Specialist Sustainability | BHP Brazil

BHP; Belo Horizonte; On-site; BRL 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Generous paid parental leave

Employee share program

Performance-based bonuses

Parent rooms

Job summary

BHP is seeking a sustainability professional in Belo Horizonte to coordinate strategic initiatives and reparations programs in Brazil. You will collaborate across diverse workstreams, support governance and reporting, and drive environmental and social initiatives aligned with our values and commitments.

This role thrives in dynamic environments, emphasizes stakeholder relationships, and aims to create positive environmental and social impact through effective execution and continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Business Administration, Economics, International Relations, Sustainability, Social Sciences, or related field.
• Postgraduate qualification, specialization, or MBA is considered an advantage.
• Approximately 5 to 10 years of professional experience.
• Experience in sustainability, ESG, environmental management, social performance, stakeholder engagement, corporate responsibility, project management, or related areas.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and execute sustainability and reparation initiatives, monitor progress, identify risks, and help deliver key commitments.
• Governance, planning, and reporting processes: project plans, trackers, budgets, presentations, meeting materials, and management reports.
• Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, supporting engagement with leaders, teams, communities, consultants, and others.
• Provide analytical support by gathering data, identifying insights, and making recommendations to address operational, sustainability and stakeholder challenges.
• Support budgeting, procurement, contract management and other administrative activities for sustainability programs and projects.
• Contribute to environmental and social workstreams, applying ESG knowledge to design, implement and monitor initiatives.
• Prepare high-quality presentations, briefing materials, and reports for different audiences.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, governance, controls, and overall effectiveness of sustainability programs.

Skills

English & Portuguese

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

About BHP

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.

About BHP

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

At BHP, you will play a key role in supporting our sustainability agenda in Brazil through the coordination and execution of strategic initiatives, sustainability programs, and reparation-related activities. You will work across multiple workstreams, collaborating with diverse stakeholders, supporting governance and reporting processes, and contributing to environmental and social initiatives aligned with our values and commitments.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in dynamic environments, enjoys building strong relationships, and is motivated by creating positive environmental and social impact through effective execution and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the execution of sustainability and reparation initiatives by coordinating activities, monitoring progress, identifying risks and opportunities, and helping ensure the delivery of key commitments and objectives.
• Coordinate governance, planning, and reporting processes, including project plans, action trackers, budgets, presentations, meeting materials, and management reports that support decision-making and program delivery.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, supporting engagement with business leaders, functional teams, communities, consultants, and other relevant parties.
• Provide analytical and problem-solving support by gathering and analyzing information, identifying insights, and developing recommendations to address operational, sustainability, and stakeholder-related challenges.
• Support financial and administrative management activities, including budget tracking, invoice management, procurement processes, contract administration, and other operational requirements associated with sustainability programs and projects.
• Contribute to environmental and social workstreams, applying sustainability and ESG knowledge to support the design, implementation, and monitoring of initiatives.
• Prepare high-quality presentations, briefing materials, and reports tailored to different audiences, ensuring clear and effective communication of key messages.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, strengthen governance, enhance controls, and support the overall effectiveness of sustainability programs.

What We Are Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Business Administration, Economics, International Relations, Sustainability, Social Sciences, or a related discipline.
• Postgraduate qualification, specialization, or MBA is considered an advantage.
• Approximately 5 to 10 years of professional experience.
• Experience in sustainability, ESG, environmental management, social performance, stakeholder engagement, corporate responsibility, project management, or related areas.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Experience coordinating multiple workstreams simultaneously within dynamic and fast-changing environments.
• Exposure to project management, PMO, governance, budgeting, procurement, or contract management activities.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience preparing presentations and reports for senior stakeholders.
• Previous exposure to environmental and/or social sustainability topics will be highly valued.
• Experience in mining, infrastructure, energy, industrial operations, or community-related projects is advantageous.
• Fluency in both English and Portuguese is mandatory.
• Spanish language skills are a plus.

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.

We are 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 [e-mail].