Make your mark with Thiess  

Every day, all around the world, Thiess supports and celebrates our people. We recognise talent, reward transparency, champion diversity and embrace change.

Join us and hone your skills and develop new ones. Take on big challenges and grow, through mentorship, collaboration and empowerment.

About us:

Thiess works with clients in Australia, Asia and the Americas in the dynamic field of open-cut and underground mining. The pioneering spirit of our founders – the legendary Thiess brothers – is our legacy and has inspired our vision to harness the power of people and technology to drive sustainable change for more than 90 years.

Learn more about Our Vision, Purpose & Values.

At Thiess, we’re creating a culture of curiosity, knowledge-sharing and continuous learning – supporting our people to contribute to Thiess’ success and continued growth in sustainable mining.

We recognise the value of an inclusive and diverse workplace through our vision: everyone matters always. We’re focused on creating an inclusive environment to enable our people to bring their best self to work because they feel safe, included and empowered.

Learn more about working at Thiess.

The opportunity:

This is your chance to step into a high‑impact HR leadership role, supporting the safe, sustainable and high‑performance delivery of our Australia East operations. As the HR Manager – Functions & Projects, you’ll partner closely with senior leaders and the Head of People & Communications – Australia East to drive a fit‑for‑purpose people strategy, strengthen organisational capability, and deliver consistent, high‑quality HR outcomes across multiple sites and functions.

You’ll be at the forefront of shaping culture, uplifting leadership capability, and ensuring we have the workforce, systems and processes to support commercial growth. No two days will be the same—strategic workforce planning, people insights for commercial bids, continuous improvement, operational support, and coaching leaders will all be part of your rhythm. If you thrive in a complex, fast‑paced environment where influence matters and your work truly makes a difference, this role is built for you.

Key Responsibilities 

• In this role, you’ll provide strategic and operational HR leadership across the Australia East portfolio by building strong relationships with leaders, champion continuous improvement, and ensuring HR systems and processes operate to a high standard while contributing to culture, engagement and employee experience initiatives.
• Key focus areas include:
• Delivering consistent people programs, workforce planning support and people insights for bids, tenders and strategic projects.
• Building trusted partnerships with operational and functional leaders while representing the People function across business forums and cross‑functional initiatives.
• Leading HR systems compliance, process optimisation and identifying improvement opportunities through data and insights.
• Driving culture, engagement and leadership capability initiatives, supported by meaningful analysis of engagement trends and feedback.

About you: 

You’re a confident, credible HR leader who brings sound judgement, commercial thinking and a solutions‑focused mindset. You thrive in operational environments, enjoy navigating complexity, and know how to influence, coach and collaborate to deliver outstanding results.

Here’s what you’ll bring:

• 7–10+ years’ HR experience, including time in senior HRBP/HR Manager roles.
• Experience supporting multi‑site, operational or industrial environments—ideally mining, heavy industry, engineering or contracting.
• Strong capability across workforce planning, OD, talent, leadership development and strategic HR delivery.
• Strong HR systems knowledge, data literacy and a continuous improvement mindset.
• Tertiary qualifications in HR, IR, Business, Psychology or related disciplines; postgrad studies highly regarded.
• A collaborative style, strong communication skills and a genuine passion for building culture, capability and performance.

What’s on offer:

At Thiess, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive — safely, confidently and with opportunities to grow.

• Competitive salary package.
• Ongoing training & development opportunities.
• A strong safety-first culture across all operations, built on care, respect and accountability.
• Range of corporate discounts including health insurance (Medibank), travel & retail products.

How to apply:

This role is an opportunity to take the next step in your career. With our culture of recognition, development and a stimulating and satisfying work environment, there is no better time to join Thiess.

Please click the “apply” button below to apply for this role.

Thiess follows a Pre-Employment Process for all successful applicants, which includes two employment references, a National Police Check and a medical assessment. These checks are essential to your application, and your recruiter will support you through the process.

Should you require assistance applying for this opportunity, please contact us at hiring@thiess.com.

Applications close on 6 March 2026