BHP Hiring for Metallurgist Production Planning Job at South Australia Full Time

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

One of Australia’s largest mines and a complex minerals processing operation, Olympic Dam, is unique in that we produce Copper, Uranium, Gold and Silver. The local township of Roxby Downs is an active and progressive community offering a variety of modern, well equipped housing, educational, health, sporting, leisure, shopping and cultural facilities.

Please note this position is based at Olympic Dam, operating on a 5/2 residential, or 5/2/4/3 FIFO roster.

About the Role

Reporting to the Superintendent Production Planning, you will provide specialist advice and execute tasks relating to:

• Development and communication of the short-term production plans
• Production schedule optimisation through scenario modelling to enable effective operation of the Surface Metallurgical Plant
• Production Accounting and Reporting processes to ensure accurate tracking of material movement and inventory to comply with financial reporting for SOX requirements

In this role you will:

• Display visible safety leadership, engaging, developing and supporting your team
• Leverage your plant knowledge and experience to develop and optimise weekly and monthly forecasts through the use of modelling and scenario tools
• Stock forecast and management for the Surface Metallurgical plant
• Manage the development of the production of the Week +1 schedule and subsequent hand over to Production
• Conduct end of month processes including stocktake, metal balancing and work in progress reporting
• Build cross functional relationships with the Operations sub-functions (Execution, Development and Planning), Mine, Engineering and NPI and other Functional groups i.e. Planning and Technical, Marketing, Finance, Technology
• Conduct process confirmation of surface performance routines and facilitate root cause problem solving to identify improvement projects and supporting delivery where required

About You

• Demonstrate the confidence to lead by example, hold yourself and others accountable and coach others in ‘Safety Leadership’
• Degree qualified in Metallurgy, Chemical or Process Engineering (or similar)
• Experience in mineral processing (or similar)
• Comfortable working with data, highly capable of working with stakeholders, formulating meaningful business cases and influencing decisions
• Ability to communicate across multiple levels and disciplines in a consultative manner

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 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 encourage applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, colour, sex, national origin, age, religion, people with disabilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, citizenship, genetic information or other protected status under federal, state or local laws.

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.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, 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.