Job Description

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 Potash

BHP\'s Jansen Potash Project located approximately 140 km east of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan is BHP\'s first and most advanced potash project. Jansen will add diversity and a Canadian presence to BHP\'s global portfolio. Jansen\'s large resource endowment provides the opportunity to develop it in stages, with anticipated initial capacity of 4.35 Mtpa. The BHP Board has recently sanctioned Jansen Project (Stage 1), with a US $5.7 billion investment. The project is now entering the construction phase, with the first potash expected in 2027.

Work Location

This role will be based at the Jansen Mine Site located in Leroy, SK initially working a 40-hour week on a Monday to Friday work schedule. Aligned with the commissioning and operation of the production mining systems (borer miners and extensible conveyor), this role will transition into a leadership role working an equal time roster (days and nights) supervising an underground mining crew.

As this role is not eligible for accommodation in the site camp, the incumbent must live within a reasonable commuting distance of the Jansen site.

Purpose

Our purpose is to bring people and resources together to build a better world. This is why we exist as a company and at the heart of this is our people. At BHP, our people work together to learn and embrace new ways to discover their potential and we always put the health and safety of our people first. The history of BHP has shown that teams that are more inclusive and diverse deliver safety benefits, have a better culture and are more productive than other teams. This is an amazing opportunity for a dynamic individual to be a part of something big to work with an innovative, diverse, global team, with evolving and new technology, and playing a pivotal role in building a world class mine and potential new resource pillar for BHP.

Reporting to the Jansen Mine Manager, the Lead Mining will be part of the Operations Team based at the Jansen Site. The Lead Mining will be part of the team responsible for the development of all necessary systems, processes, and work procedures to ensure the safe successful startup, ramp up, and transition to operations of the Jansen Mine starting with the production systems. In addition to this you will be an integral part of the commissioning and transition to operations and be accountable for the daily execution of all Mine related duties and allocated district production crews.

About the Role

In this role, you will:

• Be part of the team developing operational work procedures and processes for the Jansen mine operations.
• Be able to obtain/retain a certification to supervise workers in an underground mining environment from the Saskatchewan Mines Branch.
• Identify potential value improvement opportunities and develop plans to mitigate any adverse scenarios.
• Support the Operational Readiness handover/transition from the Project team to BHP Operations.
• Onboard and supervise an underground mining crew to operate all required equipment in your district.
• Be accountable for the daily operation of a mining district ensuring people operate equipment safely and efficiently.
• Ensure that active mining faces and open travel ways/areas are geotechnically compliant.
• Ensure proper selection of ground control remediation tools/methods and identify when to elevate situations to higher management.
• Identify and assess risks, make risk informed decisions, use BHP\'s risk management framework, and build a risk-aware culture to support safe and productive performance outcomes.
• Identify, engage, and manage a range of diverse internal and external stakeholders.
• Leverage technology, data, and experience to evaluate problems and identify solutions.

About You

• An overriding commitment to health, safety, and environment.
• Trade or operations background or bachelor\'s degree in engineering with relevant levels of work experience in mining or construction.
• Applicable experience in the mining industry, preferably potash.
• Aptitude for translating technical documents and drawings into straightforward operator instructions.
• Ability to anticipate, mitigate and confidently resolve potential problems within and across teams.
• Works effectively in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to respond to tight deadlines, significant workloads, and changing priorities.
• Strong communication, influencing and relationship-building skills, with an aptitude for collaborating with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Be a compassionate people leader.
• Demonstrated success building and leading a team in an industrial environment.

Application Deadline

This posting will be active until 11:59pm CST on August 18, 2023.

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 recognize 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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