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Reporting to the Manager Strategic Mine Planning, the Superintendent Mine Planning leads a team of technical professionals responsible for shaping the future direction of a Pilbara Hub through integrated life-of-asset planning, strategic optimisation, and resource development opportunities.
The position is accountable for the development, governance, and continuous improvement of integrated mine plans that maximise long-term value, support sustainable mine progression, and enable delivery of WAIO's strategic objectives.
As the planning leader for the Hub, the Superintendent Mine Planning provides leadership across planning disciplines, ensuring activities are aligned with business objectives, operational requirements, and future growth opportunities.
Working closely with Operations, Resource Engineering, Business Planning, Strategy, and other technical functions, the role drives value optimisation initiatives and delivers high-quality planning outcomes that effectively balance value, risk, and operational performance.
This is a unique opportunity to influence the future direction of one of the world's largest iron ore businesses. The role provides significant exposure to senior leaders, strategic investment decisions, portfolio optimisation initiatives, and future resource development opportunities while leading and developing a high-performing team of mine planning professionals.
Responsibilities within the role will include:
You are an inclusive and engaging leader with exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills. You foster a culture of safety, accountability, respect, recognition, and teamwork, and are passionate about developing high-performing teams within a collaborative and diverse environment.
To be successful in this role, you will bring:
You will be based in Perth, Western Australia, in the multi award winning office tower - ‘City Square’. You will have stunning river views from your modern open plan office, state of the art facilities including virtual whiteboards and video conferencing facilities, 550 bicycle racks with ample lockers, showers and change room amenities and a large outdoor terrace with barbecues.
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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.
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