Job Description

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 of our people is key to our success.

Come and be a part of this success.

About the Role

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Minerals Australia Projects Health Safety Security team in the role of Principal HSS supporting the WA Asset Projects Delivery Portfolio.

This role will provide HSS functional support for a portfolio of projects in execution between $30M and $250M, across a broad range of areas supporting BHP growth, sustainability, closure, and social value improvements.

In this role, you will provide deep technical SME expertise to support a range of projects executed under various delivery models, including EPC/EPCM, owner-managed, and integrated project teams. Support will be provided to project teams, contracting partners, owner team leaders, and supporting functional teams such as project controls, commissioning, and operational readiness.

You will support project delivery from execution planning, tender, award, and mobilisation through to execution across a portfolio of projects, drawing on your deep projects and mining experience.

In your role as Principal HSS, you will provide leadership, coaching, and strategic direction as a subject matter expert to key stakeholders across multiple projects within the portfolio.

This role is a permanent 5/2/4/3 roster opportunity, with weekly travel including three days on site and Mondays based in Perth.

In this role you will:

• Provide HSE input to the design and establishment of HSS planning, standards, procedures, and systems for projects within the Minerals Australia Projects Framework and internal standards.
• Provide technical guidance to support the development of a strong safety leadership culture and enhance understanding of compliance with company and legal requirements.
• Support project teams with project execution strategy and planning throughout the project lifecycle to drive health and safety outcomes.
• Provide leadership across a portfolio of projects in relation to HSS analytics and data, including benchmarking, development of key performance metrics, and insight generation.
• Provide leadership, support, and technical guidance to project teams and contracting partners.
• Support and participate in strategic initiatives across the Minerals Australia Projects (MAP) HSS team.

About You

• Substantial years of mining and project experience in similar roles.
• Tertiary qualification in Health, Safety, Science, or a related discipline.
• Strong ability to influence and engage leaders.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to adapt communication styles.
• Experience in projects, commercial environments, and contractor management is desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to reliably deliver team outcomes and meet deadlines.
• Confidence to identify and lead change through vision setting, empowerment, drive, and effective execution of change management processes.
• Ability to effectively engage and manage contractors, including establishing, reviewing, critically analysing, and challenging contractor HSE performance.

Applications are open until Friday, 29 May 2026.

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.

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

The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms. 

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. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.

BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at inclusion@bhp.com