Principal Improvement | BHP Operations Services | Brisbane | 5/2
BHP
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
Reporting to the Manger Operations Services (OS) Improvement, we are seeking an experienced improvement professional for the role of Principal Improvement. In this role, you will be focused on identifying, scoping, and delivering business improvement opportunities across OS.
This team works with senior leaders to deliver the highest impact operational and functional opportunities through data driven benchmarking, opportunity identification, a single aligned improvement plan, and enterprise delivery support.
Your key deliverables include:
- Drive high value improvement through working in partnership with various leaders across Operations Services and Assets. You will work to identify, align on a plan, implement, deliver and evaluate high impact improvement projects to advance the safety, effectiveness and efficiency of OS;
- Work collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure understanding, engagement and relevance for initiatives;
- Provide analytical expertise to support the team in identification of improvement initiatives/projects, whilst evaluating the success of implemented solutions;
- Partner with other parts of the business to identify and resolve process inefficiencies across the value chain;
- Provide actionable improvement insights to senior leaders;
- Support the replication of best practices across OS improvement programs;
- Support the delivery of sustaining activities required to achieve project benefits post-implementation.
About Operations Services
Operations Services is providing permanent employment to a growing team of more than 3800 employees. OS is committed to increase employment opportunities for Australian regional communities by delivering stability and sustainability that is good for our people and good for the communities.
Operation Services (OS) employees work in an environment where safety is central to role and support is always at hand. OS has a high performing culture and encourages continuous improvement and development.
About You
We are looking for individuals that are self-motivated and possess business knowledge to drive enterprise improvement outcomes. You will have a minimum of 3+ years’ relevant professional experience in leading and delivering high impact improvement projects and experience in forming and leading multidisciplinary teams with the goal of achieving measurable and sustained value for our business.
As a strategic and analytical thinker, you will demonstrate strong business acumen and are able to get to the root cause of problems in efficient ways. You will have the ability to synthesise and analyse findings to be able to present clear and compelling solutions with your excellent communication skills. You will have experience leading and delivering large scale, high value improvement projects in a mining or asset-intensive context. You will bring experience in working effectively within multidisciplinary teams with the goal of achieving measurable and sustained value for the business. You will be able to effectively support the identification, scoping, planning and delivery of improvement projects with the Assets and stakeholders across OS.
To be successful you will demonstrate the following:
- Able to establish credibility through your engagement, technical ability and outcome driven results;
- Bring a sound understanding of key business and mining industry performance drivers and will have demonstrated experience working within an innovative, best practice continuous improvement function;
- Proficient use of project management methodology i.e. PMBOK or Lean Six Sigma;
- You will bring energy and a strong team player attitude with significant collaboration across teams and capabilities. You will work across a variety of projects in a complex matrix work environment, so you must enjoy stepping outside your comfort zone and navigating stakeholders in a global and dynamic organisation through your influencing, coaching and mentoring skills;
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in business management, engineering or related discipline;
- Exposure to the BHP Operating System (BOS) would be advantageous.
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.
To ensure the safety and wellbeing of our people, BHP requires employees in Australia to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in line with BHP’s Covid Policy and any relevant State health directives. If you are applying for a role at BHP please consider this requirement when submitting your application. BHP will also adhere to any relevant health directives that may be made that affects our workforce.
Supporting a Diverse Workforce
The size and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a unique BHP employee share program.
At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from women and Indigenous people. 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.