Superintendent Projects - NPI | Nickel West | Perth
BHP
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About Nickel West
Nickel West is a fully integrated mine-to-market business. Our culture is rich with technical know-how, highly efficient and focused on innovation. The business employs over 2500 people from five operations across Western Australia comprising of nickel underground and open-cut mines, concentrators, a smelter and a refinery. We also have plans to expand our operations with new mines in the northern Goldfields and a large nickel sulphate plant in Kwinana.
A member of the BHP Group, Nickel West is undergoing an exciting business transformation to become a globally significant supplier of battery materials to the electric vehicle market. Nickel West will soon become the world’s largest producer of Nickel Sulphate, a key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries. As the world’s largest producer of nickel briquettes and nickel powder, Nickel West is leading the new-energy revolution in Western Australia.
Nickel West has an exciting future ahead. We invite you to join us at Nickel West as we seek to energize our future.
To find out more about working with Nickel West and meet some of our team, click here
About the Role
As the Superintendent Projects you will provide leadership to the team that delivery on Non-Process Infrastructure projects across all sites of Nickel West. With your exceptional safety focus around non-mining parameters, you will impart this on our contracting partners to delivery projects with a focus on safety, budget, scope and quality.
This role will be based in Perth with weekly travel required to sites to facilitate project delivery.
In this role you will be responsible for:
- Demonstrating fit for purpose management skills utilising the small project management framework based on sound project management practices
- Managing the assigned projects through all phases (Initiation, Identification, Selection, Definition and Execution) with focus on scope development for: trade-off study, detailed designs and execution work
- Monitoring and governing project performance, controls and deviations
- Exploring best fit solutions for projects iteratively across the lifecycle
- Review of designs and/or design reviews as required
- Manage, mentor and train execution team of internal and external service providers (EPCM team and project owners) to deliver multiple concurrent projects
- Contribution to the BHP Field leadership programme, safety initiatives and well-being of all others by actively understanding, identify and addressing observations throughout all aspects of the project lifecycle
About You
- Tertiary qualified with project and programme management experience (up to $20M)
- Delivery focused, possess excellent written and verbal communication skills with the skills and ability to manage multiple stakeholders
- Experience with Non-Process Infrastructure projects
- Knowledge of design requirements and standards and scope development in a brownfield environment
- Engineering working knowledge in dealing with multi-discipline projects
- Well-developed projects process and financial competencies in order to effectively promote and guide project value propositions
- Demonstrated experience developing and leading a small team
- Demonstrate the confidence to lead by example, hold yourself and others accountable and coach others in ‘Safety Leadership’
Benefits of working with Nickel West
- Flexibility to work from our world-class Perth office
- Full domestic relocation assistance provided if required
- Flexible FIFO to our sites
- Competitive base salary on offer reflective of your skills and experience plus 12% superannuation
- Annual incentive program
- BHP Employee share plan – matched shares initiative
- Tertiary education assistance for dependents towards board or accommodation
- Career development and education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
- Leave for all life’s reasons (vacation, annual, long service, generous paid parental, sick leave and study leave)
- Exclusive employee discounts (banking, health insurance, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
- Nickel West value and respect employees, offering an inclusive and diverse environment
- A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
How to Apply
Please apply online before 26 February 2023
You will be requested to complete a short video assessment as part of your application
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.
Supporting a Diverse Workforce
The size and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a unique BHP employee share program.
At BHP, 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.