Specialist Scheduler

**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 the Role**:
Reporting to the Superintendent Planning, Scheduling and Asset Health, the role of the Specialist Scheduler Shutdowns is to ensure effective shutdown scheduling of an approved shutdown scope that will enable the delivery of safe, optimal shutdown durations with consideration to resource levelling and utilisation.

The position also supports standardisation of best practice shutdown scheduling processes across Minerals Australia in order to significantly improve shutdown execution predictability and reduce overall shutdown duration.

Responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):

- Scheduling of agreed planned work in accordance with the 1SAP work management processes.
- Build and communicate accurate shutdown schedules reflecting all work management activities including but not limited to:

- Shutdown and task preparation activities (pre shutdown)
- Plant rundown (including cleaning, equipment preparation and location, work front isolations)
- Actual work effort activities (tool time)
- Plant commissioning activities (equipment run up, setup and calibration, etc)
- Determine the critical path activities for the shutdown and sequences work accordingly
- Validates the draft schedule with Execution stakeholders and includes feed back into the schedule prior to publication
- Manage the scheduling of Approved emergent work and include work into the fully resourced schedule prior to and during shut execution
- Engaging with the execution team to monitor and track progress of the schedule during Shutdown execution. This includes identifying deviations from the plan and the schedule and escalating when risks are introduced.
- Identify and implement actions that will improve the Scheduling of maintenance work.
- Identify opportunities to share resources across departments and sites within an asset to ensure that plans are optimised, maximising the capacity available across the site and asset.
- Request work management master data changes as required, based on equipment strategy reviews, failure analysis and identified quality errors
- Develop or update task lists for relevant reoccurring work to support effective planning and safe execution.

**About You**:
You will have specific knowledge of planning and scheduling and work management process and have sound logistics and coordination experience. Other attributes include:

- Mobile and Fixed Plant technical knowledge
- Production process knowledge
- Ability to optimise integration of multiple activities
- Strong communication, relationship building and interpersonal skills
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Project
- Strong facilitator skills
- The ability to adapt to continuously changing work environments
- The ability to manage and drive performance in a peer group
- A strong attention to detail
- Be task oriented, with a bias to automation
- You will value simplification with a systems and process focus.

**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 and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a unique BHP employee share program.