Manager Closure Planning

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

The Manager Closure Planning in the Resource Centre of Excellence (RCoE) provides people leadership and delivery accountability for closure planning capability and governance across BHP.

The role ensures high-quality, consistent and risk-aware closure strategies and plans across assets, protecting long-term value and supporting BHP’s economic, social and environmental commitments through strong governance, assurance and lifecycle discipline.

Operating as a second-line technical leader, the role enables confident decision-making through independent assurance, governance oversight and trusted technical advice, while building a strong and sustainable pipeline of closure planning capability aligned to enterprise priorities.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead and develop a team of closure planning professionals ensuring high-quality delivery.
• Own second-line governance and assurance for closure planning.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to assets and enterprise leaders.
• Develop and assure integrated closure strategies across the lifecycle.
• Identify and manage closure-related risks impacting value, safety and sustainability.
• Lead closure cost estimation and uncertainty management.
• Build closure capability, mentoring and succession plans.
• Support strong value based decisions to ensure optimal outcomes for BHP.

About You

• Degree in Mining Engineering, Environmental Engineering or Earth Sciences or equivalent.
• Extensive experience in mine closure and rehabilitation.
• Demonstrated people leadership in complex technical environments.
• Strong governance, risk and decision-quality mindset.
• Strong business acumen with demonstrated improvement mindset
• Assurance or independent review experience is 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 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.