Area Manager Delivery | Brisbane at BHP Career Portal

, , Australia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

20 Sep, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

22 Jun, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Project Delivery, Execution Strategy, Risk Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Change Management, Budget Management, Contract Management, Resource Allocation, Governance Compliance, Operational Planning, Performance Monitoring, Cross-functional Collaboration

Industry

mining

Description

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 Provides delivery team leadership and direction throughout studies and the execution phase to deliver the approved business objectives, within the constraints of scope, time, quality and budget. Identifies and manages project-related Health, Safety and Security (HSS), Environment, Employee Relations (ER), Community and project risk. Leads development of execution strategy and translates this into operational plans Key Accountabilities: Leads and manages the execution phase of the project (including pre-commitments), ensuring compliance with internal and external governance and Global Standard requirements to deliver safely within approved quality, schedule, cost, and business case KPIs. Owns and develops the project delivery and execution strategy, plans, and controllable cost and schedule baselines, working closely with Development Function to ensure seamless transition into Execution Phase and Operations. Leads the development and implementation of project delivery strategies, methodologies, systems and execution plans which minimise waste and preserve project value. Explores best fit solutions, takes ownership of project decisions and manages impacts to value across the project lifecycle. Identifies, assesses and manages project risk, communicates risks to relevant stakeholders, makes risk informed decisions to identify solutions, uses BHP's risk management framework and builds a risk aware culture to support safe and productive performance outcomes. Monitors project performance and drives best-value decisions, ensuring deviations are effectively managed, mitigated, and rectified to maintain delivery against KPIs. Ensures resource capability, availability, and allocation, while managing team performance and contributing to broader talent planning. Builds and maintains strong stakeholder relationships, ensuring alignment of priorities, clear communication, and minimal operational disruption across tie-ins, testing, start-up, and ramp-up. Leads performance and governance of delivery by 3rd parties, including participation in tendering, evaluation, contract award, and acting as Company Representative during execution. Enables effective cross-functional collaboration, ensuring access to skilled resources, fit-for-purpose processes, and integrated delivery of scope, quality, cost, and schedule outcomes. Leads and implements improvement initiatives to enhance capital efficiency and productivity, fostering a continuous improvement culture where lessons learned and best practices are actively shared across the project and broader BHP portfolio. About You Experience in major projects within a Queensland mining context. Demonstrated track record of delivery, with clear examples of project outcomes and impact. Engineering qualification (any discipline) desirable, however not essential. Proven project leadership experience in resources or heavy industry, with the ability to apply technical and project management expertise to lead teams across engineering, projects, standards, and governance, delivering safe and positive business outcomes; strong understanding of project lifecycle and value drivers across varying project sizes and complexity. Strong stakeholder engagement capability, with the ability to influence, constructively challenge, and build trusted relationships. Demonstrated change management and culture-building capability. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively across all levels. Sound understanding of key business and mining industry performance drivers. Applications are open until Mon, 6 July 2026.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 inclusion@bhp.com.

Responsibilities

Lead the execution phase of major projects to deliver business objectives within scope, time, quality, and budget constraints. Manage project risks, stakeholder relationships, and third-party performance while ensuring compliance with global standards.