IROC Supervisor Control MODULAR

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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 IROC

BHP Billiton’s Integrated Remote Operations Centre is a well-established state-of-the-art control operations facility encompassing our coal asset operations located across Central Queensland and New South Wales.  This world-class control center makes a significant contribution to ensuring our Coal operations continue to improve performance in a sustainable way by coordinating the near-term scheduling, planning and controlling of our Coal Operations from a central location

Located in the BHP Queen Street Brisbane building, the IROC is a state-of-the-art control room, which operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with maximum safety and comfort for IROC employees in mind. In keeping with our Company values, the IROC control center is a great team environment where sustainability, integrity, respect, performance, simplicity and accountability take priority.  IROC employees are provided with training and development opportunities in a professional and collaborative work environment, creating new and interesting career opportunities that may include the opportunity for an onsite role.

About the Role

You will be responsible to lead a crew of IROC Controllers for Mine Control (Modular). This team is accountable to support the Coal business to optimise the safe performance.  Your leadership will ensure the IROC Controller crew enable safe production and adds ongoing value.  You need the ability to balance the drive for performance with the need to build relationships and influence.

In this role, you will:

• Positively shape the IROC culture in alignment with the BHP Billiton Charter Values
• Motivate, engage and coach the team towards achieving business goals
• Manage the performance of a team of controllers to meet operational requirements
• Allocate work across a team to meet operational needs within the shift
• Establish strong relationships with operations to enable performance
• Ensure disciplined implementation of the IROC Control operational rhythms and routines  
• Provide input to IROC Control improvement priorities
• Establish positive working relationships with support functions
• Provide input into the IROC control schedule and budget
• Brisbane CBD based role working in a world class function, 365 days per annum, control center on an even time roster, consisting of rotating day and night 12.5 hour shifts

About You

You will have a proven record of accomplishment as a front line team leader or be ready to take the step into a supervision role after significant experience in control or operations.  You will have strong influencing skills and a drive for performance.  Operational, planning or engineering experience in a mining environment or in an industry with transferable skills such as oil and gas, power, transport, emergency services, logistics and the military is advantageous. 

Supporting a diverse workforce

At BHP Billiton, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from women and Indigenous people.

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.