Project Director - Copper South Australia | Adelaide

BHP Group; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee share program

Flexible working options

Parental leave

Extended leave entitlements

Parent rooms

Job summary

BHP Group in Adelaide, Australia, seeks a Project Director to lead the CuSAMP CXPS2 or MCG program in Copper South Australia. You will oversee study and delivery teams, set standards, manage stakeholders, and drive value. Reporting to the Head of CuSAMP Projects, you will ensure risk, governance and safety are embedded throughout the project lifecycle.

Open for applications until 10-Nov. The role includes interaction with Business and Asset Leadership, governance groups and delivery partners,

Qualifications

• Experience leading large/mega capital projects.
• Strong ability to manage stakeholders across governance groups.
• Proven risk and quality management capabilities.
• Operational readiness and handover experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to study and delivery teams across CXPS2/MCG.
• Define project standards, methodologies and governance.
• Manage internal/external stakeholders and delivery partners.
• Ensure risk, safety and quality plans are in place and followed.
• Develop capability and succession plans for key roles.
• Drive value delivery and capital efficiency across the investment.

Skills

Mega projects leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Quality management

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

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Project Director - Copper South Australia | Adelaide

Date: 27 Oct 2026

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Job Country: Australia

Job State/Province: South Australia

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About the Role

The Project Director is accountable for setting the direction, providing project management leadership across the study and delivery teams and delivery for the Carrapateena Expansion Project Stage 2 investment (CXPS2) or the Mine and Concentrator Growth (MCG), as part of Copper South Australia Major Projects (CuSAMP). The role reports directly to the Head of CuSAMP Projects within Minerals Australia Projects.

Project Management

• Provides leadership and decision making to ensure the successful development and delivery of CXPS2 or MCG that deliver the approved business objectives.
• Confirms the establishment and maintenance of aggregated project function standards, methodologies, strategies and systems.
• Manages key internal and external stakeholders, including Business and Asset Leadership Teams, Project Steering Committees, governance groups, and commercial partners as appropriate.
• Approves the portfolio of improvement initiatives in the Projects’ value workstreams, monitors the status of implementation and tracks the value obtained.
• Identifies, builds and develops talent and capability in the aggregated functions including a pipeline of talent for key positions.
• Establishes effective communication channels to encourage collaboration and new ideas.
• Confirms all inputs from the Project teams are developed in compliance with both internal and external governance processes and Our Requirements performance requirements.
• Confirms the establishment of program and project risk and quality management plans within the aggregated functions to assure effective management of the program’s scopes of work.
• Confirms the evaluation of key learnings, industry leading practice and innovations in the aggregated functions to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Provides leadership to ensure effective and ODP compliant project organisation.
• Confirms the establishment of capability development plans to ensure the availability of appropriately skilled resources matched to underlying investment scope.
• Provides leadership to ensure programmatic/project opportunities for capital efficiency and productivity improvements are identified and implemented within the investment.

Functional Integration

• Identifies resourcing needs for delivery of Phase requirements in line with Our Requirements through study and delivery phases, and the selected delivery model.
• Collaborates with Functional Leaders to ensure appropriate support from the aggregated functions to deliver the Project Phase requirements in line with Our Requirements.
• Operations Management to prepare for the successful transition of the projects to Operations.
• Collaborates with the line, other Functional Leaders and the appointed Delivery Partner to implement Project Management strategies and initiatives.
• Explores and iteratively reassesses the best fit solutions, takes ownership of project decisions and outcomes and monitors and manages impacts to value across the project lifecycle (e.g. social, environmental, commercial).
• Develops integrated deliverables and integrates the work across the CXPS2 or MCG investment through interface management, stakeholder management, project risk management and dependency identification and management, from study phase through to close out.
• Develops and implements project turnover processes and executes commissioning/handover activities to facilitate the successful commissioning of CXPS2 or MCG investment.
• Monitors HSE compliance and applies appropriate methodologies/standards to effectively identify and mitigate HSE risks across the investment.
• Defines project objectives/schedules, identifies critical activities, monitors the project plans/schedules and drives continuous improvement initiatives across projects at BHP.
• Monitors and manages project performance to deliver investment in line with safety standards, requirements, budget and scope.
• Identifies and assesses risks, makes risk informed decisions, uses BHP's risk management framework and builds a risk aware culture to support safe and productive performance outcomes.
• Follows risk management processes, conducts project risk assessments, complies with standards and accurately reports on risk to maximise safety and value across projects at BHP.
• Manages major contract execution and analysis to maximise operational and financial performance and mitigate exposure and risk.
• Determines the underlying cause of problems and evaluates multiple solutions to ensure a planned and structured approach to solving complex problems.
• Engages the capabilities of the entire organisation.
• Strives to achieve 100% safety, 100% customer value and 0% waste.
• Knows our customer and is focused with meeting their needs.

About You

The ideal candidate should have appropriate and demonstrated experience in leading and delivering large/mega complex capital projects, with strong project management skills to establish and maintain project standards and methodologies. They should excel in managing key stakeholders, ensuring functional excellence and integration across Commissioning, Engineering, Operations Readiness, and Quality. Proficiency in risk and quality management, talent development, and operational readiness is essential. The candidate should also demonstrate continuous improvement and innovation capabilities at a major project level, preparing projects for successful transition to operations while ensuring compliance with internal and external governance standards.

Open for applications until 10-Nov.

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