Principal Cost | Adelaide
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Job Summary
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.
We are seeking an experienced Principal Cost Engineer to provide technical expertise and deliver high-quality cost engineering services across a portfolio of this role you will support project teams by establishing and maintaining project budgets monitoring costs and commitments forecasting project outcomes and providing actionable insights to support successful project delivery.
Working closely with Project Management Project Development and Delivery teams you will play a key role in ensuring robust cost control practices identifying risks and opportunities and helping projects achieve their financial objectives.
- Apply cost engineering standards methodologies and best practices across projects and programs.
- Provide prinicipal cost engineering support to project teams throughout the project lifecycle.
- Develop and maintain project cost baselines ensuring alignment with approved business cases and funding approvals.
- Monitor project performance and reconcile actual costs and forecasts against approved budgets.
- Implement and maintain appropriate cost control frameworks based on project scope complexity and contracting strategy.
- Ensure project costs commitments accruals and forecasts are accurately recorded and maintained within Cost Management Systems.
- Analyse cost performance and apply Earned Value Management (EVM) techniques where appropriate to identify trends and forecast outcomes.
- Facilitate monitor and report project changes in accordance with project change management processes assessing impacts on cost and schedule.
- Identify cost risks and opportunities and recommend corrective or preventative actions to support project objectives.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of cost engineering processes systems standards and reporting practices.
- Provide technical guidance coaching and knowledge sharing across project teams and cost engineering practitioners.
- Manage expectations and review deliverables from implementation partners contractors and third-party service providers to ensure quality outcomes.
- Coordinate and facilitate monthly project status and cost reporting activities.
- Extensive experience in a project environment within Cost Engineering Quantity Surveying Engineering Project Controls or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated experience in cost control and project cost management ideally within both EPCM and Owners team environments.
- Broad project experience across the full project lifecycle from concept and development through execution and close-out.
- Strong knowledge of project management methodologies systems and controls.
- Experience supporting capital projects across various project phases within an Owners or EPCM environment.
- Proven ability to deliver accurate high-quality work while managing competing priorities and deadlines.
- Strong analytical communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Commitment to quality continuous improvement and operational excellence.
- Experience using Cost Management Systems such as Ecosys Prism CMS or similar platforms.
- Sound understanding of Cost Engineering principles forecasting budgeting reporting change management and performance measurement techniques.
- Experience facilitating and coordinating monthly project reporting processes.
- Tertiary qualifications in Engineering Quantity Surveying Business (Finance or Accounting) Project Controls or a related discipline are preferred but not essential.
- Equivalent industry experience will also be considered.
Applications are open until 15Sep 2026.
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.
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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 thats more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included treated fairly and with are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includesgenderage 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.
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