Job Description

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.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Site Support to join our Rail Site Support team.

Reporting to the Manager Site Support, you will be a strategic partner to the Rail Leadership Team. You will be responsible for leading the annual Business Planning activities for site, with a focus on the 12-24 month time horizon. Through this process, you will translate our long-term strategies into operational plans, and you will define the standards by which these plans are monitored, and success is measured.

You are a self-motivated leader and highly adept at deriving insights from a range of different data sources, visualising and communicating these insights to guide leadership decision-making, resource prioritisation, and ultimately deliver high-value projects and/or Programs of Work.

You will have a high level of data accuracy and attention to detail, producing high quality outputs for different levels of BHP’s senior leadership.

To be successful in this role, you must be adaptable; able to quickly pivot plans to accommodate changing business priorities. This role is suited to an energetic, enthusiastic and self-motivated individual who is seeking an influential role within WAIO.

Core Deliverables:

• BHP CAP cycle outputs (site budget, workforce plan, Integrated Operations Plan inclusive of strategic initiatives)
• Performance metric tracking
• Strategic Support for the Operational Lead Team
• Break-through projects or programs of work for site
• Senior Leadership level memo’s, business cases and presentations
• Site Risk Audit Committee facilitation
• Assist high-impact site visits (Board Members, Investors, Vendors, Government, etc)

Key accountabilities:

• Makes evidence based and strategic decisions in alignment with longer term business objectives
• Translates corporate objectives into actionable plans, communicating, managing and analysing the implementation of those plans, and reporting back on their progress to facilitate the delivery of our strategy.
• Plans, tracks the delivery of and manages a project to generate value and drive the achievement of project outcomes.
• Identifies, engages and manages a range of diverse internal and external stakeholders.
• Conducts presentations and facilitates workshops connecting, influencing and engaging the audience.
• Identifies, implements and evaluates the success of continuous improvement activities/initiatives to improve the safety, effectiveness and efficiency of BHP systems and processes.
• Applies and evaluates change management tools, methods, data, purpose, value and strategic direction.
• Mentor and role model for the Specialist Site Support
• Positively shape culture in alignment with the BHP Charter Values.

Roster:

Port Hedland residential based Monday-Friday, or Fly in Fly out from Perth to Port Hedland 5:2 4:3 roster.

Skills and Experience

As the successful applicant, you will possess the following:

• Tertiary qualification in Business/Commerce or Engineering related discipline. Master’s qualification desirable but not required.
• Exceptional analytical, critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills
• Strong presentation, communication and influencing skills, and strong stakeholder engagement skills to build interdepartmental collaborative relationships
• Demonstrated capability and applying BHP Operating system to deliver operational performance and improvement productivity initiatives
• Capability in project scoping, project planning and executing work using a disciplined approach to attain project goals
• Experience in engaging across all levels of the business, from frontline through to higher level management

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 inclusion@bhp.com