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About The Role
We are seeking Principal to join our Planning and Technical Team in US
In this role, you will lead and manage technical projects to support closure planning and remediation of BHP’s non-operating mining legacy sites in AZ.
What will you do?
Every day you show up at work, be that at home, in the office or anywhere else, you’ll demonstrate a commitment to BHP’s Values. That means an overriding commitment to health, safety, respect, integrity, environmental responsibility and sustainable development and an obligation to comply with Our Charter Values.
Your key responsibilities as a Principal Hydrogeologist Geochemist will include:
• Scope and manage studies and provide technical subject matter expert advice to projects on risks associated with groundwater, surface water and/or soil contamination and mining closure/reclamation.
• Site hydrogeology, hydrology, geochemistry and geology data gap analysis, site investigation and characterization to assess the site’s current conditions and to develop or update site conceptual models and water balance models to underpin the remediation and closure strategy.
• Collaboratively engage across the organisation to identify, scope and project manage technical studies to characterize risks and frame opportunities to address them. Evaluate technical aspects and business needs to evaluate options for remedy selection.
• Ensuring that the planning and execution of work is appropriate to the risk and liabilities for each site’s closure plan and is consistent with BHP’s values, water stewardship, and climate change adaption and resilience initiatives.
• Using BHP’s Risk Management Framework, support completion of Risk Assessments, own and implement critical controls associated with material risks, and support progression of risk remediation plans and activities.
• Developing Request for Proposals and Request for Qualifications for contractors.
• Provide technical review of proposals, projects, and written deliverables in relation to site hydrogeology and geochemistry.
• Complete routine first line assurance (field audit/leadership) on field work associated with technical investigations (e.g. drilling/sampling) and mine closure activities. This will require regular travel to sites at which you are responsible for.
About You
To be successful in this role, you’ll need to be able to demonstrate:
• Technical undergraduate degree in Hydrogeology, Engineering (Civil/Environmental/Chemical), Geology, Geochemistry or related field
• Working knowledge of hydrogeology and geochemistry disciplines
• Project Management experience
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in leading and managing mining, environmental remediation/ reclamation, or related activities.
• Prior experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders across an organisation for continuous improvement and managing risks.
• Knowledge, background and familiarity with types of technical and environmental challenges associated with mine closure and/or remediation.
• Technical skills relating to assessment and remediation of soil, surface water, and groundwater.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written) with demonstrated ability to prepare technical reports and communicate technical risks across the business to various stakeholders.
Location
This is a Tucson based role, reporting to the Lead Technical US. Permanent opportunity working Monday to Friday with routine AZ site visits
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.
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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.
