Practice Lead Global Mine Planning

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 through this leadership role!

About the role

Joining BHP’s Resource Centre of Excellence (RCoE), in the newly created role of Practice Lead Global Mining Engineering, you’ll be recognised as a subject matter expert providing thought leadership and technical mastery across mine optimisation, planning, and the wider supply chain.

Drawing on your deep technical and operational experience across open cut or underground operations in multiple commodities, you will play a critical role in shaping high-quality decision making for mine progression across all time horizons—from long-term strategy through to short-term execution. This is a unique opportunity to influence global asset performance, applying your expertise to optimise outcomes, drive value, and support sustainable mine planning at scale.

As the Practice Lead Global Mining Engineering, you will be accountable for: 

• Providing technical assurance for mine across all time horizons (tactical through to strategic). 
• Driving technical assurance for safe and compliant mine designs in accordance with jurisdictional guidelines and functional/operational inputs to support safe mine progression.
• Applying an understanding of end-to-end Supply Chain to enhance efficiency, drive optimisation, and maximise value. 
• Optimise technical evaluations utilising Hill of value optimisation at an enterprise level (ECO)
• Providing technical activities in M&A’s for Mining Engineering and Probabilistic Mine Planning
• Develop and mentor technical talent through strategic capability-building programs, while fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement
• Build an environment that integrates engineering and operations to drive transdisciplinary performance.

In this role, you can be based in Denver, USA; Santiago, Chile; Toronto, Canada, or in Perth, Adelaide or Brisbane in Australia.  You will also be required to undertake frequent international travel.  

About you

You are an accomplished senior mining engineer with technical expertise across multiple commodities, mining methods (preferably block caving or underground) mining engineering principles, techniques, and technologies, including mine design, mineral processing, and supply chain optimisation. Your strong understanding of mining regulations and standards ensures all activities are delivered safely and compliance with local, national, and international requirements. You have a proven track record of combining technical excellence, operational experience and strong commercial acumen across the full life cycle of mining.

A respected leader, you build and mentor high-performing teams, fostering a collaborative environment that supports both performance and professional growth. You engage confidently with a range of stakeholders, using your strong communication and negotiation skills to align expectations and navigate complexity. Known for your innovative mindset, you consistently deliver practical solutions to complex mining challenges while advancing sustainability initiatives that create long-term environmental and social value.

A tertiary qualification in Mining Engineering (or equivalent) is mandatory.

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. 

Apply Now - Welcoming applications through to 11.59pm (AEST), 31 May 2026.