Make Your Mark with Thiess
Every day, all around the world, Thiess supports and celebrates our people. We recognise talent and reward transparency. We champion diversity, inclusion, and meaningful career growth.
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.
The Opportunity
Working a 5/2/4/3 roster based on site, you will act as the primary HR advisor to operational and functional leaders, driving people outcomes that align with Thiess’ operational goals and broader people strategy. Supporting a workforce of approximately 500 employees, this role will be pivotal in shaping workforce planning, cultural alignment, and capability uplift across leadership, technical services, production and maintenance teams.
As a key member of the Site Senior Leadership Team (SLT), you will operate with a high degree of autonomy and ownership. You will be empowered to lead and influence HR outcomes on site, without being micro-managed, whilst remaining connected to and supported by Thiess’ broader People & Brand function. This includes access to specialist HR expertise, collaboration with the wider HR Business Partner network, shared services support (including HR Officer capability), and continuity/backfill support during periods of leave.
This is a hands-on, dynamic position ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments and enjoys the breadth of true generalist HR work—from ER/IR to leadership coaching, performance, engagement and governance.
About the Role
In this role, you will:
- Deliver Thiess’ people strategy and support workforce planning
- Lead investigations, ER/IR matters, grievances and Award/EA interpretation
- Oversee onboarding, HR processes, HRIS data and compliance
- Support pay and classification queries
- Coach leaders on performance, conduct and people leadership
- Support engagement, culture, inclusion and wellbeing initiatives
- Promote safety-first behaviours and assist with relevant investigations
- Identify HR process improvements and support new system rollouts
- Provide workforce insights for planning, forecasting and budgeting
- Provide visible, on-site support and coaching to frontline leaders
About You
We are ideally seeking an experienced HR professional with a strong generalist background in operational or heavy industry environments, particularly within mining. This role requires hands-on ER/IR expertise, confidence working in complex, high-volume settings, and the ability to partner effectively with leaders to deliver fair, compliant, and practical workforce outcomes.
Key requirements
- Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Business, or a related discipline (or currently working toward)
- Proven generalist HR experience in a site-based, operational, mining or heavy industry environment
- Strong hands-on capability in ER/IR case management, investigations and procedural fairness
- Ability to interpret Awards and Enterprise Agreements and support large operational workforces
- Confident, clear and influential communication skills with leaders at all levels
- Strong judgement, documentation and stakeholder management capability
- Proficiency in HR systems (HRIS) and Microsoft Office
- A collaborative, values-based approach to developing leaders and improving workforce outcomes
What Thiess Can Do for You
- 5/2/4/3 roster based on site (FIFO available)
- Site allowance
- Annual remuneration review and discretionary bonus eligibility
- Full camp accommodation
- Flexible arrangements
- Ongoing training and development, leadership programs and professional pathways
- Health and wellbeing rewards through AIA Vitality
- Salary continuance insurance
- Salary sacrifice options (novated leasing, superannuation)
- Access to corporate discounts, including One Rewards, Thiess’ employee benefits platform offering savings, cashback and discounts across a wide range of retail, travel and lifestyle purchases
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 better together. 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.
How to Apply
This is an opportunity to take the next step in your HR career with a global leader in mining services. With our culture of recognition, development, and purposeful work, there is no better time to join Thiess.
To apply for this role, please click the ‘Apply’ button.
If you require assistance with your application, contact us at [email protected]
Thiess follows a Pre‑Employment Process that includes reference checks, a National Police Check, and a medical assessment. Your recruiter will guide you through each step.
Applications close: Thursday 25 June 2026
