Area Manager Studies | 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 Management, Stakeholder Management, Business Case Development, Strategic Thinking, Analytical Thinking, Leadership, Risk Management, Change Management, Financial Benchmarking, Resource Management, Communication Skills, Mining Industry Knowledge

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 leadership to the study team focussed on the safe and efficient delivery of projects through their lifecycle in line with BHP standards and requirements, within budget, scope and schedule to optimise value for BHP. Key Accountabilities: Conducts benchmarking, implements prioritisation methodologies and identifies key investment drivers to effectively manage key requirements across the portfolio. Identifies opportunities to optimise value, reduce capital and manage associated risks. Mitigates people, community, human rights and modern slavery, environmental and climate risks across the value chain, in alignment with public policy and our sustainability and climate commitments. Makes evidence based and strategic decisions in alignment with longer term business objectives. Identifies and assesses risks, makes risk informed decisions, uses BHP's risk management framework and builds a risk aware culture to support safe and productive performance outcomes. Defines value drivers and determines the boundaries of an opportunity to determine if it is worth further investment. Facilitates activities and inputs with stakeholders to ensure high quality change management, making sure that key assumptions are competitive and realistic. Managing the progress of project disciplines and requirements to an appropriate level, including license to operate (regulatory approvals and permitting, community consultation). Finalising the strategy and preparing the plan for project execution at a level of detail appropriate to the size and complexity of the project, incorporating the input from relevant functions and stakeholders, particularly delivery. Collaborates with the management of functional resources to ensure the provision of appropriately skilled resources to establish an effective cross functional team that will achieve the project area’s integrated scope, cost and schedule requirements. Establishes and drives a regular reporting process to allow any risks or deviations from the plan to be identified, communicated and rectified within a timely manner in order to reduce impact and delays to the project and provides guidance to the Project Director on projects studies risk management and relevant mitigating actions. Identifies talent and capability and provides input to broader talent plans. About You Engineering qualification or qualification in a related field. Experience in project management and later stages of project lifecycle. Experience within mining environment (preferred). Strong stakeholder management with excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to develop, articulate, and present business cases with confidence. Capability in building and developing diverse, high-performance teams. A sound understanding of key business and mining industry performance drivers. Strategic and analytical thinker that demonstrates business acumen, with the ability to focus and prioritise critical deliverables to provide timely insights to stakeholders. A collaborative mindset with strong communication and presentation skills. Application are open until Mon, 6 July 2026About 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 study team in the safe and efficient delivery of projects throughout their lifecycle, ensuring they remain within budget, scope, and schedule. Manage risk, optimize value drivers, and collaborate with stakeholders to finalize execution plans and resource allocation.