Specialist Maintenance Strategy Governance | Brisbane

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 are currently seeking applications from driven and experienced professionals to joint our Maintenance Strategy Governance (MSG) team. If you have a background in maintenance, engineering, or the resources sector, and are passionate about continuous improvement, we want to hear from you.

As a key member of the MSG team, you will play a vital role in enhancing how we maintain our equipment. This includes contributing to the development, governance, and optimisation of maintenance strategies, as well as supporting product management initiatives.

In this role, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams across the business, including Operational leadership and other sub-functions within the Maintenance and Engineering Centre of Excellence. Strong communication and influencing skills are essential, as is the ability to foster collaboration and travel as required.

About You

As a successful candidate, you will bring:

• Demonstrated experience engaging with equipment OEMs to address product issues, leveraging global contractual agreements and product defect remediation clauses.
• A tertiary or trade qualification, preferably in Electrical or Mechanical disciplines.
• A solid understanding of the maintenance ecosystem and its interaction with Engineering, Projects, and Operations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a curious mindset and the ability to apply critical thinking to generate business value.
• A collaborative mindset and a commitment to promoting and supporting workplace diversity.
• The ability to quickly build effective working relationships with stakeholders to influence decision-making, negotiate positive outcomes, and meet business and customer expectations.
• Confidence in navigating ambiguity, creating clarity, making high-quality decisions, and managing change through influence.
• Adaptability to change and the ability to prioritise and manage multiple deliverables across stakeholders.
• A continuous improvement mindset and a passion for delivering exceptional results.
• Preferably, expertise in:
• Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM).
• Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA).
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Asset Performance Management (APM).
• Downtime Accounting Systems (DAS).
• Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), such as 1SAP.

Location

The role will be based in corporate offices in Brisbane. You will be working on Monday to Friday roster with 3-2-1 arrangement. Three days from the office, two days from home, one of those days must be a Monday or Friday. Occasional site travel may require.

To find out more about working with BHP and to meet some of our team, click here.

Application close on Thursday, 10 Jul 2025

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