Head of People

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 People & Communications, Australia East you will play a pivotal role in driving a relationship-oriented culture both internally and externally within the Australia east region.

This role will lead and implement regional talent strategies with business and client priorities, ensuring the attraction, retention, development and mobilisation of critical capability to drive performance and sustain competitive advantage.

A strong 'one team' mindset and the ability to navigate a complex, matrixed global structure are essential to success in this role.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the implementation of a People Strategy aligned with Group priorities, delivering impactful HR outcomes across Australia East.
• Provide strategic oversight and support on People matters, maintaining strong site presence and collaborating across teams to forecast and meet evolving resourcing and development needs.
• Lead, influence and support team strategy regarding Industrial Relations in complex industrial workplaces.
• Provide expert HR guidance across employee relations, talent development, recruitment and generalist HR functions, supporting leaders with both strategic and operational input.
• Lead the development of compliant and business-aligned HR systems, procedures and initiatives.
• Lead and influence team strategy and development initiatives that align with the broader business and People strategies driving improved team dynamics and effectiveness.
• Foster a respectful workplace culture in line with Company Standards and Values, while aligning change strategies with business vision and objectives.

About You
We are seeking candidates for this position with relevant formal tertiary education, post graduate qualifications will be highly regarded.

The ideal candidate will possess 10 to 15 years of demonstrated success gained in leadership roles in mining, construction and/or engineering industries.

Technical competencies should include a demonstrated ability to design and lead regionally aligned people strategies, manage change initiatives in line with business objectives and ensure compliance through deep knowledge of employment legislation within Australia.

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

Please note that this role will be a permanent position and applications for this role will close at midnight on 20 October 2025.
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 recognise 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.

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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.

Thiess follows a Pre-Employment Process for all successful applicants, which includes two employment references, a National Police Check and a medical assessment. These checks are essential to your application, and your recruiter will support you through the process.

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