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Lead BOS, Surface Operations - Olympic Dam

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Job Country: Australia

Job State/Province: South Australia

Job Location/Region: Olympic Dam

About Copper SA Operations at BHP

BHP is a global resources company operating across more than 90 locations worldwide, with a purpose to improve lives and support a more sustainable future.

Through Copper South Australia (Copper SA), we are building a leading copper portfolio that supports the global energy transition, supplying materials essential for renewable energy, electric vehicles and digital infrastructure.

For you, this is an exciting opportunity to grow your career, make a meaningful impact, and help shape the future of one of Australia's leading copper businesses.

About Olympic Dam

Olympic Dam is Australia’s largest world-class underground mining operations, featuring a highly advanced on‑site metallurgical processing plant in South Australia. It offers the opportunity to build a long-term career in a dynamic and future-focused environment.

As part of BHP, you’ll work at a large and complex site that produces copper, uranium, gold and silver, using modern technology and innovative practices.

Located approximately 560km north of Adelaide on the traditional lands of the Kokatha, Arabana and Barngarla people, Olympic Dam is a cornerstone asset within BHP’s Minerals Australia portfolio, known for its scale, innovation,



and strong focus on safety and performance.

With ongoing investment, including over A$840 million in near‑term growth capital, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, develop future‑ready skills, and contribute to meeting the world’s increasing demand for copper and a more sustainable future.

About the Role

As Lead BOS, Surface, you will play a key role in strengthening the capability, performance and continuous improvement culture across Surface Operations at Olympic Dam. Working closely with operational leaders, you will champion the BHP Operating System (BOS), enabling teams to deliver safe, reliable and sustainable outcomes while supporting the site’s long‑term growth ambitions.

This is a highly collaborative leadership role where success comes through influence, coaching and stakeholder engagement. You will work with leaders across multiple levels of the business to identify improvement opportunities, embed continuous improvement practices, and build the capability required to achieve lasting performance outcomes.

You will help create an workplace where teams are empowered to solve problems, improve ways of working and deliver greater value for customers while maintaining a strong focus on safety, culture and operational excellence.

In this role, you will:

- Coach and develop Managers, Superintendents,



Specialists and Supervisors to strengthen and sustain the BHP Operating System across their areas of accountability.
- Partner with the GM Surface and leadership teams to drive cultural, operational and performance improvement.
- Enable a healthy and effective improvement engine across the department by focusing coaching and capability‑building efforts at Manager and Superintendent levels.
- Support leaders and teams to identify, prioritise and implement improvement opportunities and gap‑closing actions.
- Assist teams in monitoring BOS capability, identifying training requirements and building long‑term continuous improvement capability.
- Strengthen team problem‑solving capability by embedding standard work, sharing best practice and improving frontline ways of working.
- Coordinate and integrate resource planning across multiple improvement activities and priorities.
- Engage effectively with stakeholders across the organisation to leverage expertise, align objectives and deliver outcomes.
- Provide guidance and support to BOS Champions across the department.
- Apply knowledge of business processes, the BHP Operating System and operational excellence principles to improve productivity and value chain performance.
- Champion a customer‑focused mindset and support the achievement of safer, simpler and more effective work practices.
- Promote BHP's ambition of 100% safety, 100% customer value and 0% waste.

About You

You are experienced in business improvement, operational leadership or technical excellence who is passionate about developing people and driving positive change. You thrive in complex environments and enjoy partneri

📌 Lead BOS, Surface Operations (South Australia)
🏢 BHP
📍 South Australia