Line Technical Specialist (Business Improvement Specialist)
Australia
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.
Location
Newman Operations is a part of Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) and consists of two mining sites in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is located on the traditional lands of the Nyiyaparli people. This role is based at Newman Operations working FIFO (5/2/4/3 roster)
About the Role
Reporting to the BOS Lead, this role is accountable for driving continuous improvement initiatives across the site and advancing the maturity of the BHP Operating System. Success relies on effectively influencing and collaborating across departments and workstreams to deliver sustainable performance improvements.
The BHP Operating System is our way of working, grounded in Our Values. It connects our people, enables delivery, and inspires discovery of what’s possible.
Key Accountabilities
- Enable a high performing improvement culture at all levels within the operation, focusing on a balanced approach of coaching and hands-on delivery activities at Frontline to Superintendent level
- Assist teams with the identification, prioritisation, problem solving and implementation of frontline improvement and prioritised Kaizen / site breakthrough initiatives
- Assist site management in monitoring and building BOS capability across the site, identifying local training needs and conducting presentations, workshops and training using storytelling to connect, influence and engage the audience
- Build the operational site teams’ ability to problem solve and continually improve their work based on Standardised Work, replicating and sharing best practices within high impact repetitive activities to make frontline work safer, easier, and better
- Enable the core systems associated with the improvement at the site, assisting operational teams in accessing, using, and managing information.
- Identify, implement, and evaluate the success of continuous improvement activities/initiatives to enhance the safety, effectiveness and efficiency of BHP systems and processes while identifying, engaging and managing a range of diverse internal and external stakeholders
About You
- Prior experience as a Leader or Operational Excellence Professional
- Exposure to mining, maintenance or processing is ideal but experience in other industries that utilise an operating system founded on operational excellence principles would be highly regarded (e.g. manufacturing, health, finance, logistics, etc.)
- Understanding/exposure to continuous improvement methodologies and organisational change
- Strong skills in driving improvement, empowering others, coaching and communication
- Comfortable with ambiguity, complexity and delivering outcomes in a matrix environment using your collaboration, engagement, influence, and coaching skills
- We value diversity in thinking and this role will leverage your ability get the best from a diverse and inclusive team culture
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 inclusion@bhp.com.