About Copper SA Operations At BHP

BHP is a global resources company operating across more than 90 locations worldwide. Through Copper South Australia (Copper SA), we are building a leading copper portfolio that supports the global energy transition, supplying materials essential for renewable energy, electric vehicles and digital infrastructure.

About Copper SA Operations At BHP

BHP is a global resources company operating across more than 90 locations worldwide. Through Copper South Australia (Copper SA), we are building a leading copper portfolio that supports the global energy transition, supplying materials essential for renewable energy, electric vehicles and digital infrastructure.

For you, this is an exciting opportunity to grow your career, make a meaningful impact, and help shape the future of one of Australia's leading copper businesses.

About The Role

We currently have a vacancy for a Lead Project Delivery, reporting to the Superintendent Projects. This is a senior leadership role within the Carrapateena Project Delivery team, accountable for the day-to-day delivery of a multi-discipline portfolio of brownfield and sustaining capital projects ranging from less than $1M to greater than $30M.

The Lead Project Specialist leads a team of project professionals and is the first point of leadership, coaching and escalation for the portfolio. The role owns delivery performance, governance and reporting across the portfolio.

Success in this role requires a strong understanding of project delivery across the full lifecycle, from initiation and definition through execution, commissioning, handover and close-out, together with the leadership capability to build and develop a high-performing team within an operating mine and processing plant environment.

- Reports to: Superintendent Projects.
- Direct reports:



Project Managers, Project Engineers and Project Specialists.
- Portfolio: Multi-discipline brownfield and sustaining capital projects, from less than $1M to greater than $30M.
- Disciplines: Mechanical, electrical, civil and structural, process and infrastructure projects across the mine, processing plant and site services.
- Lifecycle: Initiation, definition, execution, commissioning, handover and close-out.

In This Role Responsibilities Will Include

Governance, Controls and Commercial

- Own portfolio-level reporting on safety, scope, cost, schedule, risk and quality, providing clear and accurate performance insights to the Superintendent Projects and leadership.
- Review and challenge project estimates, forecasts, change requests and approval submissions prepared by the team.
- Ensure robust risk and opportunity management, including participation in HAZOP, CHAZOP and safety in design reviews.
- Oversee contracting strategy, contractor and consultant performance, and commercial outcomes across the portfolio.
- Drive continuous improvement in project delivery processes, tools and standards.

Stakeholders and Interfaces

- Build robust relationships with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Asset Management, Supply and HSE to align project delivery with site priorities.
- Coordinate interfaces and resources across concurrent projects and shutdowns to minimise impact on production.




- Support the Superintendent Projects with portfolio planning, capital forecasting and the development of the forward project pipeline.

Leadership and People

- Demonstrate an overriding commitment to health, safety and environmental performance, and lead by example in the field.
- Lead, coach and develop a team of direct reports, setting clear expectations, managing performance and building capability across the team.
- Act as the first point of escalation for project issues, resolving delivery, technical and commercial problems.
- Allocate resources and prioritise work across the portfolio to match team capability with project scale, complexity and risk.
- Deputise for the Superintendent Projects as required.

Portfolio Delivery

- Oversee delivery of projects across the full lifecycle in accordance with the BHP Small Projects Management Framework (SPMF) and applicable BHP project management requirements.
- Ensure projects are properly initiated and defined, with clear scope, business case, estimate, schedule and execution strategy before approval to proceed.
- Apply a fit-for-purpose level of rigour to each project, scaling governance, controls and assurance to project value, complexity and risk.
- Drive safe and efficient execution, including construction, shutdown and tie-in activities within a live operating environment.
- Lead commissioning, operational readiness, handover to Operations and Maintenance, and project close-out, including lessons learned.

About Carrapateena

Carrapateena is a large, modern underground copper‑gold operation and one of South Australia’s most significant mining developments in the past decade. Located approximately 160km north of Port Augusta on the

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