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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 Role
Reporting to the Head of Resource Engineering, this is a full-time role within a key technical function.
Your team will be responsible for building water resource knowledge, developing effective water strategies, developing closure plans and influencing delivery against those plans, as well as driving a continuous improvement culture within the team and business. This will be done in partnership with site operations, external stakeholders, and other functional groups to strengthen operational performance and resilience, maximise social value and enable our future. Your ability to engage effectively with diverse internal and external stakeholders and create compelling vision and reasoning for changes/improvements will be key to your success.
Specifically, you will:
- Manage an experienced and skilled team of hydrogeologists, water engineers, closure practitioners and rehabilitation designers
- Develop plans that enable the Asset Water and Closure Strategy, in consultation with the workforce
- Identify work plans to meet BHP Water and Closure Stewardship Standards, and track compliance
- Routinely review water and closure risks and performance metrics to identify and action issues
- Scope and execute knowledge studies and design mine dewatering and closure plans
- Deliver strategic and technical support to Life of Asset planning, site operations and growth projects
- Provide technical input to statutory approvals processes, and compliance assessments
- Contribute to processes and culture where water and closure is embedded in business planning and decision-making.
About You
To be successful in this role you should possess:
- Bachelor of Science or Engineering in relevant discipline.
- 10+ years’ experience in mining and/or other heavy industry.
- Experience in managing small to medium size technical team/s.
- Experience in operational and/or project water/closure management.
- Proven experience in programme management/delivery.
- Excellent engagement, critical thinking and influencing skills.
- The abilities and energy to inspire those around you and help make BHP a sector leader in water and closure stewardship.
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] .