Specialist Data Science | Value Engineering | Brisbane
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 Value Engineering Group
BHP’s Value Engineering group was established to identify, maximise, and implement value-adding capability and performance improvement opportunities across the value chain of BHP’s assets.
We are a collaborative team of data scientists, data analysts, simulation specialists, and engineers, who combine these skill areas to analyse the end-to-end value chain of BHP’s assets. The analysis aims to identify, evaluate and recommend opportunities to lift asset capability and performance in the short, medium, and long term. You will be part of this global team, reporting to the Lead Value Analytics and working alongside value analytics leads, principals, and specialists, using the data and drawing on the knowledge of operations and business subject matter experts linked with BHPs assets to design and track the effectiveness of improvement recommendations.
About the Role
As a Specialist Data Science, you will be part of a global team identifying and delivering performance improvement projects through the application of cutting-edge analytics, operational and engineering expertise. We are looking for multiple roles with varying degree of expertise; hence all applications are welcome.
You will join the Value Analytics team, working collaboratively alongside other performance and improvement specialists, simulation and data analytics professionals, and operations and business subject matter experts to address BHP’s biggest and most complex challenges.
Reporting to Lead Value Analytics, your key focus areas in this role include:
- Identify business and performance improvement opportunities across the BHP value chain.
- Work closely with stakeholders to ensure that the relevant business problems are properly defined.
- Investigate complex problems using a structured problem-solving approach.
- Write code and conduct analysis utilising a range of technologies and techniques.
- Enable performance improvement by producing actionable insight from data.
- Confidently present ideas, results, and recommendations to stakeholders at all organisational levels.
About You
As a successful candidate you will possess the following:
- Holds a relevant tertiary qualification and demonstrated experience in using data to solve complex problems.
- Strong analytical, critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills.
- Possess experience programming in Python to:
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- Build descriptive, diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive modelling.
- Perform structured and unstructured data mining.
- Perform dimensionality reduction and feature engineering.
- Apply machine learning and statistical modelling techniques.
- Strong presentation and communication skills.
- Use a structured approach to attain project goals.
- Have experience in exploring and proposing new ideas that may have benefits for the business.
Other highly regarded experience includes:
- Experience using Agile.
- Experience using big data technologies.
- Practical experience in mining, resources, or similar heavy industry.
- Experience working in engineering and/or management consulting.
Location and Roster
You will be base at our Brisbane corporate office and 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 – 68105
Application closes on Wednesday, 3rd May 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.
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.