Study Lead Processing

Date: 20 Jul 2023

Job Posting End Date: 25-Jul-2023;23:59:59GMT

Job Country: USA

Job State/Province: Arizona

Job Location/Region: Tucson

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 the Role

Lead the identification and study of traditional and innovative processing alternatives to support the Legacy Assets study team and evaluation of strategic alternatives for identified sites.
The accountabilities including budget responsibility will be:

Lead project team in identifying available traditional and innovative processing alternatives applicable to projects under study.
Lead project team through designing and executing test plans to evaluate processing alternatives and selection of preferred alternatives.
Support the development of study documents and internal approval documents as projects advance through the project tollgating process.
Engages multiple stakeholders in planning and execution of projects.
Define project objectives and establish contractor KPI’s
Ensure project execution is in accordance with the requirements set out in the project objectives and aligns needs of site managers and closure plans.
Project Management and contractor oversight for the safe execution of the planned projects.
Develop and lead the contractor risk assessment and induction processes.
Develop Request for Proposals for projects and Request for Qualifications for contractors.
Lead the proposal evaluation, bid review and contractor selection process.
Contributes to all activities for budgeting, closure scope and plans including opportunity assessment, life of asset, annual, 2 year and 5 year budgets.
Align to current industry best practice in mine and closure design.
Support selected site management activities including SWPPP inspections and providing inputs to site and project HSEC reporting

About You

The successful candidate should have:

Operational experience in minerals processing, hydrometallurgy or pyrometallurgy.
Experience designing and executing metallurgical tests and working with labs to complete bench tests.
Experience with new high recovery leach technologies.
Experience in managing projects and project teams with a demonstrated record of successful project completion.
Bachelor’s Degree in in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, Metallurgy, or an aligned discipline.
Succeeds with minimal supervision, manages time effectively, and proactively maintains control over all projects/responsibilities
Fluent in Spanish a plus

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 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 inclusion@bhp.com.

By BHP

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INDUSTRY

Mining & Metals

TEAM SIZE

10000+

LOCATION

Hybrid, based in Houston, TX

DATE POSTED

July 21, 2023