PHOX Ramp-Up Manager - Prominent Hill

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About the Role

The Prominent Hill Ramp-up Manager will be responsible for Ramp-up performance for the PHOX Project. The role will provide leadership to a highly skilled and diverse team, focused on both the deliberate planning and safe and effective execution of Ramp-up activities. This will include collaboration with Project Functions, external execution partners and Operational Teams, participation in project reviews and risk assessments, development and execution of project Ramp-up strategies, assurance over process. Travel between corporate offices and to site assets will be required.

The Manager will be the key driver for improved effectiveness and efficiency within the project Ramp-up strategies, providing leadership to our Owner’s Team resources and influencing our execution partners. As a leading contributor and key advisor, deliver on accountabilities with an overriding commitment to health, safety, environment responsibility and sustainable development.

This position is based at Prominent Hill an a 5/2, 4/3 basis (with flexibility) and is offered as FIFO from Adelaide or Port Augusta.

In this role you will:

• Develop, manage and execute ramp-up strategies (focused on development and backfill) to balance risk and opportunity.

• Engage, influence and collaborate with the project execution team to successfully delivery the ramp-up strategy including a drive for commissioning effectiveness and efficiency.

• Collaborate closely with Senior Project and Operational representatives to ensure the successful start-up and ramp up of the project.

• Manage change effectively and efficiently to strategically enhance the team’s performance.

• Respectfully and professionally, influence stakeholders to drive optimised outcomes, including Operational, Maintenance, Engineering and Technology teams.

• Work closely with the other project streams including Development, Delivery, Operational Readiness, Project Engineering and Quality to ensure project synergies can be capitalised and lessons learnt leveraged.

• Working in a proactive business culture with a supportive management structure, and leveraging off your extensive experience, you will have the chance to promote business excellence make full use of your broad range of skills in the areas of continuous improvement, technical knowledge, business acumen and communication.

About You

• Degree/Diploma in Mining Engineering or related discipline significant underground development/project experience.

• Extensive experience relevant in Commissioning, ramp-up planning and execution under various delivery models.

• Strong HSE capability, statutory compliance, emergency response, bow‑tie risk, critical control verification.

• Previous experience in a similar senior role having managed and developed teams and be confident in working within a complex environment.

• Leadership role within a major project (>$1B) is highly desirable.

• As an experienced professional with a passion for guiding, developing and influencing teams and individual team members through mentoring and coaching bringing strong leadership abilities with a demonstrated ability to lead a team that delivers high performance.

• Energetic and driven, with a strong understanding of safe operations and safe behaviour fundamentals ,work well under pressure and uncertainty bringing a high attention to detail and the consistent ability to meet multiple deadlines.

• A performance and achievement orientated professional, technical strengths will be complemented by excellent engagement and communication skills.

• Proactive, credible and influential, relate well with people, communicating confidently and building strong working relationships with key stakeholders.

How to Apply

Please apply before 18 February 2026

About Our Process

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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.

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