Specialist Data Analyst | MECoE | Brisbane

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 MECoE

BHP's Maintenance and Engineering Centre of Excellence (MECoE) are the coming together of a dedicated, innovative team focused on identifying, achieving, and maintaining the highest standards in maintenance for BHP globally. Your diversity of thought and experience will be embraced, and you will be empowered to make a real difference in our business.

You will utilise innovative approaches, tools, and technology to add real value to our teams – setting new standards to guide improvement activity, transforming services, and supporting our people.

About the Role

BHP's Data Analytics team manages critical maintenance datasets and delivers data-driven diagnostics that help improve maintenance productivity and cost outcomes across BHP's global operations. Combining advanced analytics with deep operational understanding, the team partners with operations to identify improvement opportunities and support evidence-based decision making.

As a Data Analyst, you will work on high-impact diagnostics across BHP's maintenance portfolio. You will analyse complex operational and maintenance data, identify improvement opportunities and develop clear recommendations for senior stakeholders.

The role combines technical analytics with advisory engagement. You will work through ambiguous business challenges, structure analytical investigations, interpret findings and communicate actionable insights that influence decisions across some of the world's largest mining operations. Working alongside data scientists, analysts and maintenance professionals, you will help translate complex data into practical actions and measurable business outcomes.

The role provides exposure to reliability engineering, asset management, maintenance strategy and operational improvement initiatives, while developing capability in problem solving, data storytelling and stakeholder engagement within a global resources business.

About You

As a successful candidate you will possess the following

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Engineering, Science, Data Science or a related quantitative discipline.
• Strong SQL and Python skills, with experience building reusable datasets, data models and data pipelines for analytics.
• Experience working with large and complex datasets, including data transformation, validation and quality assurance.
• Demonstrated problem-solving ability, with experience investigating complex business issues, structuring analysis and developing evidence-based recommendations.
• Ability to work effectively with technical and operational stakeholders.
• Ability to distil analytical findings into clear and influential narratives for senior audiences.

Other highly regarded experience includes

Experience in mining, asset management, reliability engineering or other heavy industries.

Experience in management consulting or operational improvement, preferably with a Tier 1 consulting firm.

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.

If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. 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.

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.

BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at [email protected].