[15h Left] Manager Processing

About the Role

This is an exceptional opportunity to join the senior leadership team at BHP Prominent Hill as the Manager Processing where you will provide foundational leadership and oversight of the Processing facilities.

- Process plant and tailings dam day to day operations, through the Production Superintendent and operations team.
- Metallurgical performance of the plant, with direct reporting of the Metallurgy Superintendent and metallurgy team.
- Tailings facility technical oversight, management and development with direct report being the senior tailings engineer (RTFE).

You will draw upon your extensive and broad skills gained in various strategic leadership and operational roles within the mining industry. This role will also continue to build upon the existing culture of safety excellence and optimal operational delivery within BHP Copper SA.

Responsibilities

- Delivery of physicals, OPEX / CAPEX and budgets and inputs for the LOM development.
- Metal accounting and reconciliation of the Processing facility feeding into broader site reconciliation processes.
- Fostering a culture of technical and operational continuous improvement including the integration of new technologies to maximise value generated at the Prominent Hill asset.
- Compliance with all regulatory requirements associated with the operation and development of the Prominent Hill TSF.
- Core member of the site senior leadership team, delivering effective aligned leadership to the Prominent Hill asset.
- Critical risk management, including the safety of all persons operating in and around the Processing facilities at Prominent Hill.
- Safe delivery of relines and mill liner management in the scope of the maintenance shutdowns.
- Working with stakeholders to ensure key business outcomes are met or exceeded, including product specifications and inputs.

About You

Exceptional technical expertise complimented by a diverse operational mining background will certainly be advantageous. Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills will also be critical in ensuring you build effective collaborative relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders across the business.

In addition, you will possess the following:

- Tertiary qualifications in Chemical Engineering, Metallurgy or related discipline.
- Development of processes and procedures to enable safe and efficient operations.
- Works independently, apply initiatives and develop solutions and recommendations.
- Highly developed problem solving and planning skills.
- Effective leadership skills – to support a culture of improvement, measurement and self-development.
- Experience in the management and operation of tail dams.

How to Apply

Please apply before 26 October 2025.

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 inclusion@bhp.com.

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