Superintendent Environment - Centrals | WAIO FIFO | 5:2, 4:3 Roster

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

Reporting to the Manager Environment Sustainability, the Environment Superintendent Centrals is a key leadership role responsible for partnering with operations to deliver strong environmental performance across the Central Mining Hub, including Yandi, South Flank, and Mining Area C.

As a senior operational leader, you will work closely with operational leaders, project teams and General Managers to provide environmental leadership and oversight across a diverse and dynamic operating landscape. You will play a key role in ensuring environmental commitments are met, material environmental risks are effectively managed, and compliance obligations are achieved, while supporting the successful delivery of major operational initiatives.  

This role will also support the delivery of significant growth projects and new environmental approvals across the complex Central Mining Hub. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced environmental professional to develop team capability, influence operational outcomes, and contribute to the safe and sustainable performance of the business.

Role responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Provide visible environmental leadership to operational teams through collaboration, coaching, and practical technical advice.


• Lead, develop, and coach a team of environmental professionals, ensuring priorities are aligned to operational needs and value is delivered to the business.


• Lead the identification, management and governance of material environmental risks, with a particular focus on biodiversity, ecological values, and environmental impact mitigation across the Central Mining Hub.


• Provide oversight of environmental performance relating to Matters of National Environmental Significance (MNES), ecological receptors, vegetation health, surface water systems, and approved environmental outcomes.


• Build and maintain strong relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.


• Champion continuous improvement of environmental standards, systems, and processes across WAIO.


• Contribute as a member of the WAIO Environment leadership team, fostering a connected, high-performing culture focused on protecting what matters most.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Demonstrated experience leading and developing teams in a mining environment.


• Strong technical capability and a proven ability to identify, manage, and resolve environmental issues.


• Demonstrated experience leading the management of material environmental risks, including biodiversity, ecological values and environmental approvals within a complex operational setting.


• A collaborative leadership style with a motivation for developing people and building high-performing teams.


• Excellent organisational skills, operating discipline, and the ability to prioritise work in a dynamic environment.


• Outstanding stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and partner effectively across all levels of the business.


• Knowledge of Environmental Management Systems, including ISO 14001.


• Strong understanding of environmental legislation and compliance requirements relevant to the Western Australian mining sector.


• A track record of driving continuous improvement and delivering practical business outcomes.


• A tertiary qualification in Environmental Science, Environmental Management, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience).


• Experience with the BHP Operating System (BOS) will be highly regarded.

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 [email protected].