Specialist Asset Strategy and Reliability | WAIO | MECoE | Perth

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 MECoE

BHP's Maintenance and Engineering Centre of Excellence (MECoE) are the coming together of a dedicated, innovative team focused on identifying, achieving, and maintaining the highest standards in maintenance for BHP globally. Your diversity of thought and experience will be embraced, and you will be empowered to make a real difference in our business.

You will utilise innovative approaches, tools, and technology to add real value to our teams – setting new standards to guide improvement activity, transforming services, and supporting our people.

About the Role

  Multiple exciting vacancies in our MECoE team in Perth.  

The Specialist Asset Strategy and Reliability WAIO Mobile Equipment within the MECoE, focuses on improving mobile and field equipment performance, achieving productivity metrics within the expected budget, supporting the supply chain process across Western Australia Iron Ore operations.  

Reporting to the Superintendent Asset Strategy and Reliability, this role will align operating, engineering and maintenance standards, incorporating feedback from different performance systems as well as stakeholders and defect elimination processes to enable optimum performance of equipment across the business. You will have the opportunity to use your specialised expertise to support the delivery of our business plan by ensuring MECoE governed equipment are effectively managed and improvement opportunities identified and implemented through:

• Leading and implementing improvement initiatives that optimise maintenance cost and equipment reliability to support the business plan.
• Engaging with the Operations, Supply, Finance and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to optimise maintenance performance.
• Optimising Asset Level Maintenance Strategies by working with Planning, Strategy Integration, Asset Health, Engineering and Execution sub-functions to keep relevant, efficient and accurate.
• Approve Master Data Strategy (MD) changes and ensures the integrity of Asset Level Strategies are maintained.
• Manages business wide product problems directly with the OEMs to ensure solutions are identified and implemented throughout the business.
• Proactively monitors and identifies performance deviations from targets based on the input provided by the Asset Management Performance team to anticipate and prevent loss.
• Proactively identifying chronic defects of priority equipment and promoting a defect elimination culture by example and optimising maintenance by eliminating defects & waste 

  About You

As a successful candidate you will possess the following:

• Demonstrated practical experience focused on mobile equipment in the mining industry, including but not limited to Trucks (including Ultra Class Trucks), Dozers, Wheel Loaders, Wheel Dozers, Graders, Surface Drills and Large Excavators.
• Tertiary or trade qualifications in maintenance and/or engineering.
• Experience in applying your strengths in analysis and problem solving in order to develop business solutions.
• Experience in maintenance strategy management, reliability analytics and defect elimination are highly desirable.
• Ability to demonstrate previous experience of managing change through influence.
• Ability to prioritise and effectively manage multiple deliverables across stakeholders.
• Effective communication skills to collaborate with regional stakeholders and external partners (e.g. OEM's) to gather requirements and present recommendations.
• It is essential that you are a team player who promotes and supports workplace diversity.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel.
• Familiarity with Fleet Management Systems and CMMS Systems (e.g. SAP, APM) is highly desirable.
• Focus on continuous improvement and be passionate about delivering exceptional results.

Location and Roster

You will be based in Perth, Western Australia, in the multi award winning office tower - ‘City Square’. You will have stunning river views from your modern open plan office, state of the art facilities including virtual whiteboards and video conferencing facilities, 550 bicycle racks with ample lockers, showers and change room amenities and a large outdoor terrace with barbecues.  Occasional site travel is required in this role and supported by the latest technology to engage with our sites around the Western Australia. You will be working on Monday-Friday roster.

What is on offer?  

• Permanent employment with BHP with all the benefits of full-time work.
• Flexible working options, benefits to enable your work-life balance.
• Competitive remuneration.
• Annual performance incentive and salary review.
• Generous share match scheme.
• Various leave options.
• Ongoing support for you and your family through our Employee Assistance Program.

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Reference Number – 70734

• You may be requested to complete a video assessment as part of the initial recruitment process. Video assessment is not applicable for BHP Internal applicants.
• Application closes on Sunday, 20th Aug 2023.

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].