Mine Operations Supervisor - Jansen - BHP Group

Description

Mine Operations Supervisor

Date: 27 Jan 2026

Job Posting End Date:

Job Country: Canada

Job State/Province: Saskatchewan

Job Location/Region: Jansen

About BHP Potash – Jansen

The Jansen project in Saskatchewan, Canada is set to become one of the largest potash mines in the world and is located approximately 140 kilometres east of Saskatoon. As the largest investment in Saskatchewan's history, Jansen is expected to generate approximately 5,500 workforce opportunities during construction and 900 long-term roles.

Once fully ramped up, Jansen is expected to have an initial production capacity of approximately 8.5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa), with the potential to produce 16 to 17 Mtpa in future stages. To find out more about Potash and the Jansen project, click here.

BHP has recently been named one of Canada\'s top 100 employers again for 2026. This formal recognition is a testament to our dedication to fostering a positive, diverse and rewarding work environment.

Work Location

This role will be based at the Jansen Mine Site located in Leroy, SK. The work schedule for this role is 7x7 (7 days on, 7 days off, rotating day and night shifts).

For those not living locally, BHP provides relocation assistance to the local Jansen area. Alternatively, you can enjoy the convenience and comfort of our onsite camp accommodation at Discovery Lodge during your shifts.

BHP offers domestic relocation assistance to support the successful incumbent in transitioning, if required. Benefits offered as part of the relocation program include (but are not limited to) new home purchase assistance, temporary accommodations, home finding trip and a resettlement allowance.

Purpose

The Mining Operations Supervisor provides frontline leadership to ensure the safe, efficient, and compliant execution of underground mining activities. The role oversees daily work coordination, leads operational and safety preparation, maintains geotechnical compliance, and applies risk-management principles to support consistent, high-quality performance outcomes.

About the Role

In this role you will:

• Be able to obtain/retain a certification to supervise workers in an underground mining environment from the Saskatchewan Mines Branch.
• Provide strong leadership to build the capabilities of the underground mine operations crew and manage performance to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality operational execution.
• Lead routine operational and safety meetings to ensure teams are fully prepared and aligned for effective management of daily operational workload.
• Be accountable for coordinating and managing the daily workload for the mine operations team to ensure safe, efficient, and productive execution of activities.
• Ensure that active mining faces and open travel ways/areas are geotechnically compliant.
• Ensure proper selection of ground control remediation tools/methods and identify when to elevate situations to higher management.
• Identify and assess risks, make risk-informed decisions, use BHP\'s risk management framework, and build a risk-aware culture to support safe and productive performance outcomes.
• Identify, engage, and manage a range of diverse internal and external stakeholders.
• Leverage technology, data, and experience to evaluate problems and identify solutions.
• Support the Operational Readiness handover/transition from the Project team to BHP Operations.
• Assess value-improvement opportunities and establish mitigation plans for anticipated challenges.

About You

• An overriding commitment to health, safety, and environment.
• 5+ Years applicable experience in the mining industry, preferably potash.
• Ability to anticipate, mitigate and confidently resolve potential problems within and across teams.
• Demonstrated experience in managing teams and overseeing projects.
• Aptitude for building and maintaining strong relationships.
• Works effectively in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to respond to tight deadlines, significant workloads, and changing priorities.
• Strong communication, influencing and relationship-building skills, with an aptitude for collaborating with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Trade or operations background or bachelor's degree in engineering with relevant levels of work experience in mining or construction.
• Aptitude for translating technical documents and drawings into straightforward operator instructions.

Application Deadline

This posting will be active until 11:59pm CST on February 20, 2026.

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 several 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. The outcome of these checks is not determinative of whether or not BHP decides to make an offer of employment.

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

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 is 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 recognize 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

At BHP, we aim to unlock the enormous potential that diverse and inclusive teams bring to the workplace, to leave a strong legacy within and beyond our operations for the generations to come.

Based on existing demographics in our Potash project preference in hiring will be given to qualified women and Indigenous peoples who self-identify as such in the application process. This reasonable and justifiable measure has been implemented pursuant to section 56 of The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code, 2018.

The BHP Jansen project marks the largest investment in Saskatchewan's history, and with that growth will come significant employment opportunities. With first production projected to occur in mid-2027, from now until the project fully ramps up there will be significant recruitment requirements over the coming months and years. To find out more about the project, hints and tips on our process and where a career with BHP Potash can take you, sign up to our talent updates here.