Principal Planning

**Date**:23 Oct 2025

**Job Posting End Date**:
**Job Country**:Australia

**Job State/Province**:New South Wales

**Job Location/Region**:Hunter Valley

**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 Mt Arthur Coal**

Mt Arthur Coal is an open-cut coal mine 100 per cent owned by BHP. Located in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales it's the largest producer of energy coal in the region, operating alongside olive growers, wine makers, horse breeders and the nearby residential community of Muswellbrook.

Our greatest asset is and has always been our people and communities, which is why we are committed to working together on our Pathway to 2030 - a program to responsibly close Mt Arthur Coal. We are about doing the right thing and working with everyone to co-create a shared vision for the future of the region.

**About the Role**

Join BHP’s Mt Arthur Coal team as a **Principal Planning and Reporting** where you’ll play a pivotal role in planning and shaping the future of our **NSW Energy Coal (NSWEC)**Asset. This is a unique opportunity to drive value creation and preservation through strategic governance and performance oversight of a diverse portfolio of projects ranging from day-to-day operations to the transition and closure program

**Key Responsibilities**
- Translate corporate objectives into actionable plans and track delivery against strategic closure milestones.
- Lead the NSWEC corporate alignment planning process
- Deliver high-quality program reporting, including monthly updates and board submissions.
- Act as a trusted advisor to Asset and Functional leaders, providing insights to support operational and strategic decisions.
- Facilitate workshops and presentations using storytelling to influence and engage stakeholders.
- Leverage BHP’s operating model to enhance decision-making and productivity.
- Engage internal and external stakeholders to ensure successful program delivery.
- Champion safety, customer value, and operational excellence.

**About You**
- Deep understanding of mining operations, production systems, and value drivers.
- Proven ability to identify and implement performance improvement initiatives
- Proficiency in managing improvement projects from concept to execution.
- Experience designing dashboards, KPIs, and conducting quarterly reviews.
- Proven ability to manage governance frameworks, risk, and compliance.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to influence senior leaders and manage competing priorities.

**On offer to You**

This is a unique opportunity to have a rewarding career in a sought-after lifestyle location. Mt Arthur is a large, open-cut truck shovel operation, providing you with an opportunity to develop innovative solutions to technical problems.

Base in the scenic Hunter Valley, you will be minutes away from world-class restaurants and vineyards and a short distance away from the iconic beaches of Newcastle and Central Coast.
- You will benefit from a rewarding career path and an excellent remuneration package inclusive of competitive salary, performance bonus, employee share options and a relocation package to take up a residential role in the Hunter Valley.

**Supporting a Diverse Workforce**

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.