Date: 25 Aug 2025
Job Posting End Date:
Job Country:
Australia
Job State/Province: South Australia
Job Location/Region: Adelaide
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
The Adelaide-based Logistics team is responsible for managing Copper South Australia FIFO travel and accommodation across our Mining Operations in South Australia.
The Supervisor will report to Logistics Superintendent and plays a major role in ensuring the effectiveness and consistency of our busy dynamic operation to support the wider BHP business.
The key focus of the role:
- Supervision of a team (3-5 people) that coordinates travel and accommodation arrangements for a primarily fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) workforce. This includes ensuring team members are adequately trained and have the correct tools to be able to consistently perform at a high level.
- Oversee and support the team’s daily activities as well as their ongoing engagement through regular 1:1 meetings and individual development plans.
- Monitor team performance and ensure the provision of quality customer service to all stakeholders.
- Balancing flight requirements (e.g. block bookings vs individual) to optimise budget and drive high utilisation.
- Manage and implement the Company’s travel and accommodation policies and guidelines
- Manage third-party accommodation requirements in accordance with Company policies and guidelines.
- Streamline People Logistics processes, ensuring the consistent application and/or improvement of processes including system enhancements.
- Manage accommodation constraints through prioritisation and appropriate utilisation of assets (FIFO villages).
- Assist in managing and communicating flight delays and unplanned events to minimize workforce disruptions.
- Act as an escalation point for issues and/or complaints related to travel and accommodation arrangements.
About You
As a successful candidate you will possess the following:
- It is mandatory that you will have supervisory in your current and/or previous roles.
- Strong knowledge of the resource industry and exposure to FIFO travel and accommodation processes.
- Good knowledge of SAM/ Workflow system will be highly desirable but not mandatory.
- Exposure to other logistics management systems within similar industries will be an advantage.
- High customer focus and the ability to work under pressure is necessary,
- Ability to adapt to change effortlessly and cope well in a high-paced dynamic environment.
- Self-motivator who can drive performance and excellence from your direct reports whilst also providing a safe and collaborative work environment where inclusion and culture are of the utmost importance.
Location
In this permanent full-time position with a Monday-Friday roster, you will be based in Adelaide, South Australia Export Park or Franklin Street.
Reference Number – 92575
- You may be requested to complete a video assessment as part of the initial recruitment process.
- We reserve the right to commence recruitment proceedings immediately.
- This opportunity is currently only open to candidates with the right to work in Australia.
- Application closes Friday, 5th September 2025.
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].
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