Principal - Contracts | Carrapateena

About the Role:

Carrapateena is a large-scale, world class modern mine operated by world class people. This exciting role is now available, and we want the very best of the best on deck to lead the team and collectively deliver exceptional results.

At Carrapateena, we believe our greatest asset is our people and we are working hard to provide a wonderful mix of age, cultural and geographical backgrounds to further enrich our inclusive workplace culture. We truly value your ideas and encourage you to champion innovation and collaboration, we are here to unlock your value and offer opportunities that supercharge your career to go beyond what is possible.

The Principal Contracts will be focussed on ensuring the execution of safe operational objectives are met, liaising between BHP and our employees, our contract partners and their workforce including sub-contractors and independent contractors. Coaches and develops team leaders / teams to deliver high performance.

Location: Carrapateena, South Australia (60-minute flight from Adelaide / 30-minute flight from Port Augusta)
Roster: 5 days on; 2 days off; 4 days on; 3 days off (Flexible options available)
Department: Contract Management
Manager: Manager – Operational Readiness
Employment Type: Permanent. 

Applications close: 4 July 2025

In The Role You Will:

• Demonstrate and instil an overriding commitment to health, safety, environment responsibility and sustainable development.
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders to enable coaching, alignment, compliance with & the continual improvement of Contract Management through BHP’s Contract Management Framework (CMF)
• Facilitate the development, implementation and maintenance of common standards including improvements to processes and systems.

About You:

• You are driven by safety, sustainability, and operational excellence, and you lead by example.
• You are a collaborative professional who builds strong, respectful relationships across a broad range of stakeholders, contractors, and teams.
• You are confident influencing others to achieve shared goals, with a focus on delivering outcomes through trust and inclusion.
• You thrive in a dynamic environment and are comfortable leading through change, ambiguity, and complexity.
• You bring a commercial mindset and ensure alignment between operational execution and contract performance.
• You coach and support others to build capability and deliver high-performance outcomes.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to identify and recommend improvements.
• Desirable to understand legislation surrounding contractor management in mining.
• Desirable to have experience in maintenance execution, mining or contractor management. 

About Our Process:

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Purpose and Our 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 job’s 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 is 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