Principal Power and Gas | Perth
BHP
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.
We recognise the role we must play in helping the world achieve its decarbonisation ambitions. This includes reducing our operational emissions and working with our supply chains to reduce their emissions. Looking to the future, our aim remains to position BHP to thrive in a low-carbon world by minimising emissions from existing products while helping to provide commodities that the world needs to achieve a net zero future.
Come and be a part of this success.
About the Role
Reporting to the Manager Power & Gas, you will drive the commercial accountabilities in relation to renewable energy (initially focussed on decarbonising power and fleet for Iron Ore in Western Australia and Coal in Queensland).
As part of the Inbound Energy, Carbon and Potash team, this role will have the opportunity to directly influence BHP’s energy transition and decarbonisation efforts in both in Australia and our global operations.
This is a role which can be based in Perth or Brisbane.
In this role you will be responsible for:
- Focusing on safety and performance aligned to BHP’s governance and regulatory requirements
- Supporting a cross functional team to deliver commercial renewable energy arrangements, and well as any associated network and/or other arrangements
- Contributing to other projects focussed on BHP’s other decarbonisation efforts, in particular with respect to fuels and carbon offset opportunities
- Subject matter expert for commercial contracts and structuring arrangements
- Performing future scenario planning and communicate outcomes to enable more informed decision making
- Ensuring the business is kept up to date with all matters relating to electricity markets (including existing/emerging power providers capabilities, regulatory changes, technology developments)
- Ensure effective engagement with internal finance, legal, governance and asset stakeholders
- Co-develop the business case and investment approval request in conjunction with the Business at a portfolio level
About You
To be successful in this role, you will be a collaborative individual, team oriented and results focused with a demonstrated track record in complex problem solving in the face of ambiguity and delivering successful outcomes within a timely manner.
In addition, we are ideally looking for the following skills and experience:
- Experience in electricity, energy or power markets
- Tertiary qualification in a discipline with a strong quantitative methods component (logistics, supply chain, mathematics, engineering, computing, finance or marketing),
- Understanding of regulatory requirements within the Western Australia energy and national electricity markets
- Execution and management of renewable PPAs, with a sound knowledge of technical and commercial issues/risks associated with these
- Although not necessary, experience in the development and implementation of energy transition strategies and familiarity with long storage duration technologies would be advantageous
- Ability to work unsupervised and manage a significant portfolio base
- Advanced analytical skills
- Excellent communication, facilitation, influencing and interpersonal skills, essential to building constructive relationships and credibility with diverse stakeholders
- 1SAP system and process knowledge desired
- Critical thinking and reasoning skills
- Ability to deal with ambiguous and evolving market landscapes
- Ability to quickly adapt to technical concepts
How to Apply
Please apply online before 26 September 2022
You may be requested to complete a short video assessment as part of your application.
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.
To ensure the safety and wellbeing of our people, BHP requires employees in Australia to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in line with BHP’s Covid Policy and any relevant State health directives. If you are applying for a role at BHP please consider this requirement when submitting your application. BHP will also adhere to any relevant health directives that may be made that affects our workforce.
Supporting a Diverse Workforce
The size and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a unique BHP employee share program.
At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from women and Indigenous people. 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.