Reporting to the Project Superintendent, the Lead Supervisor is responsible for the safe, effective and timely execution of project and shutdown activities. This role provides frontline leadership to supervisors and work crews, ensuring work is delivered safely, in compliance with BMA standards, and aligned to agreed schedules and milestones.
The role acts as the on scene escalation point during execution, coordinating work fronts, managing emergent work, and supporting continuous improvement in safety, productivity and communication.
This position is based at the CQO and will be offered on an 8/6 dayshift roster during shutdowns and 5/2 M-F between shutdowns with FILO as an option.
Key responsibilities:
• Lead and support supervisors and execution teams to deliver work safely, to plan and within schedule.
• Manage work fronts by escalating safety, cost or schedule risks as required.
• Set and communicate 24 hour priorities aligned to shutdown and project objectives.
• Manage emergent work, ensuring approvals are obtained and scope is captured in the schedule.
• Track and update schedule progress, attend schedule reviews, and develop short term look ahead plans.
• Ensure work packs, permits and handovers are completed and signed off across all work fronts.
• Coordinate pad planning, work-front readiness and labour allocation in line with parts and resource availability.
• Support contractor performance, approvals and timesheet sign offs.
• Ensure all work is executed in accordance with BMA SHMS, permits and critical risk controls.
• Supervise high risk activities including lifts and isolations, confirming task readiness prior to execution.
• Respond to injuries and incidents, support medical response and return to work processes.
• Support incident investigations and ensure corrective actions are identified and closed out.
• Maintain safety documentation, registers and reporting requirements.
• Maintain delay registers and communicate impacts to schedule delivery.
• Support toolbox talks, shift handovers and operational briefings to ensure clear communication across crews.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve safety, schedule efficiency and execution outcomes.
• Participate in root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Capture and communicate lessons learned during execution.
