Manager Engineering

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 here.

Reporting to the Head of Engineering, we are seeking an Engineering Manager for our BMA Caval Ridge team. This role will see you provide leadership and functional expertise to drive world class delivery of the capital portfolio and deliver governance and technical stewardship across the site and broader BMA Assets.

The position will operate on a 4/3 schedule, Monday to Thursday, with Fridays worked as required to meet operational needs. We offer FIFO, DIDO and flexible working arrangements.

Your key responsibilities in this role would be:

• Demonstrate an overriding commitment to health, safety, environmental responsibility and sustainability
• Monitors and manages portfolio performance, identifies critical activities, monitors the project plan/schedule and drives continuous improvement initiatives to deliver the capital portfolio in line with safety standards, requirements, budget and scope
• Provide leadership to teams throughout the project lifecycle, focused on the governance and execution of construction strategies, standards / frameworks and integration and interface management
• Manage Asset Integrity for the sites assets (draglines, dams, stacker/reclaimers, electrical infrastructure, pipelines etc) and ensure compliance to Engineering Standards for all newly procured plant and equipment
• Govern the Management of Change process for all modifications and improvements to infrastructure and equipment
• Ensure all documents and drawings are managed in accordance with the blueprint standard
• Manage costs according to the budget and be accountable for regular forecasting and rectifying variances
• 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
• Lead the creation of an environment in which lessons learned and external best practices are part of the operational processes and identify capital efficiency initiatives and productivity improvements 
• Implement positive communication and cultural processes to support project and operational outcomes

This role must be appointed under Section 55 of the Queensland Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999, which designates the position as part of the mine's statutory management structure. The appointee will hold responsibilities aligned with the Act, ensuring compliance with safety and health obligations.

•    Tertiary qualifications in an Engineering related discipline

•    Significant Project Management experience, preferably via delivery of complex, multi-disciplinary investments and management of large teams

•    Advanced safety leadership expertise with proven commitment to safety and sustainability

•    Degree qualified in STEM; with supplementary MBA or similar commercial qualifications preferred but not essential

•    Lead by example; confidence, resilience and determination to hold yourself and others accountable;

•    Mature negotiation, mentoring and coaching skills that support a high performing team built on a learning mind-set

•    Strong verbal and written communication skills and excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills

At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from women and Indigenous people.

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.