Job Description

At Hail Creek, everything we do is about developing our people, optimising our asset and improving our future. We positively impact our people and communities. We strive to be industry leaders – the Mine of Choice. It’s a culture that fosters pragmatic outcomes where things happen quickly. We promote those ‘out of the box’ ideas to continuously improve and no day is ever the same. With a large and passionate workforce of over 1,000 people, there is a great opportunity for you to contribute and make an impact.

Glencore is committed to providing an environment that adheres to the Respect at Work Legislation.

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced HME Superintendent to join our Engineering and Maintenance team.

Reporting to the Engineering and Maintenance Manager, you will lead HME Maintenance and be accountable for the safe, reliable and cost-effective performance of one of Hail Creek’s largest and most diverse HME asset portfolios.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Providing visible safety leadership and ensuring maintenance activities comply with legislative requirements, critical controls and site standards.
• Delivering planned and corrective maintenance, breakdown response, component replacements and shutdowns to agreed safety, availability, reliability, quality, schedule and cost outcomes.
• Working closely with Planning, Engineering and Reliability, Mining and other stakeholders to manage priorities, job readiness, backlog, defects, equipment condition and life-cycle risks.
• Improving asset health and whole-of-life performance through effective maintenance strategies, condition monitoring, failure investigation and defect elimination.
• Managing by the numbers to identify recurring losses, make informed decisions and deliver measurable improvements in availability, reliability, work quality, productivity and cost.
• Challenging the status quo, encouraging ideas from all levels and simplifying processes to embed safer and more efficient ways of working.
• Applying commercial judgement and a business-owner mentality when managing budgets, labour, contractors, components and strategic spares.
• Creating ownership within the team, delivering agreed commitments and personally confirming and validating that actions have achieved the intended outcome.

This diverse and collaborative environment provides excellent opportunities for professional growth, skill development, and career progression.

About the Candidate

The successful candidate will bring the following skills and experience to the role:

• A relevant mechanical trade or engineering qualification.
• Significant leadership experience in mobile equipment maintenance within open-cut mining or a comparable heavy-industry environment.
• Experience managing a large and diverse haulage and ancillary fleet across multiple OEMs and equipment life-cycle stages.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach and develop supervisors, employees and contractors in a performance-driven environment.
• Strong knowledge of maintenance execution, work management, defect management, shutdowns, component planning and asset reliability.
• Experience using maintenance and performance data to identify losses, challenge existing practices and deliver sustainable improvement.
• Sound commercial capability, including budget management, forecasting, contractor management and cost control.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and decision-making skills, with the ability to manage competing operational priorities.
• A thorough understanding of risk management, safe work practices and critical control management.
• Relevant Queensland coal-mining competencies, or the ability to obtain them, and a current Australian driver’s licence.

You will be a practical and visible leader who creates ownership, acts with integrity, makes timely decisions and follows through on commitments.

What We Offer

At Hail Creek Open Cut, we are committed to creating an environment where our people feel valued, supported, and empowered to succeed.

In return, we offer:

• Monday to Friday roster with the ability to apply for a Nine-Day Fortnight Compressed Work Arrangement.
• Direct employment with Glencore.
• Competitive remuneration package with lifestyle benefits.
• Annual short-term performance bonus.
• Above-award annual leave entitlement.
• Access to the Coal Mining Industry Long Service Leave Scheme.
• Education Assistance opportunities to support further study and professional development.
• Ongoing career development and advancement opportunities within a global mining organisation.

This role is a wonderful opportunity for you no matter your circumstance. You will have the option to either live locally in one of the communities that surround our operation or stay on site in our amazing village. We are only a one and quarter hour drive from the beautiful Mackay hinterland and a two- and half-hour drive from Airlie Beach and the Whitsunday Islands and have a diverse group of people at our operation commuting from multiple locations in Queensland such as Rockhampton and Townsville, to name a few. Commercial Flight Support is available per written request for senior staff members and above, for flights from Mackay (MKY) to Brisbane (BNE) return.

Our people think and act like entrepreneurs. We have built a culture that rewards dedicated people with a can-do spirit, who take responsibility, and who have the drive to be leaders in their field. If you are caring, responsive, intuitive, and driven, and can operate within a dynamic environment, this is your chance to become part of a culture that empowers people and drives progression.

Apply now at glencore.com/careers

For further recruitment information, please contact:

Ashleigh Head - Human Resources Coordinator

Ashleigh.Head@glencore.com.au