Lead Project Engineer | Carrapateena

BHP Group • Australia • 6d ago

About the Role:

We are seeking forward thinking and talented individuals to take on the key role of Lead Project Engineering within the CuSA Carrapateena Project Delivery team. This is an exciting opportunity for a high performing professional to work with a range of senior stakeholders where your contribution will have significant impact on the business.

The role within the Engineering & Quality Function, reporting directly into the Manager Project Delivery. The Lead will be held responsible for engineering performance and outcomes across all phases.

The role will provide leadership to a highly skilled and diverse engineering team, consisting of Project and Principal Engineers, focused on all aspects of engineering through project framing, development and execution of plans, assurance over process and outcomes and integration into construction and handover.

In this role, the Lead Project Engineer will provide expertise to guide the study team, delivery team and engineering service providers through project and discipline engineering, along with a deep understanding of engineering processes to provide great outcomes for the Carrapateena Asset. The role will support the various study team, through the project development lifecycle phases to achieve successful submission of investment approval requests.

This role is based on site at Carrapateena on a 5/2, 4/3 roster.

Applications close on 3 April 2025.

In This Role You Will:

Provide engineering support to the project management, construction, commissioning and operations readiness teams across the project lifecycle.
Determine minimum quality requirements, executes quality management plans, and reviews quality control activities to enable the achievement of quality objectives across BHP projects.
Conduct engineering tasks, verifies construction methodologies, and advises on engineering decisions for projects in alignment with Project, Construction, and Commissioning Engineering Standards.
Deliver engineering solutions based on a deep understanding of the business and project lifecycle, incorporating the principles of value engineering and engineering effectiveness.
Identify, engage and manage a range of diverse internal and external stakeholders.
Contribute to delivering engineering designs that align to BHP standards and hold the Engineering Service Provider accountable to manage all design risks.
Contribute and support all sustainability and safety in design processes across the project development (HAZID / HAZOP / RAMBO etc.).
Contribute to verifying facility construction methodologies are in alignment with project engineering standards, the basis of design and Sustainability in Design processes.
Review project performance and adapt plans, altering cost, timing or quality constraints in line with stakeholder expectations to continually maximise the engineering value across the project.
Anticipate and address engineering risks, variances and quality issues across the project by making risk informed decisions utilising proactive change management before they impact project delivery.

About You:

Demonstrated relevant experience with tertiary qualifications in Engineering with relevant experience in Project Management.
Experience with major project (>$100M) is highly desirable.
Has sound knowledge of applying Bhp Operating Systems (BOS).
Significant technical proficiency across a broad range of engineering (project) disciplines (electrical, mechanical, civil, process, optimization, and maintenance).
Previous experience in managing and developing teams and be confident in working within a complex environment.
A deep understanding of project management phases across the full project lifecycle with respect to capex, technical and project engineering requirements.
In depth experience in working with engineering service providers.
You lead by example, anticipate engineering issues and facilitate resolution.
An experienced professional with a passion for guiding, developing and influencing teams and individual team members through mentoring and coaching you will bring strong leadership abilities with a demonstrated ability to lead a team that delivers high performance.
We value diversity in experience and your career history will testify to your ability to demonstrate strong critical reasoning skills, proactively identify, and anticipate engineering issues, facilitate resolution and ultimately develop solutions.
Energetic and driven, with a strong understanding of safe operations and safe behaviour fundamentals you work well under pressure and uncertainty bringing a high attention to detail and the consistent ability to meet multiple deadlines.
A performance and achievement orientated professional, your technical strengths will be complemented by excellent engagement and communication skills.
Proactive, credible and influential, you relate well with people, communicating confidently and building strong working relationships with key stakeholders.

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