About BHP
At BHP, we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. Our purpose is to bring people and resources together to build a better world. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse, collaborative, and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to create a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and vision, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.
The BHP Operating System (BOS) is the foundation for BHP’s 10-year safety and productivity strategy and will establish an operating capability that provides a sustainable, strategic source of competitive advantage. The BOS will fundamentally change our culture, workforce capability, systems and processes to systemically embed continuous improvement.
Olympic Dam (OD) is one of the world's most significant deposits of copper, gold, and uranium. Located 560 kilometres north of Adelaide, South Australia, this incredible Asset includes underground (over 700km of tunnels) and surface operations uniquely operating a fully integrated processing facility from ore to metal.
We invest in people and capability to deliver high performance and our aspiration for a gender-balanced, inclusive, and diverse workforce. We drive continuous improvement through respect for people’s differences, self-accountability, a hunger to learn and a commercial mindset. We know we are successful when we have stable and predictable operations with 70,000+ problem solvers across BHP improving the work they do and making better decisions every day. Come be a part of this success through this leadership role!
About the Role - Job Description
Reporting to the Vice President BHP Operating System (BOS), the Head of BOS Deployment and Performance & Improvement – Olympic Dam will work closely with senior leadership across the Olympic Dam Asset in Roxby Downs and Functions in Adelaide. This role will be part of the BHP Olympic Dam Asset Leadership Team working in partnership with GM’s and other Functional leaders to instill a way of working across the organization that makes improvement part of what we do every day.
The role leads a team responsible for ensuring the local application of BOS Principles and Practices in a consistent and sustainable way across Olympic Dam and also leads and supports the delivery of high value high value improvement initiatives across Olympic Dam. To find out more about working at Olympic Dam, click here
This is a global search, with the role based out of Adelaide or Roxby Downs, South Australia.
About You - Skills & Qualifications
In this role, you will cultivate strong relationships through effective communication and consultation, positively influencing the Olympic Dam Asset Leadership Team and shape the culture to ensure a safe, productive, quality, sustainable and disciplined approach to work. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate their ability to develop and work within team-centric delivery mechanisms holding to the highest values of integrity, care for others and psychological safe teams. You will be strategic thinker with the ability to focus and prioritize critical deliverables to provide clear direction to the BOS and Asset Leadership Teams. You will bring creativity to seek, encourage and find non-traditional approaches, while being able demonstrate learning agility and the ability to connect the dots to solve problems. The successful candidate will be sharp in making sound judgement, leveraging from relevant experience and working effectively within complex projects.
We value diversity in thinking and your career to date will testify to your ability get the best from a diverse and inclusive team culture. You will be able to demonstrate strong business acumen, have an understanding of the key drivers of shareholder value. Energetic and results-orientated, you work well under pressure bringing attention to detail and an ability to meet multiple and interdependent deadlines.
The successful candidate will bring experience in complex matrix work environment, navigating stakeholders in a highly complex, global and dynamic organization – requiring indirect influence. You will bring experience working in innovative, best practice organizations that positively disrupt operational efficiency, safety and productivity norms by empowering all employees with the BOS foundation. You are a forward-thinking leader with a strong focus on safety, inclusion and diversity, productivity and maximizing the benefit of technology.
Requirements
Minimum requirements that this candidate will bring are:
- Tertiary qualification in Operations, Engineering, Mining, Business Improvement, or related field required
- Demonstrable experience in the delivery and realisation of large-scale and complex improvement/transformation projects
- Experience in managing senior relationships, ideally within organisations/divisions of similar scale & complexity
- Proven people leader, with a track record of building and leading a high performing culture, physically & psychologically safe, and diverse teams across numerous locations and disciplines to deliver performance outcomes
- Continuous improvement and outcomes focused with an expertise in designing and implementing solutions leveraging analytical skills
- Experience in the Resources/Mining or similar Asset-Intensive industry is essential
Accountabilities
Your accountabilities will include:
- Continue to improve and assure the local application of BOS at Olympic Dam , ensuring that the Asset is enabled to deliver against BHPs commitment to create a sustainable improvement culture and performance mindset focused on delivering safe, stable performance and improvement at the lowest possible cost
- Work in collaboration with GM’s and Functional Leaders to ensure that BOS ways of working are embedded and helping to drive better outcomes for the Business. In doing so the role has the accountability to ensure that BOS capability in line leadership is maintained and that this is evidenced by increasing Operational Excellence Index (OEI) scores and performance outcomes enabled through this
- Drive high value improvement through working in partnership with Asset leaders to identify, plan and deliver the highest impact operational improvement projects. To achieve this, the role will oversee the formation and management of multidisciplinary teams with Asset and Functional team members and in doing so will leverage the full capabilities of BHP’s Technical Group
- Support the development and delivery of improvement initiative pipelines for the Asset so they are sufficient to achieve unit cost outcomes and other key metrics where improvement is required to meet or exceed Asset commitments
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.
BHP also requires employees in Australia to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our people (from the 31st of January 2022 or earlier depending on relevant state health directives). If you are applying for a role at BHP please consider this new requirement when submitting your application. BHP will also adhere to any relevant health directives that may be made that affects our workforce. For further information please see our website (LINK)
Supporting a Diverse Workforce
At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to provide a work environment where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and 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. 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 unique BHP employee share program.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, citizenship, genetic information or other protected status under federal, state or local laws.
BHP is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disability.