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 Surface Maintenance Services Manager, as the Superintendent Shutdowns and Contracts, you will be responsible for the oversight of safe, successful and well-executed shutdowns that occur up to 12 times a year in the Surface operations portfolio, inclusive of the areas Concentrator, Hydromet, Smelter, Acid Plant and Refinery’s.
You will provide shutdown management both during planning, execution and close out phases, coordination of critical shutdown resources, equipment and materials, interfaces with Production, Maintenance, Reliability, Technical, Logistics and Planning teams to deliver shutdowns as per the forecast plan, safely and to budget.
You will provide strategic and tactical leadership to a team who assist, co-ordinate and maintain the compliance and performance of contracts whilst seeking operational and commercial efficiencies across BHP Olympic Dam Surface. You will provide contractor management subject matter expertise and advice to leaders within Olympic Dam, and to act as the Contract Owner for contractors used across the site.
This is an Olympic Dam based role on a 5/2, 4/3 roster (with flexibility throughout shutdown periods). You can elect to reside in Roxby Downs or FIFO from Adelaide.
In this role you will:
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Oversee end to end delivery of Surface Shutdowns
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Plan in conjunction with planning and asset health teams all surface shutdowns
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Execute in conjunction with execution teams all surface shutdowns
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Develop and maintain compliance to shutdown budget
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Coordinate contracting teams to safely deliver shutdown scopes of works
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Undertake contract ownership for key maintenance services & construction, contractors, labour hire vendors, with a primary focus on the safe delivery of services across the site
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Develop or contribute to contract strategy & management processes
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Lead contractor performance review meetings & forums, ensuring performance feedback is collated from all end users & delivered to the contractors in a timely manner
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Actively manage contractor performance & the health of the company's contracting arrangements
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Support tender processes in an operational context
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Provide strategic direction related to effective Contract Leadership, including benchmarking internally & externally identifying Continuous Improvement opportunities
About You
With a strong commitment to safety, you will have demonstrated leadership capability combined with experience in operations and/or contract management in a heavy industry environment. This will be combined with experience and background working within shutdown and maintenance planning activities.
Your superior stakeholder engagement will foster collaborative working relationships across our teams where you will apply critical thinking to the development while having the ability to communicate effectively across disciplines and organisational levels to create buy-in and influence outcomes.
You will be a performance and achievement oriented professional, who is motivated by exceeding expectations and supporting your team to achieve and deliver excellent results.
You will be able to demonstrate:
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Significant experience with contractor management with previous contract ownership / contract administration experience
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Shutdown and/or Maintenance planning and execution experience
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Preferred Trade based background
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Leadership of diverse teams and direct reports
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Well-developed skills with 1SAP, Excel, PowerPoint and Word
How to Apply
Please apply before 23 January 2026
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 [email protected].
