Data Scientist | Value Engineering | Fixed Term (6 months) | Brisbane

About BHP

At BHP, we are passionate about nurturing our workforce, facilitating continuous learning, skill development, and broadening potential career pathways. With operations worldwide, BHP offers a rich, diverse, and inclusive culture, primed with extensive career advancement opportunities. Our foremost strategy is entrenched in cultivating a secure workplace that harmonizes deeply with our core values and vision, ensuring our people are instrumental to our collective prosperity.

Join us and partake in our success story.

About Value Engineering Group

The Value Engineering Group at BHP is pivotal in leveraging, identifying, and infusing value-enhancement and performance-boosting methodologies throughout BHP's asset value chain.

Comprising an agile team of data scientists, analysts, simulation experts, and engineers, we employ a synergistic approach to scrutinize BHP’s entire asset life cycle. Our goal is to pinpoint, assess, and suggest strategies to enhance asset capability and performance across various timelines. Engage in an empowering role where you collaborate closely with our analytics and simulation leaders, operational experts, and specialists, all dedicated to steering BHP towards optimized improvement outcomes.

About the Role

We are excited to announce opportunities for a 6-month Secondment/Fixed Term, with potential for extension, for Specialist Data Analysts poised to influence global projects through innovative analytics and operational insights.

In the Value Analytics team, you will work in concert with other specialists in a dynamic, problem-solving environment to tackle some of BHP’s most challenging issues.

Reporting to the Lead Value Analytics, your responsibilities will include:

• Scouting for business and performance improvement opportunities across BHP’s value chain.
• Close collaboration with stakeholders to sharply define pertinent business challenges.
• Utilizing structured approaches to solve complex issues.
• Programming and analytics across various platforms and technologies.
• Transforming data into actionable insights to drive performance enhancements.
• Articulating ideas, results, and recommendations persuasively across all levels of the organization.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Proven experience in data science and analytics.
• An academic background in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Robust analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities with a practical, strategic orientation.
• Proficiency in Python for a variety of computational and data analysis tasks.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• A disciplined approach to project execution.
• Openness to exploring and advocating innovative solutions beneficial to business progression.

Valuable but not essential:

• Experience in mining, resources, or heavy industries.
• Background in engineering or management consulting.

Application Deadline: Thursday, 30 May 2024.

About Our Process

At BHP, we are dedicated to recruiting individuals who resonate with our Charter Values and meet the role’s requisites. Our comprehensive recruitment methodology includes various checks to validate suitability for the role. Current BHP employees should apply through our internal portal.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

BHP champions a vibrant, inclusive workplace reflecting the diversity of the communities we serve through an array of benefits and flexible working arrangements, allowing our employees to integrate work with personal life effectively. We are resolute in fostering an inclusive, respectful workplace where every employee is valued and can reach their full potential.

We are committed to an equitable recruitment process. For adjustments related to disability, please contact [email protected] for tailor-made arrangements to our application process.

Additional Information: Company Name: BHP. Job Title: Data Scientist | Value Engineering | Fixed Term (6 months) | Brisbane.