Automation & Process Excellence Specialist

Standards Australia Limited; Australia; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Standards Australia is seeking a Process, Automation & Enablement Specialist to partner with the business to analyse processes and enable automation opportunities. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract with extension prospects.

You will lead end-to-end process design, identify simplifications, and advocate value-led automation and governance in collaboration with IT and business teams. A Lean/Six Sigma background and cross-functional delivery are essential.

Qualifications

• Qualification in Lean, Lean Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement or related field.
• Experience improving processes and driving operational excellence.
• Experience building business cases and benefits realization.
• Experience facilitating workshops and requirements gathering.
• Exposure to automation and AI-enabled solutions.
• Experience with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the assessment, design and optimisation of end-to-end business processes across the organisation.
• Proactively identify opportunities to eliminate, simplify and standardise processes prior to technology enablement.
• Facilitate current-state and future-state process design activities to support improvement and enablement initiatives.
• Apply a structured decision hierarchy and promote a value-led approach to ensure value-driven solutions.
• Support solutions including process automation and AI use cases such as document analysis, knowledge retrieval and decision support.
• Assess business value and feasibility.
• Work closely with Business Owners to embed automation and AI assessment into business cases and project concept proposals.
• Work closely with IT, vendors and digital teams to ensure technical feasibility, security and system integration.
• Contribute to the ongoing refinement of AI governance controls as practical use cases emerge.
• Ensure opportunities are appropriately assessed against organisational policies, risk requirements and governance processes.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Process Improvement

Stakeholder Facilitation

AI & Automation awareness

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Lean Six Sigma certification

Operational Excellence training

Job description

Standards Australia is seeking a Process, Automation & Enablement Specialist to partner with the business to analyse processes and enable automation opportunities. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract with extension prospects.

You will lead end-to-end process design, identify simplifications, and advocate value-led automation and governance in collaboration with IT and business teams. A Lean/Six Sigma background and cross-functional delivery are essential.