Lead Principal Asset Business Development (Technical) - Global

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.

We are seeking an individual with deep technical experience across a range of commodities and the mining value chain to serve as a key member of BHP’s Asset Business Development (ABD) team. This is an exciting opportunity to combine a technically focussed operating background with a commercial mindset in a unique role, as the ABD team strives to increase BHP’s exposure to future facing commodities via value accretive opportunities. An individual in this role will participate in the technical aspects of all global ABD opportunities and contribute where their skills can be leveraged.

- Uphold BHPs values: Do what is right; seek better ways and make difference

- Translate technical uncertainty into key value drivers and use extensive experience to identify critical technical risks and upsides for transactions or ABD projects

- Participate in the technical evaluation of ABD opportunities, including coordinating due diligence processes.

- Help develop other ABD team members technical awareness and capability

- Optimise risk and reward to maximise value and deliver the best outcome for the organisation

- Engage internal and external teams to efficiently and effectively assess targeted projects on short timelines in competitive situations

- Serve as a key point of contact between cross functional and technical teams – facilitating the flow of information and sharing of best practices within BHP and across industry

- Leverage established networks for business intelligence and due diligence

- Develop strong relationships built on experience and trust with senior executives

- Develop and clearly articulate complex technical issues and business cases to stakeholders

- Support the development of position papers, Board papers, CEO and other ELT briefing materials

- Travel regionally and globally, as required

About You

- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent with a mining or other geoscience specialization

- Advanced degree in commercial or business related field highly regarded

- Extensive experience in spanning mining consultancy, projects or operations, with exposure to commercial roles

- Spanish language skills highly preferred

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.

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 recognise 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

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