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Purpose

As the Legacy Assets Principal Innovation, you will be supporting the Manager Strategy and Innovation within the Planning and Technical team to bring innovative solutions to meet the closure outcome(s) and objectives of our sites. This role will require you to build strong relationships with a broad range of stakeholders within and external to Legacy Assets including Projects, Operations, and Innovation & Ventures team.

About the Role

In this role you will:

• Champion technical matters and thought leadership on innovative approach to closure outcome(s) to influence and guide Legacy Assets.
• Support the development of innovation roadmaps for each operation, including support for technologies, closure methods and alternate land uses and assessment.
• Lead the development of the ideation process, pragmatic research associated with the opportunity and business case, and review investment alternatives (including ventures) for opportunities put forward in the proposed roadmap maximizing BHP’s value.
• Coordinate pilot studies of the pipeline of technologies, closure methods and alternate land uses to ensure that they support the agreed closure outcomes and ongoing work at the sites.
• Lead team in the development of innovation initiatives to support the closure outcome(s) for the sites.
• Collaborate with BHP Innovation team to provide expert technical, advice and guidance to Legacy Assets on the changing landscape of innovation and identifying measures for continuous improvements and/or resilience.
• Identify best practice technologies, closure methods and alternate land uses by scanning industry, in collaboration with BHP Ventures, with emphasis on having a 'balance initiative’ portfolio.
• Develop and supervise test-works and future on-site trials (test-work program, ability to interpret results and convert into a design criteria, processing plant design from concept to detailed engineering, process equipment selection, transport technologies and distribution).

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental / Mining / Materials / Metallurgical/ Chemical / Process / Civil Engineering or Natural Sciences. MBA and masters degree is a plus.
• Maintaining excellence in technical industry knowledge and contribution to further industry improvement in innovation by collaboration with external stakeholders and representing BHP in international forums.
• Passion combined with purpose to contribute to mining, social and environmental sustainability.
• Strong stakeholder management and cultural alignment (ability to work in a multidisciplinary, multicultural and diverse team) is a must.
• Foresight, pragmatic thinking and ability to think outside of the box to ensure the long-term business sustainability is a strong asset.
• Previous mining operations, closure, innovation, project management and resource sector experience is a strong asset.
• Experience and/or knowledge in renewable energy is desirable.
• Passionate communicator and thought leader combined with excellence in technical leadership to contribute to mining, social and environmental sustainability.

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 recognize 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 are an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from women and Indigenous people. 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.