Engineering Manager

BlueScope is an Australian-born global success story spanning 15 countries. Our team of over 16,500 people is our strength and we want our people to be safe, successful and well. We’re leaders and innovators in transforming steel into smart products and solutions that support society, today and in the future. We’re proud of brands, like COLORBOND ® steel that inspire and protect everything from hospitals to bridges and stadiums.

**The Opportunity**

Come and discover the opportunity to join our Hot Mills lead team at our **Port Kembla**Manufacturing as the **Engineering Manager Hot Rolling Mills**. As a part of the broader Australian Steel Products portfolio, we have six major manufacturing sites at Port Kembla that deliver a variety of products, innovative solutions and services to our export and domestic customers.

We’re hiring this role due an exciting internal move by our previous Engineering Manager. This is a diverse environment to continue your Engineering leadership career

Your team spans Electrical, Mechanical, Process, Process Computing and Strategic Projects professionals. Under your guidance they work with Hot Mills Operational and Asset teams to deliver specialised engineering advice, solutions and capital project execution.

Both planned and unplanned activities are part of this dynamic environment not to mention a varying range of equipment and assets including robotics.

**What Will You Do?**

You won’t achieve all this on your own. Leading your high-performing team and collaborating with individuals across, Operations, Asset Management and central Project and Digital Transformation teams, you will:

- ** maximise business efficiency, productivity and cost effectiveness**:contribute to the development and implementation of the Hot Mills business plan and manage the Engineering budget including Capex budget forecast
- ** Capex strategy development and project execution**:create business cases for, and directly manage, the delivery of brownfield capital projects as well as partner with the centralised Project team for specific capital projects
- ** enable your high-performing team**:continue to engage, develop and inspire your team - and translate objectives and changing priorities into clear resourcing solutions, activities and deliverables
- ** prioritise talent capability and succession plan**: focus on talent retention, ongoing upskilling, training and professional development
- ** lead safety and governance**:ensure processes and systems are in place and followed to keep our people safe and comply with legislation, regulations and business policy
- ** provide expert Engineering advice**:lead and deliver specialist recommendations for engineering improvement and solutions across Hot Mills - spanning product, processes and projects
- ** stay current on new technologies and trends**:monitor your field for new or updated practices, technologies and capabilities e.g. automation and digital

**More About You**

With a commitment to the safety and well-being of others and demonstrated leadership of a high-performing team, you will bring:

- a degree in engineering (e.g. Electrical, Mechatronics, Mechanical)
- proficiency in developing and managing Capex budgets
- experience managing brownfield capital projects where business-as-usual operations continued to run concurrently
- an ability to build constructive partnerships with others to deliver joint outcomes
- good communication and influencing skills to navigate others through changing priorities
- an interest in engineering technology advancements e.g. automation and digital

**Why BlueScope**

As we’re creating strength for the future through our people, products and solutions, BlueScope supports you to build your expertise within a safe and positive team environment. At BlueScope, you’ll:

- **Learn and develop as you grow.**Work alongside specialists and keep your skills and knowledge at the forefront of industry with our lifelong learning culture.
- **Experience connection and care.**Experience a positive, inclusive work environment where we look out for each other’s safety and wellbeing.
- **Build innovative products.**Seek better, smarter ways to work, help develop sustainable solutions and make things happen.
- **Deliver work that matters.** Every action you take matters in delivering for our customers and strengthening communities for the future. We value what you do.

We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment where every employee feels respected and valued to be their authentic selves, and we encourage Women and First Nations people to apply. We’re passionate about driving sustainability outcomes that matter to our communities, including action on climate and our 2050 net zero goal. At BlueScope, we offer work-life flexibility through our B-flex program.

It’s an exciting time in our history as, together, we work towards Our Purpose**: “We create and inspire smart solutions in steel, to strengthen communities for the f