Construction Specialist

bp; City Of Kwinana; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

bp is seeking a Construction Specialist to oversee and manage various construction projects across BP Australia’s assets, ensuring safety, budget, and schedule adherence. The role collaborates with internal teams and external contractors to deliver high-quality construction outcomes.

As part of the Bluesky Construction team, you will support the Construction Manager to ensure safe, predictable delivery through assurance, technical guidance, and contractor oversight across all project stages,

Qualifications

• Significant experience in construction execution within oil and gas, refining, or heavy industrial environments.
• Proven experience supervising and supporting contractor management and field execution activities.
• Experience in construction assurance, readiness reviews, and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Champion HSSE across all construction activities, ensuring compliance with bp standards and safe field execution.
• Support the development and implementation of the construction execution strategy across the project lifecycle.
• Provide construction assurance, self-verification, and contractor oversight to ensure safe, predictable, and compliant construction delivery.
• Participate in constructability reviews, readiness reviews, SIMOPS reviews, and risk assessments to identify and mitigate execution risks.
• Support the development and review of work packages, method statements, and construction risk assessments.
• Provide construction input during front-end loading activities.
• Monitor contractor safety, quality, cost, and schedule performance against agreed targets and KPIs.
• Support commissioning, certification, and handover activities to ensure successful project delivery.

Skills

Safety leadership

Construction readiness

Contractor oversight

Job description

Job Family Group:

Project Management Group

Job Description:

Job Summary

The Construction Specialist will be responsible for overseeing and managing various construction projects across BP Australia’s assets, ensuring adherence to safety standards, budget, and schedule. This role involves collaboration with internal teams and external contractors to deliver high-quality construction outcomes.

Role Purpose

The Bluesky Construction Specialist is responsible for supporting the Construction Manager to ensure safe, predictable, and efficient construction delivery through construction assurance, technical guidance, and contractor oversight across all stages of the project lifecycle.

This is achieved through:

• Providing clear construction leadership and HSSE governance.
• Supporting construction execution readiness, contractor assurance, and field delivery.
• Delivering construction assurance, self-verification, and technical support to ensure safe and compliant execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Champion HSSE across all construction activities, ensuring compliance with bp standards and safe field execution.
• Support the development and implementation of the construction execution strategy across the project lifecycle.
• Provide construction assurance, self-verification, and contractor oversight to ensure safe, predictable, and compliant construction delivery.
• Participate in constructability reviews, readiness reviews, SIMOPS reviews, and risk assessments to identify and mitigate execution risks.
• Support the development and review of work packages, method statements, and construction risk assessments.
• Provide construction input during front-end loading activities.
• Monitor contractor safety, quality, cost, and schedule performance against agreed targets and KPIs.
• Support commissioning, certification, and handover activities to ensure successful project delivery.

Performance Measures

Performance in this role will be measured against:

• HSSE performance and transparent safety leadership.
• Quality of construction assurance, self-verification, and contractor oversight activities.
• Effective support of construction readiness, constructability, and risk mitigation activities.
• Contribution to predictable project execution through improved safety, quality, and efficiency outcomes.

Core Competencies

Construction Safety Leadership

Demonstrates visible safety leadership and ensures HSSE, SIMOPS, and Control of Work requirements are successfully implemented throughout project execution.

Construction Readiness & Assurance

Leads construction readiness, constructability reviews, execution planning, and construction assurance activities across all stages of the project lifecycle.

Contractor Management & Oversight

Coordinates contractor performance and assurance processes to ensure construction activities are delivered safely, compliantly, and in accordance with project requirements.

Required Experience

• Significant experience in construction execution within oil and gas, refining, or heavy industrial environments.
• Proven experience supervising and supporting contractor management and field execution activities.
• Experience in construction assurance, readiness reviews, and risk management.

At bp, we provide the following environment and benefits to you:

• A company culture where we respect our diverse and unified teams, where we are proud of our achievements and where fun and the attitude of giving back to our environment are highly valued
• Possibility to join our social communities and networks
• Learning opportunities and other development opportunities to craft your career path

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform crucial job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Don’t hesitate to get in touch with us to request any accommodations!

Travel Requirement:

Negligible travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

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Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status.Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process,please contact us.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.