About this role
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
BHP is in search of a Principal Geotechnical Engineer, who can play an integral global role in our resource engineering processes. Primarily located at Brisbane office, you will have the opportunity to work across multiple sites and projects supporting the different BHP regions of Minerals Americas, Minerals Australia and Petroleum. You will have the flexibility with living local in a residential while other work arrangements open for discussion to ensure you enjoy a highly desirable work-life balance.
You will report to the Global Practice Lead Geotechnical and be supported by a highly skilled global geoscience and resource engineering team. You will support the BHP Assets in the implementation of global standards, best practices transfer/replication, amongst other related activities, which enables optimised mine plans for execution and projects.
You will also be responsible for the following:
• Promote and contribute to global continuous improvement in geotechnical engineering including strategy, risk management, and value;
• Development of standards, promote their implementation across the business, and provide assurance;
• Contribute to the development and execution of a 2nd Line of Defence assurance program against the Global Geotechnical standards;
• Manage mine geotechnical risks across Technical Centre of Excellence, under the direction of the Global Practice Geotechnical through;
• Active participation in the development of an internal and external network of geotechnical professionals, and promote a culture of excellence and continuous improvement as a trusted advisor across BHP Regions of Minerals Americas, Minerals Australia and Petroleum;
• Provide expert advice for independent Peer Reviews and other reviews as required;
• Contribute to the Technology Roadmap for Geotechnical, including management and/or support for relevant innovation and technology research and initiatives internally and externally;
• Facilitates global rollout of identified internal best-practice in geotechnical characterisation, analysis, modelling and monitoring; and
• Facilitates ongoing development of geotechnical management practices through external benchmarking and Continuous Improvement.
About You
We have a strong focus on finding candidates with the right values, leadership, and communication skills. Your strong stakeholder engagement will foster collaborative working relationships across our Operated and Non-Operated Assets, as well as regional and global technical teams. In addition to demonstrated leadership capability, you will have the skills and knowledge to provide critical thinking and a solution-focussed attitude.
The ability to communicate effectively across disciplines and organisational levels to create buy-in and influence outcomes will be highly regarded.
Required
• Tertiary qualification in Mining Engineering, Geological Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, or related discipline.
• Greater than 15 years’ experience in mining, mine services or consultant companies.
• Geotechnical software analysis skills.
• Experience (leading or participating) in geotechnical review processes and consultant management, for projects and/or operations.
Desirable
• Postgraduate degree (MSc/PhD) in Mining Engineering, Geological Engineering or Geotechnical Engineering.
• Experience in similar corporate roles in mining companies, consultancy or mine services companies.
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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What you'll do
- The Principal Geotechnical Engineer will promote global continuous improvement in geotechnical engineering and manage mine geotechnical risks. They will also contribute to the development of geotechnical standards and provide expert advice for peer reviews.
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