Shift Team Leader, Port Kembla NSW

Job Description

At BlueScope, we createand inspiresmart solutions in steel, strengthening our communities and helping build a better future. Our steel has shaped everything from hospitals and schools, bridges and stadiums to fences and homes – influencing the way we live and work, now and in the future.

Come and discover the opportunity to join our Slabmaking team at our Port Kembla Manufacturing facility as a Basic Oxygen Steelmaking (BOS) -Shift Team Leader. 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.

The BOS team is responsible for converting the molten iron from the Blast Furnace to steel via the BOS process.As the shift team leader, you’ll ensure the safety, quality and reliable operation of our BOS Furnace assets, maximising the timely delivery of liquid steel to the Caster via the Steel Treatment plant now and into the future.

In this highly specialised leadership role, you will lead a multi-skilled team focusing on the delivery of exceptional performance whilst championing a safety-first culture. In order to ensure operational productivity and asset preservation targets are achieved, you’ll be the key point of contact to provide investigation and failure analysis on equipment issues. You’ll manage the team’s success through their performance and productivity to ensure our business plan objectives and targets are continually met – including overseeing operational external contractors and teams.

This opportunity supports a 12-hour shift, 4 on (2 days/2 nights), 4 off roster.

Reporting to the Furnace Operations Manager, you will demonstrate your leadership skills and be responsible for:

• ensuring safety standards are never compromised making suitable changes when risks and opportunities are identified
• analysing asset performance and collaborating with team members to improve equipment performance, capability and costs
• resolving equipment issues impacting on operational productivity
• building effective relationships to drive the continuous reliability of our BOS Furnace and auxiliary assets
• coaching, mentoring and developing the team to enhance capabilities
• fostering a positive work culture, of inclusiveness and acceptance

With your leadership experience, you’ll have the ability to make calculated decisions while working in a fast-paced environment. You will also have:

• tertiary qualifications in engineering, science or process
  or experience working in a similar manufacturing area such as BOS and the Slabmaking area
• a commitment to the safety and wellbeing of yourself and others
• experience leading and developing a team
• an ability to influence peers and colleagues to meet operational requirements, scheduling and people demands
• enthusiasm and initiative while working with competing priorities

A career at BlueScope provides the opportunity to make a difference – to you, to your team, to our customers, to transforming products, processes and brands, and to an organisation intent on shaping a better built environment for all our communities. At BlueScope, you will:

• make an impactboth within the organisation and in the broader community

• create and deliverinnovative products and solutions that shape the world we live in
• grow on a path of
  continuous learning and development

• enjoy the sense of belongingthat comes from working with people who genuinely look out for one another

We’re dedicated to supporting our people - keeping one-another safe, rewarding successes, and helping individuals grow. We foster workplace flexibility and an inclusive work environment that welcomes people of all backgrounds. We’re committed to climate action and to helping shape a better future for all our communities; we are committed to Our Purpose,

Come and discover us atwww.bluescope.com/life-at-bluescope/.

Applications close Tuesday 23rdNovember 2021