering strong stakeholder relationships.
- Dedication to health and safety as a core priority for yourself and your team.
- Exposure to underground mining and diamond drilling, with a solid understanding of mining cycles, grade control, and reconciliation.
- Software experience in Vulcan, Leapfrog, and/or Deswik is desirable.
How to Apply
Please apply before 11 November 2024
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
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