Industrial Relations Specialist

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 youll do

Your responsibilities will include delivering targeted training programs managing enterprise bargaining agreements and investigating and resolving workplace complaints and conflicts. This is an opportunity to make a real impact by fostering positive workplace relationships and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor compliance with federal state and local employment laws and regulations.
• Support the implementation of the group-wide Employee and Industrial Relations strategy.
• Execute proactive employee relations initiatives to build engagement and capability.
• Respond to union activity and assist in resolving industrial disputes including representation in tribunals.
• Participate in enterprise bargaining activities including negotiation preparation and contract administration.
• Conduct and manage investigations into workplace grievances or concerns.
• Deliver in-house training and provide day-to-day advice on Employee and Industrial Relations matters.
• Liaise with external legal providers as required.

What Youll Need to Succeed

You hold tertiary qualifications in law or industrial relations and bring proven experience in managing investigations enterprise bargaining and compliance processes. Your strong knowledge of employment and industrial relations legislation enables you to apply legal principles in a practical commercially effective way. You are an excellent communicator with the ability to build strong relationships across all levels of the business ensuring collaborative and positive outcomes.

What we offer

• Supportive inclusive culture that values innovation and continuous improvement
• Opportunity to work with an amazing team on a high impact project
• 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.

Were creating a culture of curiosity knowledge-sharing and continuous learning supporting our people to contribute to Thiess success and continued growth in sustainable mining.

Well 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 better together. Were focused on creating an inclusive environment to enable our people to bring their best self to work because they feel safe included and empowered.

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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.

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Applications close: Friday 5 December 2025

How to apply

Applications close

05 Dec 2025 E. Australia Standard Time