Principal - Contracts | Carrapateena
Principal - Contracts | Carrapateena
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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 BHPs 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 jobs portal.
Supporting a Diverse Workforce:
The size stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significantopportunity for professional development but also attractive salary packages withperformance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We knowthere are many aspects of our employees lives that are important and work is onlyone of these so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. Thesebenefits include flexible working options a generous paid parental leave policy otherextended leave entitlements and parent rooms.
At BHP we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunityemployer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace whereeveryone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating aworkforce that is more diverse and represents the communities where we work andlive. providing a work environment in which everyone is included treated fairly andwith are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversityincludesgenderage race disability status sexual orientation religionneurodiversity education levels and many more aspects of your identity.
BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair equitable andaccessible for all. If you have a disability we know that it may be helpful for us toadjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would liketo reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process pleaseemail us at
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Contract
