Head of Legal

**Head of Legal & Commercial**:

- Job ID
- 931709
- Job Type
- Permanent Full Time
- Location
- Australia - Brisbane
- Categories
- Legal / Contracts
- Applications close
- 20 Oct 2025 E. Australia Standard Time

**Make your mark with Thiess**

Everyday, all around the world, Thiess supports and celebrates our people. We recognise talent and reward transparency. We champion diversity and embrace change.

Join us. Hone your skills and develop new ones. Take on big challenges and grow, through mentorship, collaboration and empowerment.

Thiess is the place to make things happen.

**About The Role**

As the Head of Legal & Commercial, you will play a pivotal role in driving a relationship-oriented culture both internally and externally within the Eastern Region. Your primary responsibilities will include providing strategic management of legal and commercial function, supporting relevant regulatory compliance, overseeing disputes and litigation and contributing to regional risk management.

In this role, you will:

- Foster a relationship-driven culture by strategically managing legal and commercial issues.
- Advise on proactive strategies for managing operational claims, variations, and disputes.
- Lead the legal and commercial team in providing support for work-winning and contract formation.
- Oversee third-party due diligence and counterparty risk assessment.
- Manage workplace investigations and complaints, reporting to relevant stakeholders.
- Strategically manage regulatory investigations and safety incident responses.
- Provide timely, pragmatic, and strategic advice while upholding professional standards.

**About You**

The role necessitates effective collaboration with stakeholders and the capability to perform under pressure.

If you meet these qualifications and are looking for a challenging opportunity, we invite you to apply.

**What Thiess Can Do for You**
- Help to grow your career, offering diverse and varied opportunities for advancement
- Flexible working arrangements
- Recently renovated corporate head office located in South Bank, Brisbane
- World-class health & wellbeing programs
- On-site gymnasium
- Salary sacrifice options
- A range of corporate discounts, including health insurance (Medibank), travel & retail products

**About us**

Thiess works with clients in Australia, Asia and the Americas in the dynamic field of open-cut and underground mining.

The pioneering spirit of our founders - the legendary Thiess brothers - is our legacy, and inspires our vision to harness the power of people and technology to drive sustainable change.

At Thiess, you will have the opportunity to play a part in the global energy transition. We are growing our commodities portfolio to include metals and minerals critical to the energy transition, and developing services to enable sustainable mining.

We’re creating a culture of curiosity, knowledge-sharing, and continuous learning - supporting our people to contribute to Thiess’ success and continued growth in sustainable mining.

We’ll support you to hone your skills and develop new ones, take on challenges and grow, through mentorship, collaboration and empowerment. We offer our people ongoing technical training and development opportunities so they can reach their full potential. We also invest in the workforce of the future, with a range of programs for people starting their careers.

We recognize the value of an inclusive and diverse workplace through our vision of everyone matters always. We’re focused on creating an inclusive environment to enable our people to bring their best self to work because they feel safe, included and empowered.

**How to Apply**

This role is an opportunity to take the next step in your career. With our culture of recognition, development, and a stimulating and satisfying work environment, there is no better time to join Thiess.