Project Manager Major Projects

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About The Role

Responsible for the end to end project management of major capital investments from study phase through to delivery, for BHP Minerals Americas.

Main Functions

• Overriding commitment to Health, Safety and Environment standards (HSE) and BHP charter values, across all project stages.
• Directs the overall project safety programs and ensures strict adherence to local and national regulatory safety codes.
• Manage studies through BHP stage gates (SPS & DPS, incl. early IPS review) and governance process (IAR & IPR) to ensure project alternatives are comprehensively evaluated and the business case is fully optimized in line with KVDs (incl. through put recovery, cost, schedule, capital efficiency and ramp up).
• Ensure project studies are concluded, for the execution phase, as per the statement of requirements (SOR) with a finalized scope of work, estimate, schedule, execution strategy (PES) and plan (PEP), permits, risk mitigations and commercial agreements.
• Manage the project execution phase including engineering consultants and contractors (EPCM, EPC etc.) to ensure projects are successfully delivered in terms of HSE, scope, cost, cash-flow, schedule, handover to operations and ramp-up.
• Across studies and execution, implement and actively manage key project management processes in accordance with BHP requirements including: project HR (incl. mobilization), implementation of the PEP, HSE management, engineering management, contracts & procurement management, construction management, PC&A, quality management, change management, risk management, commissioning management and operational readiness.
• Maintains effective relations with other functional departments and alignment with stakeholders including Operations, P&T, Legal and Centres of Excellence.

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or equivalent discipline.
• Ability to work on site full time, during the execution phase.
• Experience in mining major capital studies and large project execution (USD 500M-1B).
• Demonstrated leadership and project management experience.
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation and interpersonal skills. Ability to communicate at an executive level with senior management and assets.
• Fluency in English is preferred.

About Our Process

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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 recognize that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.

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