Principal Construction

**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.

Come and be a part of this success.

**Purpose**:
**About the Role**:
In this role, you will:

- Lead the development and execution of a capital optimization program, identifying improvement initiatives to increase capital efficiency and productivity
- Lead and conduct data-analytics on all aspects of construction execution, optimization and improvement projects
- Support the development of construction strategy, standards, processes, and plans for a major capital project
- Coordinate the execution of construction methodologies, strategies and plans in accordance with program\project construction systems and standards
- Plan, track the delivery of and manage a project to generate value and drive the achievement of project outcomes against performance targets
- Provide construction expertise and coordinate construction resources deployed into a study team for the development of construction related deliverables
- Provide construction expertise as input to value improvement practices such as constructability.
- Coordinate execution of risk and quality management plans to assure effective management of the project’s construction scope of work
- Liaise with day to day construction leadership resources on a project to support key outcomes

**About the Role (Cont'd)**:

- Act as a single point of contact for the Project or Study manager for all construction deliverables and inputs
- Collaborate on the process of handover between the functions that interface with the Construction process
- Provide “point of contact” between the Construction contractor and the existing operating facilities to ensure mínimal disruption to both Operations and construction activities
- Maintain a wide network of impact, integrates functions, operations and regions and solves complex challenges to drive strong functional/asset integration across BHP, to engage the capabilities of the entire organisation
- Manage contract execution and analysis to maximise operational and financial performance and mitigate exposure and risk
- Identify, engage and manage a range of diverse internal and external stakeholders
- Prioritise work effort and resources accordingly
- Determine the underlying cause of problems and evaluates multiple solutions to ensure a planned and structured approach to solving complex problems
- Know our customer and is obsessed with meeting their needs
- Strive to achieve 100% safety, 100% customer value and 0% waste

**Work Location**:
Downtown, Saskatoon; 40 hours per week, parking is provided on-site. This role will require regular travel to the Jansen site.

**About You**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Civil/Structural, Mechanical or Electrical) or Journeyperson’s Certificate (Electrical, Millwright, Construction)
- Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered as equivalent to a Bachelor’s Degree
- Relevant engineering and construction experience in a major projects or program environment at a Contractor and EPC(m) level
- Experience at the owner level, in the Energy or Mining sector would be advantageous
- Deep functional knowledge of industry leading HSE, constructability, construction planning and construction technology practices in a multi discipline engineering and site construction environment including 3D data centric platforms
- Experience in Commissioning will be considered an asset
- Demonstrated experience in leading and executing project improvement using data-analytics, value optimization, productivity, continuous improvement processes and advance work packaging
- Strong interpersonal skills to engage, influence and build solid working relationships with stakeholders, peers, vendors, fabricators, engineering, and construction contractors

**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.

**Supporting a Diverse Workforce**:
The size and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a unique BHP employee share program.

At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and