Manager Load & Haul | Goonyella Riverside Mine | BMA

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About the Role

BMA Goonyella riverside Mine is seeking a Load and Haul Manager. This critical leadership role offers the opportunity to oversee one of Queensland’s largest and most advanced open cut operations, inspiring a large workforce and helping set the standard for safety, performance, and culture across site.

As part of the Senior Leadership team, you will set the direction for Load and Haul operations. Reporting directly to the General Manager, you will:

•    Lead and mentor a large, diverse team of supervisors, operators and support staff across our extensive load and haul fleet, including 90+ autonomous trucks.•    Drive a proactive safety culture and ensure compliance with site standards and legislative requirements.•    Develop and execute operational plans that achieve production targets and deliver operational excellence.•    Collaborate with site leadership teams, including technical services, maintenance and HSE, to optimise mine performance.•    Foster an inclusive, high-performance culture where your people can thrive and grow.•    Contribute to strategic decision-making as part of the site leadership team.

This is a site-based role at Goonyella Riverside Mine, located in the Bowen Basin, Queensland. To learn more about working at Goonyella click HERE

About You

You are an engaging operational leader with a proven track record of delivering results through people, process and innovation. You bring:

•    Senior leadership experience in large-scale open cut mining, or similar environments (load and haul exposure highly regarded).•    Strong people leadership skills – the ability to inspire, engage and develop large and diverse teams.•    Excellent strategic and operational planning skills, with the ability to balance short-term production goals and long-term site objectives.•    A commitment to fostering inclusion, diversity and a positive workplace culture.•    Sound operational and technical knowledge of open cut mining practices and mine planning principles.•    Tertiary qualifications in Mining Engineering, Business, or a related discipline (or equivalent operational experience).•    Queensland SSE certificate of competency – or willingness to obtain

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.  

Please note as part of this recruitment process the successful applicant will need to conduct a Queensland legislated coal mine workers’ health assessment.

From 1 April 2023, ResHealth will be mandatory for the completion of coal mine workers’ health assessments, allowing you to submit, monitor and review the progress of your health assessment in a secure online environment. For more information please go to the ResHealth website.

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.