Principal Engineering Governance & Technical Stewardship | MECoE | Adelaide, Brisbane, or Perth

About the Company

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 MECoE

BHP’s Maintenance and Engineering Centre of Excellence (MECoE) brings together a dedicated and innovative team committed to achieving and maintaining world-class maintenance standards across BHP’s global operations. We value diverse perspectives and experiences, empowering our people to make a meaningful impact.

At MECoE, you’ll leverage cutting-edge tools, technologies, and approaches to deliver real value, setting new benchmarks, driving continuous improvement, transforming services, and supporting our teams across the business.

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our global MECoE Engineering team for a highly capable and experienced technical engineer.

Reporting to the Lead Engineering Governance & Technical Stewardship (G&TS), the Principal Engineering G&TS will play a pivotal role in defining and governing global engineering standards and requirements, staying abreast of industry-leading practices and technological advancements, and fostering collaborative partnerships to drive strategic outcomes.

In this influential and high-impact role, you will:

• Develop, govern, assure, and provide expert guidance on global engineering standards, processes, and systems—particularly in Asset Integrity risk management.
• Provide engineering governance and assurance for capital investments affecting business critical fixed plant and infrastructure assets.
• Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with functional, asset, and operational stakeholders.
• Provide technical expertise and support to BHP assets and operations globally in implementing and managing engineering requirements.
• Champion continuous improvement across processes, systems, and technologies.
• Challenge conventional thinking and act as a catalyst for innovation and change in a complex business environment.
• Ensure alignment with the BHP Charter, Global Standards, Code of Conduct, and relevant statutory obligations.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (or equivalent) preferably Structural.
• Demonstrated experience in engineering, ideally within Oil & Gas, mining or heavy industry, preferably on the Operations.
• Deep knowledge of BHP’s global engineering requirements, especially in Asset Integrity risk management.
• Strong knowledge of risk management, governance, and assurance practices.
• Understanding of ISO 55000 principles to align asset strategy and lifecycle plans with business objectives (value, risk, cost, performance).
• Basic understanding of strategy development, maintenance execution, planning, reliability, or production processes would be beneficial.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence across a matrixed organisation.
• High technical aptitude, strategic thinking, and critical analysis capabilities.
• A passion for continuous improvement and excellence, with an outward mindset.
• Proven success in leading strategic change initiatives and delivering results in complex environments.
• A collaborative leadership style, with the ability to build transparent and trusting relationships across all levels of the organisation.

Location This role can be based at our Australian corporate offices in Adelaide, Brisbane, or Perth.

You will work Monday to Friday, with site travel required from time to time. We encourage team collaboration, and our corporate office teams are expected to work from the office at least three days per week.

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

Application close on 31 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

This section discusses our commitment to diversity and equal opportunity.

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.