Portfolio Commissioning Manager

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!

About BHP

The Jansen project in Saskatchewan, Canada is set to become one of the largest potash mines in the world and is located approximately 140 kilometers east of Saskatoon.

BHP’s CAD$14 billion (US$10.5 billion) investment in the Jansen project will deliver a potash mine in Saskatchewan designed to maximize sustainability.

As the largest investment in Saskatchewan’s history, Jansen is expected to generate approximately 5,500 workforce opportunities during construction and 900 long-term roles.

Jansen's construction will take place over several years with first production planned for late 2026. Once fully ramped up, Jansen is expected to have an initial production capacity of approximately 8.

5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa), with the potential to produce 16 to 17 Mtpa in future stages. To find out more about Potash and the Jansen project, click here .

Work Location

Downtown, Saskatoon office. 40 hours per week. Hybrid working (flexible, shared workstations and a combination of office and work from home) is standard for BHP.

Regular travel between corporate offices and to site will be required.

Purpose

Reporting from a project basis to the BHP Jansen Program Director you will be responsible for leading a highly skilled and diverse team supporting both Jansen Stage 1 (US$5.

7 billion) and Jansen Stage 2 (US$4.9 billion) projects. As a leading contributor and key advisor you will be part of the Jansen Program Leadership team and responsible for managing the Commissioning Team to safely plan and execute the requirements of the assigned projects.

This will include the management of collaboration across Jansen Stage 1 (JS1), Jansen Stage 2 (JS2) and BHP Operational Readiness Teams, participation in project reviews and risk assessments and development of project Commissioning strategies.

About the Role

As part of the Global Commissioning & Operational Readiness Function you will identify and influence strategic initiatives to drive productivity and cultural improvements across BHP Projects.

Other accountabilities will include :

• Ensure an overriding commitment to health, safety, environmental and community responsibility is maintained through Commissioning activities;
• Develop, execute and maintain the Commissioning strategies and project turnover processes across the Potash Program of works.
• Manage and further develop the regional Commissioning team across the Potash Program of works.
• Collaborate closely with Senior Project and Operational representatives to ensure the successful delivery of the projects safety, on-time and within budget.

Responsible for designing an integrated project plan to successfully execute JS1 and JS2 and successfully transition the Jansen projects to the future BHP Jansen Operations teams.

• Manage change effectively and efficiently to strategically enhance the team’s performance. Keep key stakeholders informed regarding potential forecast change request impacts on project plans, documents, and deliverables and provides technical expertise to senior leaders on the impacts to shareholders
• Deliver reports to stakeholders on phase / project completion to address success / failure of the project, ongoing considerations and other closure related-factors.
• Identify and assess risks, makes risk informed decisions, uses BHP's risk management framework and builds a risk aware culture to support safe and productive performance outcomes.
• Respectfully and professionally, influence stakeholders to drive optimised outcomes including Operational, Maintenance, Engineering and Technology teams.
• Work closely with the other project streams including Development, Delivery, Operational Readiness, Project Engineering and Quality to ensure portfolio synergies can be capitalised and lessons learnt leveraged.

About You

You will have 10 + years’ experience with tertiary qualifications in Engineering or a trade qualification with relevant experience in Project Management or site operations.

With previous experience in a similar senior role you will have managed and developed teams and be confident in working within a complex environment.

As an experienced professional with a passion for guiding, developing and influencing teams and individual team members through mentoring and coaching you will bring strong leadership abilities with a demonstrated ability to lead a team that delivers high performance.

We value diversity in experience and your career history will testify to your ability to demonstrate strong critical reasoning skills, proactively identify issues and ultimately develop solutions.

Energetic and driven, with a strong understanding of safe operations and safe behaviour fundamentals you work well under pressure and uncertainty bringing a high attention to detail and the consistent ability to meet multiple deadlines.

A performance and achievement orientated professional, your technical strengths will be complemented by excellent engagement and communication skills.

Proactive, credible and influential, you relate well with people, communicating confidently and building strong working relationships with key stakeholders.

This is an opportunity to have a real business impact and influence the way decisions are made.

Application Deadline

This posting will be active until 11 : 59pm CST on August 9, 2024.

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 outcome of these checks is not determinative of whether or not BHP decides to make an offer of employment.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

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 is 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 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 inclusion@ .

At BHP, we aim to unlock the enormous potential that diverse and inclusive teams bring to the workplace, to leave a strong legacy within and beyond our operations for the generations to come.

Based on existing demographics in our Potash project preference in hiring will be given to qualified women and Indigenous peoples who self-identify as such in the application process.

This reasonable and justifiable measure has been implemented pursuant to section 56 of The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code, 2018.

The BHP Jansen project marks the largest investment in Saskatchewan’s history, and with that growth will come significant employment opportunities.

With first production projected to occur late in 2026, from now until the project fully ramps up there will be significant recruitment requirements over the coming months and years.

To find out more about the project, hints and tips on our process and where a career with BHP Potash can take you, sign up to our talent updates here .