General Manager

About BHP

At BHP 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

BMA is Australia's largest producer and supplier of seaborne metallurgical coal and is owned 50:50 by BHP and Mitsubishi Development. BMA operates five Bowen Basin mines (Goonyella Riverside, Broadmeadow, , Peak Downs, Saraji, and Caval Ridge) and owns and operates the Hay Point Coal Terminal near Mackay.

BMA has an exciting and unique career opportunity for a seasoned mining leader to join as the General Manager Goonyella Riverside and participate as a key member of the Asset Leadership Team with a focus on creating an inclusive culture, optimizing productivity and securing a long-life future for BMA.

Reporting to the Head of Operations, you will be accountable for:

• Delivering a safe system of work to protect the health & safety of people and the environment in accordance with statutory and BHP requirements.
• Creating a culture in which engagement, inclusion and diversity thrive, so that everyone is motivated and supported to realise their full potential.
• Developing operating performance targets together with plans that demonstrate how these will be achieved through the Corporate Alignment Planning (CAP) processes.
• Leading business acumen and understand capital management, and collaborate with other operations in BMA to ensure capital is managed and prioritized for the optimal return on investment.
• Engaging in continuous improvement through the disciplined application of the BHP Operating System, and its standards, processes, systems and structures.
• Driving and promoting cost efficiency and productivity improvements and identifying and solving problems in a collaborative manner.
• Ensuring cross-functional integration through building trustful relationships, influencing and collaborating to deliver safe performance and improve productivity.
• Maintaining a performance management system to monitor and control the availability utilization rate to provide a stable operation, whilst striving for zero breakdowns and unplanned downtime through proactive defect elimination and lifecycle asset management.
• Safeguarding and enhancing the standing and reputation of BHP especially to our host communities.

This role will be residentially based in Moranbah, Queensland or may be offered as FIFO to the right candidate.

About You

As a seasoned leader in the resources sector, you will have an extensive background in open-cut mining operations and possess strong technical knowledge in geology, geotechnical and mining operations.  At least 5 years experience in the Queensland Coal industry is required, along with a Senior Site Executive Qualification (QLD). However, for the right person we will support you in obtaining this qualification. You will have exposure to mining or infrastructure projects in execution phase, as well as having a good understanding of the maintenance of mobile equipment.

As a significant portion of the load & haul function is autonomous at Goonyella Riverside experience in Automated Haulage would be advantageous.

You will be a strategic thinker with strong commercial abilities, who is able to focus and prioritise critical deliverables to provide clear direction and engage with stakeholders to drive performance through operating discipline to achieve outstanding results.  Your communication, listening and influencing skills will be first class, as you are at ease in working with a range of stakeholders from regulators, senior executives through to our front-line operations, and can work within a matrix organisation.

We value diversity in thinking and your career to date will testify to your ability to get the best from a diverse and inclusive team culture. You have a successful background in building capability and utilising your coaching and mentoring skills to positively impact your team. From a safety leadership perspective, you value nothing more than the safety of your workforce and hold yourself and others to account.

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.

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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.

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