About BHP
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.
What You Will Do
Lead with impact
- Provide strategic leadership for technical capability frameworks, governance systems, and assurance processes across the RCoE and GRE career segments.
- Shape and mature enterprise governance platforms (e.g. SharePoint, Documentum, AMS Archer) and assurance PMO processes.
Drive governance, disclosure, and sustainability outcomes
- Oversee RCoE contributions to BHP’s Annual Reporting suite, including Sustainability sections and ESG Standards & Databook.
- Lead sustainability reporting coordination, insurance and information verification processes, and reporting timelines in collaboration with Investor Relations, Group Governance, Communications, and other key functions.
- Build trusted relationships with external disclosure bodies to inform strategy and future capability needs.
Enable strategy and continuous improvement
- Support RCoE Planning & Technical Risk Committee initiatives and enterprise governance priorities.
- Champion evidence‑based decision‑making, benchmarking, and prioritisation to maximise value across the portfolio.
- Monitor and manage project performance to ensure safe, on‑time, and on‑budget delivery.
Build future‑ready capability
- Lead capability frameworks, KPIs, learning content, and strategic workforce planning initiatives.
- Collaborate with external organisations, government bodies, and educational institutions to strengthen capability pipelines.
- Embed change management tools, new methodologies, and digital solutions into capability programs.
Develop high‑performing teams
- Coach, mentor, and develop technical leaders and emerging talent.
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Equip teams to influence through compelling storytelling, presentations, and stakeholder engagement.
Champion operational excellence
- Embed a customer‑focused mindset with a commitment to 100% safety, 100% customer value, and zero waste.
- 10+ years’ experience in Geoscience and/or Resource Engineering across the full resource value chain—from exploration to closure.
- Proven experience designing and implementing capability strategies and strategic workforce plans.
- Strong background in governance systems, assurance frameworks, and disclosure.
- Demonstrated success in change leadership, transformation programs, and enterprise initiatives.
- Experience engaging with external organisations, government bodies, and academic institutions.
- Technical thought leadership with the ability to influence research and capability direction.
- A strong coaching and mentoring track record, developing high‑performing technical professionals.
- The agility to learn quickly, adapt, and operate across complex, interconnected systems.
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
[email protected].
