Principal Delivery

**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

**Purpose**:
The portfolio projects is essential for the success of Minerals Americas (Escondida and Pampa Norte). This senior role is key for the successful projects study from the delivery point of view ensuring all interfaces with Operations, value/risk decision making, integration with projects and non-projects functions, collaborators, contractors in accordance with BHP Charter and MinAm Projects strategies. This role is based on Santiago with eventual site travel to Escondida, Spence and Cerro Colorado, and offers flexible work arrangements.

**About the Role**:
In this role you will:
Provide information on construction in the SPS and DPS phases, including advanced work planning, sequencing and evaluation of its methodology.
Participate in engineering reviews, safety in design, feasibility and construction preparation, commissioning, operational readiness and other project functional areas.
Collaborate with the site's operational leadership for planning involvement, facilitating early alignment and final approval.
Lead the Strategy and Project Execution Plan development.
Evaluate contracting strategies to optimize costs and schedule, exploring prefabrication, pretesting, and automation opportunities.
Support the procurement team in the purchasing strategy development, logistics and material disposition planning.
Support the scope of work preparation, prequalification and bidding process for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction contracts and Construction Management services.
Recognize specific project considerations (labor, community, transportation, impacts), including resource planning, competency assessment, training, among others.
Define project objectives/schedules, identifies critical activities, and drives continuous improvement initiatives across projects at BHP.
Integrate Project Functional Work Plans through excellence in stakeholders management.
Anticipate, identify and assess risks for informed decision making according to BHP's risk management framework.
Develop project turnover processes and to plan commissioning/handover activities to facilitate the successful commissioning of equipment/projects across BHP.
Explore and iteratively reassess the best fit for purpose solutions, taking ownership of project decisions and outcomes.
Engage, know, understand and build long-term relations with our customers and clients and be obsessed with meeting their needs.
Lead the optimization of Planning & Scheduling through the Work Management process to reduce waste and increase value adding work.

**About You**:
Professional qualifications in projects, engineering or construction.
Site operations exposure.
Experience in projects development and delivery.
Availability to travel to site.
English and Spanish written and spoken.

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**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.

**Supporting a Diverse Workforce***:
The size and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a unique BHP employee share program.

At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect.

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.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran