Principal - Senior Analyst Closure Opportunities | Tucson or Saskatoon

About BHP

We are a leading natural resources company dedicated to connecting resources and people to create a better world. Our focus is on responsibly developing essential resources for global decarbonization, such as iron ore, metallurgical coal, and copper, which are vital for modern infrastructure.

Our USA corporate office is located in Tucson, Arizona, where our Metals Exploration and Legacy Assets teams work towards this mission. Our global strategy emphasizes managing a resilient portfolio of valuable assets in attractive commodities.

We excel in operations and asset acquisition, fostering innovative technologies to enhance safety, productivity, and sustainability while upholding our social commitments.

What We Offer

Because we care about our people, we offer a strong value proposition that includes:

• Market competitive salary plus an annual incentive program
• Development and growth opportunities together with education assistance and support
• Exceptional benefits program, including Dental and Vision care
• Attractive share matching plan
• Employee Assistance program for you and your family
• And more…

Job Profile

The Integrated Closure Planning team collaboratively implements the closure management process to develop robust closure strategies that deliver economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable optimized closure outcomes across the Legacy Assets portfolio.

The Principal – Senior Analyst Closure Opportunities role supports the identification, evaluation and pursuit of options that extract value (economic and non-economic) from our portfolio of closed mines across North America.

About the Role

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Translate key market trends into new opportunities to extract value from our portfolio of closed sites and work with internal leadership to prioritize potential opportunities (including discarding opportunities with insufficient merit)
• Develop strategic opportunities that consider and support the achievement of functional, operational and Asset objectives; and balance conceptual thinking with sound judgment and pragmatism to navigate highly complex and ambiguous decision making
• Anticipate decision consequences, risk implications and social value outcomes of decisions to generate and select options that will drive intended outcomes
• Identify business metrics to measure value and balance risk and reward against the key drivers of an opportunity
• Evaluate the risks and benefits of potential opportunities and select those that will provide the greatest value
• Use a range of statistical methods and frameworks/methodologies to quantify and compare the financial value, risk and uncertainty associated with different opportunities
• Lead development of business cases for initiatives that clearly articulates the commercial value of the opportunity and the risks/uncertainties involved in proposing controls to maximize value
• Build and maintain partnerships with internal leaders, data providers, researchers and professional service firms to improve Legacy Assets analytical skillsets and access to data and information on potential repurposing opportunities
• Identify and manage multiple workstreams and directly work with internal subject matter experts and external advisors to provide technical input
• Actively source and synthesize various forms of market intelligence and interpret its relevance for Legacy Assets

Work Location

This position will be based in either of BHP’s corporate offices located in Tucson, AZ or Saskatoon, SK. The associated work schedule will be 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Hybrid working (flexible, shared workstations and a combination of office and work from home) is standard for BHP.

BHP offers relocation assistance to support the successful incumbent in transitioning, if required. Benefits offered as part of the relocation program include (but are not limited to) new home purchase assistance, temporary accommodations, home finding trip and a resettlement allowance.

About You

To be successful in this role you require:

• Tertiary qualification – finance, commercial, environment or other related discipline
• 10+ years’ experience in resources, heavy industry or manufacturing advantageous but not critical
• Proven experience working within multi-disciplinary teams
• Effective strategic and critical thinking skills
• Effective engagement and influencing skills with internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrated capacity to prioritize work and tasks by identifying and focussing on the critical few things that add most value, as well as reducing complexity
• Experience collaborating and working effectively within small, high performing teams
• Experience working on Green Energy Projects advantageous but not critical

Application Deadline

This posting will be active until 11:59pm CST on August 12, 2025.

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 several 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.

We are committed to a selection process that is fair, equitable and accessible to all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be necessary to adjust our selection process to suit your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at [email protected]

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

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.

Join us to make a difference.

Why not you? Why not BHP?