Line Technical Specialist | Leinster | FIFO 5/3/4/2 Roster

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 BHP BOS program

BHP is deploying a global program of work, known as the BHP Operating System (BOS). It is the next step in our continuous improvement journey and a critical part of our transformation that will shape BHP’s future and build a better BHP with a more empowering culture.  

The BHP Operating System will fundamentally change how we think and behave at BHP and is founded on three core principles: Serve Our Customer, Pursue Operating Perfection & Empower Our People. It provides the framework to deliver a step-change in our safety and productivity performance, putting our employees at the heart of continuous improvement and will empower every employee to continuously improve the way we work.

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About the Role

Reporting to the BHP Operating System (BOS) Line Coach, you will be working in a team of professionals located in Leinster tasked with managing a broad variety of Mining, Maintenance and Technical services projects across Nickel West sites.

The main focus for this role is to provide both initial and ongoing coaching to Supervisors and the general workforce in the application of the BOS tools and methods and work to embed a new way of working.  

You will upskill everyone in problem-solving skills and support the frontline and leaders to develop and sustain new ways of working. You will be hands-on in implementing systematic improvement and be central in embedding the BHP Operating System across our business.  

You will utilise innovative approaches, tools, and technology to add real value to our assets – setting new standards to guide improvement activity, elevating and supporting our people. You will gain insight and training in the BOS methodology and will be expected to upskill others through your work.

Your key deliverables include:

• Continuous improvements in frontline safety, productivity, and cultural metrics.
• Provide coaching to the frontline and their leaders
• BOS tools embedded among the Frontline.
• Progress reports on implementation and other BOS tools.

You will be fully trained in the BHP Operating System to support your role and ongoing mentoring and guidance from experienced Coaches and ensure your success  

About You

We are looking for individuals that possess business knowledge, demonstrate excellence in leadership on a day-to-day basis, who are innovative with a bias to action, effectively influence others, and have a strong ability to build capability in others and lead change.

As a successful candidate you will possess the following:

• The ability to effectively identify opportunities to increase value and eliminate hazards, waste, and variability.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a collaborative approach to finding practical solutions.
• Experience as an Execution Supervisor or similar will be advantageous.
• Ability to understand production/ maintenance (systems) data.
• Ability to engage with all levels of the business from frontline employees to higher-level management.
• While it is not mandatory, experience with Lean/ Continues Improvement will be advantageous.
• Your diversity of thought and practical experience will be embraced, and you will be working with a manager who encourages open communication and will empower you to utilise your existing knowledge and skills to make a real difference

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].

We reserve the right to commence recruitment proceedings immediately

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