Principal Geoscience Strategy and Studies | Iron Ore | Perth 5:2

BHP

Posted on:  31st Oct 2024

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 Manager of Resource Characterisation, you will be responsible for researching options, analysing data, assessing trends, identify risks and making recommendations on investments that will generate measurable project returns for their clients. This will be done through strong interface with the planning team and understanding of key approval risks, finance and cost analysis, scheduling and risk management through scenario planning.

The Principal Strategy and Studies will also participate in WAIO studies at various phases as well as define the geoscience annual strategy using a prioritisation framework, as well as manage internal projects to enable geoscience strategy.

Other responsibilities include:

  • Work collaboratively and provide inputs into studies including opportunity assessments as well as identification, selection and definition study phases with the ability to communicate geological risk to all stakeholders.
  • Develop and embed processes to integrate value driving metrics.
  • Training and mentoring in decision evaluation using value of information frameworks.
  • Coordinate/lead inter-departmental improvement projects to improve geoscience work plans and products for both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Engaging in major technical reviews and proposals, reviewing project proposals and schedules. 
  • Providing information for the technical risk register for use across Planning including approvals.
  • Annual planning risk analysis using scenario planning to quantify impacts and plan mitigation strategies.

About You

The successful candidate should have:

  • Tertiary qualification in Geoscience, Engineering, Processing, Business, Finance or Project Management and postgraduate qualifications are highly desirable.
  • Experience collecting and organising disparate datasets for meaningful analysis and recommendations.
  • Experience developing strategy and associated key value driver metrics for project prioritisation.
  • Strong communication skills; formal and informal, verbal and written. The ability to influence stakeholders by setting direction and providing sufficient communications to encourage buy-in and commitment at all levels.
  • Experience / exposure in resource estimation and classification highly desirable.
  • Experience / exposure in strategic mine planning highly desirable.

Location 

You will be based in Perth on a 5:2 roster with ad hoc visits to site required.

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. 

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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].

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