Brisbane: Procurement Site Engineering Manager

BHP; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

BHP is seeking a Manager Procurement Site Engineering Projects to lead contract strategy, tendering, and management for major projects with relocation support if required. The role is based in Brisbane and will coordinate with Procurement, Asset Engineering teams and contractors to optimise value and performance.

The successful candidate will drive end-to-end contract execution, negotiate outcomes, and manage risk across a diverse portfolio while aligning with safety and sustainability goals.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in commercial and contract management roles in capital projects.
• A track record of excellence in contract negotiation and people leadership.
• Strong business acumen with deep understanding of project execution, risks and strategies.
• Experience in strategic thinking, robust planning and risk management.
• Strong communication skills, written and verbal, with the ability to tailor interactions to a wide variety of stakeholder groups.
• Experience managing a project portfolio of spend and interfaces.
• Negotiations and deal design skills.
• Claims prevention and management experience.
• Experience managing and supervising a team of professionals.
• Ability to operate in complex and ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, direction, functional expertise, mentoring, coaching and guidance to the team
• Manage multiple stakeholder relationships across Procurement, Asset Engineering teams, and our contracting partners and suppliers
• Enable world class contract formation and management performance
• Apply an understanding of end-to-end Supply Chain to enhance efficiency, drive optimisation, and maximise value
• Evaluate risk profiles, project drivers, and contracting options to inform the development of contracting strategies aligned with project execution strategies
• Manage contract execution and analysis to maximise operational and financial performance, and mitigate exposure and risk
• Develop safe project delivery and contractor performance strategies to maximise portfolio value and enhance improvement and innovation
• Gain support for and negotiate outcomes that achieve mutually beneficial goals
• Identify and assess risks, make risk-informed decisions, and build a risk-aware culture using BHP's risk management framework
• Mitigate people, community, human rights, environmental and climate risks across the value chain, in alignment with our sustainability commitments
• Make evidence-based and strategic decisions in alignment with longer-term business objectives
• Strive to achieve 100% safety, 100% customer value and 0% waste

Skills

Contract management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Risk management

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Team leadership

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Management, Economics, Quantity Surveying, Legal (Construction Law) or related discipline

Job description

BHP is seeking a Manager Procurement Site Engineering Projects to lead contract strategy, tendering, and management for major projects with relocation support if required. The role is based in Brisbane and will coordinate with Procurement, Asset Engineering teams and contractors to optimise value and performance.

The successful candidate will drive end-to-end contract execution, negotiate outcomes, and manage risk across a diverse portfolio while aligning with safety and sustainability goals.