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.
Our Operations
Olympic Damis one of the world's most significant deposits of copper, gold, and uranium. Located 560 kilometres north of Adelaide, South Australia, Olympic Dam is a part of our Minerals Australia operation. It's made up of underground and surface operations and operates a fully integrated processing facility from ore to metal.
It’s an exciting time to be at Olympic Dam, we are accessing 70% of the orebody that hasn’t been touched in the first 25 years of operation, in one of Australia’s largest mines within a complex mineral processing operation.
Come and join BHP Olympic Dam, a safe, reliable, globally competitive business supported by motivated people. At Olympic Dam, we care that everyone goes home safe to do the things they love.
To find out more about working with Olympic Dam and to meet some of our team, Click here
About the Team
The deployment phase for the BHP Operating System (BOS) at Olympic Dam is complete. Throughout deployment the mine has established ways of working based on an understanding of key Principles and Practices. With BOS deployment to Olympic Dam mine complete, the team will continue to support sustained advancement in maturity in application of BOS.
The Continuous Improvement team is an integrated Improvement team for the mine, providing clear alignment on the improvement journey and supporting continued maturity in BOS practices across all teams.
About the Role
The Business Improvement Lead (Internal context, BOS Lead) is accountable for supporting the sustainability and maturity of the BHP Operating System (BOS) deployed at Olympic Dam Mine. This role will see you develop influential relationships with multiple functions and stakeholders. You will be required to work collaboratively within the Continuous Improvement Team, and across stakeholder groups, where you will drive continuous improvement opportunities by respectfully challenging the status quo.
You will also provide ongoing coaching and support to Supervisors and Frontline in sustaining BOS practices, tools, and methods across the site as the way we work.
Reporting to the Manager Continuous Improvement, you will apply agile ways of working to deliver against mine priorities. Your key accountabilities include:
- Coach and build capability of the Manager, Superintendent and Specialists/Supervisors to reinforce and sustain the BHP Operating System
- Role model and coach the BOS practices and tools to continually grow BOS capability and way of working to drive planned business impact.
- Support capabilities of Business Improvement Specialists and foster the development of team to achieve performance objectives.
- Identifies, implements, and evaluates the success of continuous improvement activities/initiatives to improve the safety, effectiveness and efficiency of BHP systems and processes.
- Facilitate or support problem solving sessions to identify the root cause of problems, collaboratively problem solve and explore larger opportunities to implement Standardised Work and wider BOS tools.
- Participate in the evaluation of emerging BOS training issues and recommend improvements or new training programs.
- Applies an understanding of the business context, BHP operating system and ways of working to enhance decision making, productivity and value chain performance.
- Knows our customer and is obsessed with meeting their needs.
- Strives to achieve 100% safety, 100% customer value and 0% waste.
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:
- You have experience in business improvement, operational leadership or as a technical leader.
- Exposure to mining, maintenance or processing is ideal but experience in other industries that utilise an operating system, founded on lean principles would be highly regarded (e.g. manufacturing, finance, logistics).
- You will have an understanding/exposure to continuous improvement methodologies and organisational change.
- You have demonstrated experience and can establish credibility as a trusted advisor through your strong improvement, leadership, coaching and communication skills.
- You are comfortable with ambiguity, complexity and delivering outcomes in a matrix organisation by leveraging your collaboration, engagement, influence and coaching skills.
- We value diversity in thinking and this role will utilise your ability build and get the best from a diverse and inclusive team culture.
Location
In this full-time permanent position, you will be based in Roxby down and working on 8D6X roster. There is option for FIFO, DIDO or Residential.
Roxby Down is located about 560 kilometers north of Adelaide and about 1 hr flights from Olympic Dam Airport. Estimate population of 4,500 this town offer a community lifestyle with all the necessities you wish such as school, pool, art gallery, cinema, community library, community center, sports club etc. To find out more about living in Roxby Downs click here, while detail about lifestyle in Roxby Down clicks here
Reference Number – 60576
- This opportunity is currently only open to candidates with the right to work in Australia.
- We reserve the right to commence recruitment proceedings immediately.
- You may be requested to complete a video assessment as part of the initial recruitment process. Video assessment is only applied to external applicant.
- Application closes on Tuesday, 1st November 2022. While Virtual Assessment closes on Thursday, 3rd November 2022 (not applicable for BHP Internal applicants). Please note late applications will not be accepted.
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.