Principal / Specialist System Dynamics | Permanent or Fixed Term (12 or 24 months) | Brisbane

3 weeks ago


Brisbane, Queensland, Australia BHP Full time

About BHP

BHP is a leading global resources company that is committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. 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.

About Value Engineering Group

The Value Engineering group at BHP was established to identify, maximise, and implement value-adding capability and performance improvement opportunities across the value chain of BHP's assets. We are a collaborative team of simulation specialists, engineers, data analysts and data scientists who combine these skill areas to analyse the end-to-end value chain of BHP's assets, to identify, evaluate and recommend opportunities to lift asset capability and performance in the short, medium, and long term.

About the Role

We are currently recruiting for a Principal or Specialist System Dynamics for BHP Value Engineering team. The successful candidate will be responsible for programing and using fit-for-purpose dynamic discrete-event AnyLogic models of the production value chain processes to test and recommend implementable solutions. The role will also involve setting modelling requirements and collaborating to solve complex problems in the production value chain.

Key Responsibilities

  • Uncover capability, performance improvement and value engineering opportunities for short-, medium- and long-term time frames across the production value chains of BHP's assets, particularly in mining operations.
  • Work closely with operations and stakeholders to ensure that the relevant business problems are identified, defined and structured - including context, success measures, and potential challenges.
  • Define purpose and scope, and plan the correct modelling approach, level of detail, and data requirements to ensure System Dynamics models are fit-for-purpose and a valid representation of the actual systems or processes.
  • Build, validate, document and review System Dynamics models in AnyLogic simulation software to simulate the asset production value chain with a particular focus on mine operations, trucking and rail networks, product loading and dispatch.
  • Work collaboratively with site SMEs and the data scientists in the Value Engineering team – interrogating and analysing large data sources to gain insights, understand operational and performance issues and produce input data for the dynamic models.
  • Define simulation cases, process model results and produce visualisations to support findings and solutions; communicate results, insights and recommendations to guide actions and decision making.

About You

The successful candidate will possess the following:

Essential Requirements

  • Tertiary qualifications in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or analytics-related discipline, together with a passion for problem solving and using data and dynamic simulation to identify, evaluate and support value engineering and performance improvement initiatives.
  • Experience in defining and programming discrete-event or other types of dynamic simulation AND / OR experience in analysing production value chain processes for performance, bottleneck identification and production uplift opportunities.

Desirable Attributes

  • Practical experience in mining, minerals processing and resource industries, or equivalent heavy industries, which may include experience in operations or consulting in these areas.
  • Experience in value engineering and performance improvement ideation and hypothesis development, including exploring and proposing new ideas that may have benefits for the operation and business.
  • Strong critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills to generate value through simulation, while maintaining a practical and strategic focus.
  • Capability in project scoping, project planning and executing work using a disciplined approach to attain project goals.
  • Strong presentation and communication skills, and ability to influence stakeholders with different areas of expertise and experience.

Location

This role will be based in our Brisbane office, working Monday-Friday and supported by the latest technology to engage with our sites around Australia and the globe. Some travel may be required.



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