Superintendent Fixed Plant and Infrastructure

At BHP Billiton 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 Manager Maintenance, you will lead the Fixed Plant Maintenance Team to ensure the safe execution of maintenance activities (including shutdowns) to optimize plant and equipment availability. As an effective leader, you will be charged to develop and build the capability of the team. You will lead the team to operate in a climate of continuous improvement, being accountable and ensuring that all work is aligned with business critical success factors.

In this role, you will cultivate strong relationships through effective communication and consultation, positively influencing the Fixed Plant Maintenance function and shape the culture to ensure a safe, productive, quality, sustainable and disciplined approach to work.

The Superintendent Fixed Plant/Infrastructure Maintenance will successfully lead the team in:

• Ensuring a safe system of work to protect the health and safety of people and the environment
• Executing high quality, precision maintenance outcomes
• Ensuring an engaged culture, inclusive and diverse culture, where everyone is motivated to their full potential
• Managing performance targets and plans aligned to the Corporate Alignment Planning  (CAP) processes
• Improve productivity and disciplined application of the BHP Operating Model, and its standards, processes and systems.

About You

You will be a forward-thinking leader with a strong focus on safety, inclusion and diversity, productivity and maximising the benefit of technology. Your solid understanding of maintenance and engineering practices will be supported by relevant tertiary qualifications and extensive experience in delivering outstanding results in asset maintenance. Previous experience in leading and mentoring multi-disciplinary diverse teams through effective communication coupled with strong operational discipline is required for the success of this role.

With exposure to asset management principles, notably overall equipment effectiveness and a strong understanding of maintenance system processes, you will be confident in working through change management in a complex environment.

A performance and achievement orientated professional, your technical strengths with significant maintenance experience will be complemented by engagement and communication skills, high energy levels, and an action oriented attitude tempered by simplicity. An overriding commitment to health, safety, environment is essential, on this we build excellence in all areas.

Supporting a diverse workforce

At BHP Billiton, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect.  We are an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from women and Indigenous people.

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.