Superintendent Draglines & Dozers | Goonyella Riverside | BMA

BHP Group; Moranbah; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

BHP is seeking an experienced Superintendent Draglines & Dozers at Goonyella Riverside Mine in Queensland. You will lead a high-performing team, champion safety and drive operational excellence across dragline and dozer fleets on a 5/2 roster with flexible arrangements.

You will partner with planning, engineering and maintenance to optimise fleet performance, manage the budget and deliver cost and production improvements in line with the site business plan.

Qualifications

• Leading frontline teams in mining operations and safety.
• Experience with large dragline or dozer fleets is preferred.
• Strong focus on continuous improvement and cost control.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a frontline workforce to deliver safe and productive mining performance.
• Manage dragline operation, drill bench preparation, dozer push and enabling tasks.
• Maintain operational discipline with risk management and critical controls.
• Engage frontline teams in problem solving, waste reduction and improvement projects.
• Drive quality at every step with clear standards and handovers.
• Foster accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Partner with planning, engineering, maintenance to optimise fleet performance.
• Contribute to medium- and long-term planning, including resource forecasting and equipment strategy.
• Manage the operational budget for draglines and dozer fleets and control costs.
• Execute cost and production improvement projects per site business plan.

Skills

Leadership

Safety

Relationship building

Continuous improvement

Lean/Shingo

Systems thinking

Job description

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Date: 26 Oct 2026

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Job Country: Australia

Job State/Province: Queensland

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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 here .

About The Role

We are seeking an experienced and values-driven Superintendent Draglines & Dozers to join our leadership team at the Goonyella Riverside Mine. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a high performing team and play a critical role in delivering safe, efficient and consistent operational performance. This role works a 5/2 roster. Flexibility is available on roster and transport for the right candidate.

As the Superintendent Draglines & Dozers, you will provide strong operational leadership across our dragline and dozer fleets. You will champion safety, contribute to strategic planning, deliver operational excellence, maintain cost discipline and support your people to perform at their best. Your ability to build relationships, apply systems thinking and lead with discipline will be central to your success.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop a frontline and operational workforce to deliver safe and productive mining performance
• Manage, coordinate and verify operational activities in the dragline operation, drill bench preparation, dozer push, and key enabling tasks for mining
• Maintain strong operational discipline with a focus on risk management and critical controls
• Utilise the BHP Operating System to engage frontline teams in problem solving, waste reduction and improvement projects
• Drive quality at every step: set clear standards, verify at each handover, and ensure issues are corrected early
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Partner with planning, engineering, maintenance, and other production teams to optimise fleet performance
• Contribute to medium- and long-term planning, including resource forecasting, improvement roadmaps, and equipment strategy
• Manage the operational budget for draglines and dozer fleets, ensuring effective cost control, accurate forecasting, and disciplined allocation of resources to maintain value
• Execute cost and production improvement projects as per the site business plan

About You

• Leadership experience in dragline or dozer operations (or related large scale mining operations)
• Strong commitment to safety and operational discipline
• Demonstrated ability to build trusting relationships across teams and disciplines
• Passion for continuous improvement, systems thinking, and structured problem solving
• Exposure to LEAN management or Shingo principles will be highly valued
• An ability to use systems thinking to understand how processes, behaviours, and operational factors interact to influence outcomes
• Confidence in setting expectations, holding yourself and others accountable, and developing capability within your team

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.

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 [e-mail] .