Make your mark with Thiess  

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

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

Thiess is the place to make things happen

What you’ll do

Reporting to the Group Manager, Total Rewards, this role leads the design, governance and evolution of Thiess’ global reward and performance frameworks. You will shape how we recognise, reward and enable performance across a complex, multi-region organisation.

You will operate at both strategic and operational levels—setting direction, influencing executives and ensuring enterprise-wide execution.

• Lead the development and execution of Thiess’ global reward strategy, including remuneration frameworks, incentive design and executive reward
• Oversee annual remuneration review cycles, including governance, moderation, executive reporting and implementation
• Provide strategic advice on complex remuneration matters, including attraction, retention and organisational design impacts
• Design and implement contemporary performance frameworks that drive accountability, capability growth and high performance
• Embed continuous feedback and differentiated performance approaches, moving beyond traditional annual review models
• Establish global governance and calibration practices to ensure consistency, fairness and quality of performance outcomes
• Lead the integration and harmonisation of reward and performance programs across M&A and organisational transformation initiatives
• Partner with Executive stakeholders and regional teams to drive enterprise alignment, influence decision-making and enhance organisational performance

A bit about you

You are a senior Reward and Performance leader with experience operating at enterprise scale, ideally within large, complex and globally dispersed organisations.

You bring a strong balance of strategy, governance and execution, with the ability to influence at Executive level and deliver practical outcomes.

• Deep expertise in remuneration strategy, job architecture, benchmarking and incentive design
• Proven experience designing integrated performance and reward frameworks
• Demonstrated success influencing Executive and Board-level stakeholders
• Experience leading transformation, including M&A integration of reward and performance programs
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to balance competitiveness, risk and sustainability
• Highly developed analytical, stakeholder engagement and leadership capability

What we offer

• Flexible, hybrid work model
• Supportive, inclusive culture that values innovation and continuous improvement
• Career development and technical training opportunities.
• Collaborative, values-led culture with a global reach.
• Access to leading-edge technology and systems.
• Competitive salary and employee benefits package

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 inspires our vision to harness the power of people and technology to drive sustainable change. 

At Thiess, you will have the opportunity to play a part in the global energy transition. We are growing our commodities portfolio to include metals and minerals critical to the energy transition, and developing services to enable sustainable mining. 

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’ll support you to hone your skills and develop new ones, take on challenges and grow, through mentorship, collaboration and empowerment. We offer our people ongoing technical training and development opportunities so they can reach their full potential. We also invest in the workforce of the future, with a range of programs for people starting their careers. 

We recognise the value of an inclusive and diverse workplace through our vision of 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 http://thiess.com/makeyourmark

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

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.

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.

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

Applications close: Wednesday 10 June 2026