Principal Studies | BHP Chile

About BHP

Welcome to BHP! Here we empower the professional development of all our teams to reach their full potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with exceptional job opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values charter, and where their skills are the key to our success.

Why not you? Why not BHP?

About the role

The purpose of this role is to provides governance expertise to successful development and delivery of projects in line with BHP standards and requirements, to optimise value for BHP.

Main responsabilities:

• Support and provide leadership in the delivery of key documents of study phases, such as: Investment Review Committee Notification (IRCN), Investment Approval Request (IAR), Supplementary Approval Request (SAR), Board memo, Study Work Plan (SWP), Project Execution Strategy (PES), and Project Execution Plan (PEP).
• Support preparing the investment case and coordinating the relevant gate governance processes in compliance with Our Requirements and local requirements to ensure transition to the next phase.
• Identifies opportunities to optimise value and to create and preserve maximum value from projects across BHP.
• Identifies Optimised With/Optimised Without framework principles to create and preserve maximum value from projects across BHP.
• Monitor the study schedule, cost and scope in accordance and compliance with the approved business case, internal and external governance processes and Our Requirements and ensures that deviations / risks are adequately communicated to the relevant stakeholders, managed and rectified.
• Monitors project performance to deliver projects in line with safety standards, requirements, budget and scope.
• Integrates and applies internal lessons learned and external best practices across the project with identified opportunities for improvements in project management, increased capital efficiency and productivity.

About you

Requirements:

• Tertiary qualifications in Engineering, Project Management, or related disciplines.
• Desirable Postgraduate studies in business/finance or project management.
• Experience in the preparation of key documents of study phases, such as: Investment Review Committee Notification (IRCN), Investment Approval Request (IAR), Supplementary Approval Request (SAR), Board memo, Study Work Plan (SWP), Project Execution Strategy (PES), and Project Execution Plan (PEP).
• A sound understanding of key business and mining industry performance drivers.
• Strategic and analytical thinker that demonstrates business acumen, with the ability to focus and prioritise critical deliverables to provide timely insights to stakeholders.

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.

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