Principal Business Planning Nojv | Bhp Brasil

Bhp; Brasil; On-site; BRL 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonuses

Employee share program

Flexible working options

Parental leave

Job summary

BHP Brasil is seeking a Principal Business Planning NOJV to drive long-, medium-, and short-term planning across non-operated joint ventures. You will provide technical analysis to protect investor interests and maximize value.

This role requires extensive experience in mine planning, asset planning, and governance, with strong stakeholder management, English/Portuguese proficiency, and willingness to travel.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mining Engineering or related discipline relevant to mine planning and resource management.
• 10+ years of experience in mine operations, resource engineering and asset planning, preferably in large-scale mining.
• Strong business acumen, commercial understanding and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Support long-, medium-, and short-term planning through robust technical analysis and risk mitigation.
• Evaluate risk-reward profiles of NOJV plans across multiple horizons.
• Contribute to CAP processes including Life of Asset, Portfolio Valuation, 5-Year Planning and Budget Planning.
• Identify value creation opportunities via scenario analysis and capital prioritization.
• Collaborate with internal SMEs to align assumptions and value drivers.
• Develop forecasts and performance outlooks to support production and cost commitments.
• Deliver evidence-based analyses to inform executive decisions.
• Drive continuous improvement by capturing insights and enhancement opportunities.
• Prepare presentations and facilitate workshops for diverse stakeholders.
• Build relationships with customers and stakeholders, focusing on value delivery.
• Promote safety, collaboration and operational excellence.

Skills

Mine planning

Asset planning

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Risk analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Joint venture governance

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Mining Engineering degree

Tools

BHP Operating System

Job description

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

Come and be a part of this success.

The challenge ahead of you

As a Principal Business Planning, you will play a key role in shaping planning outcomes and value creation opportunities across a portfolio of non-operated joint ventures (NOJVs). You will provide technical expertise to support high-quality business planning across long, medium and short-term horizons, helping ensure production and cost commitments are achieved while protecting BHP’s interests as an investor.

Working closely with a broad network of stakeholders and technical experts, you will evaluate risks, opportunities and value drivers to support strategic decision-making. Your contribution will be critical in strengthening planning excellence, identifying improvement opportunities and enabling sustainable business outcomes across the portfolio.

In this role, you will influence planning outcomes through technical expertise, strategic thinking and collaboration, helping maximize value creation and support the long-term performance of BHP’s non-operated assets.

Key Responsibilities

• Support Long-Term, Medium-Term and Budget Planning processes through robust technical analysis, early risk identification and development of appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Evaluate and communicate the risk-reward profile of NOJV business plans across multiple planning horizons.
• Contribute to the NOJV Corporate Alignment Planning (CAP) process, supporting key deliverables including Life of Asset, Portfolio Valuation, 5-Year Planning and Budget Planning.
• Identify value creation opportunities through scenario analysis, operational planning excellence and capital prioritization.
• Collaborate with internal subject matter experts to align planning assumptions, value drivers, risks and uncertainties.
• Develop forecasts and performance outlooks to support annual production and cost commitments.
• Conduct Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves risk reviews across joint venture assets.
• Deliver evidence-based analyses and recommendations that support informed decision-making and protect BHP’s interests as an investor.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by documenting insights, lessons learned and enhancement opportunities.
• Prepare presentations and facilitate workshops, translating technical information into clear and compelling messages for diverse stakeholders.
• Build effective relationships with customers and stakeholders while maintaining a strong focus on value delivery.
• Promote BHP’s commitment to safety, customer value, collaboration and operational excellence.

What you'll bring

• Degree in Mining Engineering or a related discipline relevant to mine planning, resource engineering, technical services or mineral resources management.
• More than 10 years of experience in mine operations, resource engineering and asset planning, preferably within large-scale mining operations and multidisciplinary environments.
• Strong business acumen, commercial understanding and proven influencing skills.
• Experience in mining companies operating in complex matrix organizations.
• Exposure to long-term planning, budgeting, forecasting, operational assurance processes and performance reporting.
• Experience working within joint venture environments, including JV governance processes, collaboration with multiple stakeholders and CSI engagement, is highly desirable.
• Experience supporting the preparation of materials for Boards, Committees and executive decision-makers, translating complex technical topics into structured and clear recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to mobilize subject matter experts and stakeholders through credibility, collaboration and influence without formal authority.
• Proven experience working within global and cross-cultural environments, with a strong commitment to inclusion and collaboration.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and structuring capabilities to ensure consistency, comparability and decision readiness of complex business submissions.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to transform data into meaningful insights for a broad stakeholder audience.
• Experience with the BHP Operating System.
• Strong commitment to health, safety, environmental responsibility and sustainable development.
• Availability to travel as required.
• Mandatory proficiency in English and Portuguese. Spanish language skills are desirable.

About Our Process

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.

If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. 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.

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognize that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.

BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at .

Principal Business Planning NOJV | BHP Brasil Brazil