Principal Energy
Australia
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.
About the Role
The Principal Energy forms an essential part of the Energy Team within BHP’s Commercial Function. Our purpose: deliver safe, reliable and competitive supply of energy to our business and enable BHP’s climate strategy through transition to low emission energy. The successful candidate shall bring this purpose to life with key responsibilities including the origination of Renewable Power Purchase Agreements to assist BHP in achieving its medium-term target to reduce operational greenhouse gas emissions by at least 30% by FY2030 (from FY2020 levels) and Book Management of BHP’s East Coast Assets Power Book.
This role will have the opportunity to directly influence BHP’s energy transition and decarbonisation efforts in Australia. This role can be based in any one of the BHP's offices - Perth, Brisbane & Adelaide.
In this role you will be responsible for:
- Development and implementation of regional and national commercial strategies to enhance the effectiveness of power and renewable energy certificate origination, contracting, in full alignment with the operational requirements of the Assets supported.
- Lead the end-to-end origination of commercial renewable energy arrangements whilst successfully collaborating with BHP Functional teams to ensure BHP’s key objectives are met.
- Develop and manage the required internal approvals for all origination activities ensuring BHP’s objectives at a Portfolio level are met
- As a Renewable power expert lead relevant workstreams on other projects focused on BHP’s goal to achieve net-zero operational GHG emissions by 2050.
- Assessment of energy transition strategies for the Assets
- Power Book Management including execution, management and optimisation of the sourcing and contracting strategies in accordance with established Company policies, procedures, standards and guidelines.
- Optimisation of demand side management levers ensuring both Asset and Commercial requirements are met
- Management of the Assets regulatory obligations in relation to power and environmental certificates.
- Establishment and growth of high quality internal and external stakeholder relationships and networks.
- All matters relating to electricity and environmental certificate markets (including existing/emerging power providers capabilities, NEM changes, regulatory changes, technology developments etc.)
About You
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Bachelor’s Degree or related equivalent experience.
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Expertise in execution and management of renewable Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), with a sound knowledge of technical and commercial issues/risks associated with these
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Strong understanding of origination processes and exhibits the capacity to effectively self-execute sourcing process
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Strong knowledge and understanding of commercial terms and conditions including expertise in resolving commercial terms and conditions issues through collaboration.
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Negotiating skills & experience
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Strong understanding of regulatory requirements within the Australian electricity markets
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Must be able to handle multiple tasks efficiently and effectively working in a fast-paced team environment.
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Collaboration and influencing skills to work with cross functional peers to gain support for all initiatives.
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Analytical data driven decision making and problem solving.
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Strong communication and presentation skills.
Applications close 8th December
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.