Lead Project Controls

Overview

Lead Project Controls & Analysis | Perth at BHP. Lead a team in Western Australian Asset Projects – Projects Control & Analysis (PC&A) to provide project controls (e.g. cost engineering, planning and scheduling, budgeting, change management, progress measurement and forecasting) to influence the on-time and on-budget delivery of project objectives. Coaching and developing team members to deliver high performance is a critical component of this role.

Responsibilities

• Explores and iteratively reassesses best fit solutions, takes ownership of project decisions and outcomes and monitors and manages impacts to value across the project lifecycle (e.g. social, environmental, commercial).
• Conducts benchmarking, implements prioritisation methodologies and identifies key investment drivers to effectively manage key requirements across the portfolio.
• Defines project objectives/schedules, identifies critical activities, monitors the project plan/schedule and drives continuous improvement initiatives across projects at BHP.
• Develops, predicts/forecasts and benchmarks project costs and estimates in line with industry standards, principles and practices.
• Determines the underlying cause of problems and evaluates multiple solutions to ensure a planned and structured approach to solving complex problems.
• 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.
• Identifies, engages and manages a range of diverse internal and external stakeholders.
• Engages the capabilities of the entire organisation.
• Strives to achieve 100% safety, 100% customer value and 0% waste.
• Knows our customer and is obsessed with meeting their needs.

About You / Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in a technical and people leading role.
• Proven experience in a Project Controls subject matter expert role, ideally within mining or capital projects.
• Strong expertise in project cost control and cost systems.
• A track record of delivering value through effective project controls leadership.
• A bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business (Finance/Accounting), Quantity Surveying, or a related discipline.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and influencing skills.
• A solid understanding of project and portfolio risks, interdependencies, and critical paths.

Location

The role is based in the Australian corporate office in Perth. You will be working on a Monday to Friday roster with a 3-2-1 arrangement - three days from the office, two days from home, and one of the office days must be a Monday or Friday.

Applications close 24th September.

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 provide significant opportunity for professional development, and there are attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and an employee share program. We offer flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and are committed to a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of identity.

If you have a disability, we can adjust our recruitment process to be equitable for your situation. Please email inclusion@bhp.com for assistance.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Project Management and Information Technology
• Industries
• Mining

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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