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Lead Project Delivery

Date: 21 Oct 2025

Job Posting End Date:

Job Country: Australia

Job State/Province: South Australia

Job Location/Region: Roxby Downs

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

The Lead Delivery must be capable of defining and driving integrated project objectives across multiple complex initiatives. This includes developing and governing project execution plans, managing change control, and ensuring seamless phase transitions. Success requires the ability to align project outcomes with organisational goals, unlock value early in the planning process, and continuously improve delivery practices.

This role will be 5/2 Monday - Friday based at Olympic Dam (Residential to Roxby) or 5/2 4/3 FIFO or DIDO with a minimum 3 days per week on Site. Point of Hire will be Adelaide if FIFO.

Role Accountabilities:

- Develops integrated project deliverables and integrates project work across projects through interfacing with stakeholders and managing the successful transition of project/phase closure.
- Develops and implements project turnover processes and executes commissioning/handover activities to facilitate the successful commissioning of equipment/projects across BHP.
- Monitors HSE compliance and applies appropriate methodologies/standards to deliver effective construction projects across BHP.
- Defines project objectives/schedules, identifies critical activities, monitors the project plan/schedule and drives continuous improvement initiatives across projects at BHP.
- Monitors and manages project performance to deliver projects in line with safety standards, requirements, budget and scope.
- Manages contract execution and analysis to maximise operational and financial performance and mitigate exposure and risk.
- 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.
- 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

- Construction Expertise. A deep understanding of construction methodologies in an Owner-Lead environment is essential. The role demands the ability to lead HSE-compliant teams, apply best practice standards, and oversee the successful handover of commissioned assets.
- Planning, Scheduling, and Performance Management. The role requires project planning and scheduling, including identifying critical activities, mitigating risks, and optimising resource allocation. The Lead Delivery must govern performance controls, monitor deviations, and implement corrective actions to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to scope.
- Contract and Risk Management. Success in this role depends on the ability to manage high-risk and complex contracts and ensure contractor performance aligns with strategic objectives. The Lead Delivery must apply BHP’s risk frameworks to identify threats and opportunities, make informed decisions, and foster a culture of risk awareness and proactive mitigation.
- People Leadership and Team Empowerment. The Lead Delivery must build and lead high-performing teams by fostering inclusion, providing coaching and feedback, and promoting psychological safety. The role requires self-awareness and the ability to develop others through mentoring and capability building, ensuring the team is aligned, engaged, and accountable.
- Operational Excellence and Innovation. The role demands a mindset of continuous improvement, disciplined execution, and creative problem-solving. The Lead Delivery must embed processes that identify and eliminate waste, challenge existing practices, and empower teams to innovate while balancing risk and opportunity.
- Customer-Centric Delivery. Understanding and responding to customer needs is central to success. The Lead Delivery must establish clear direction, align team activities with customer expectations, and build strong stakeholder relationships. This includes setting ambitious goals and adapting plans to deliver maximum value.

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.

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