Principal Planner

**Date**:8 Sep 2024**Job Posting End Date**:
**Job Country**:Australia**Job State/Province**:New South Wales**Job Location/Region**:Hunter Valley**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 New South Wales Energy Coal (Mt Arthur Coal)**

Mt Arthur Coal is in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia. The site produces coal predominantly for international customers in the energy sector. BHP announced in June 2022 that they will retain Mt Arthur Coal in its portfolio, seek the relevant approvals to continue mining beyond its current mining consent that expires in 2026 and prepare for closure by the end of FY2030.
- About the RoleThe purpose of the Principal Planner role is to maximize the effectiveness of the Vice President - NSWEC. The role actively facilitates and prepares interactions upwards, across and through the organization to maximize engagement and sponsorship for the NSWEC agenda.

This role will be an integral member of the New South Wales Energy Coal (NSWEC) lead team and will work with the lead team to develop and implement improvement plans for culture, communications, team and leadership development, Business Operating System (BOS) deployment and safety field leadership.

The role supports navigation in complex ambiguous context and integrates different functions and business units without removing their authority for action, to drive high performance.

To be successful you will build relationships with the NSWEC Leadership Team (and their leaders) to drive performance outcomes and continual improvement in our performance in support of the assets.

**_This role can be based in Newcastle or at our Mt Arthur Coal site._**
- In this role you will:
- Assist VP- NSWEC with planned engagement plans, internally and externally, including readiness of materials and any required event or meeting management
- Provide an effective interface and facilitate information transfer between the VP- NSWEC and key stakeholders and peers to drive sponsorship and positive engagement.
- Design and prepare communications as required.
- Prepare reporting as required, including performance reports for Executive and wider leadership teams.
- Keep track of all Continuous Improvement and Business Plan initiatives and lead routines to monitor status.
- Lead and or support key improvement initiatives to solve complex problems and or improve NSWEC’s performance in support of our customers.
- Develop reports and presentations on improvements, achievements and strategies underway to get alignment with key stakeholders and management.
- About YouInterpersonal skills to communicate and build relationships across a large number of stakeholders and teams will be essential.

You will also be able to demonstrate:

- Expertise in developing and implementing plans to solve complex problems
- Able to challenge and engage appropriately with senior leadership
- Ability to obtain and perform data analysis activities to provide key insights into operational and project performance and support decision making.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- Demonstrate and promote alignment towards the company objectives across the group
- Challenge the business value of activities and work requests
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment and rapidly digest and process large volumes of information
- Trust and confidentiality with business sensitive information.

**How to Apply**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, 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 mak