Principal State Agreement and Approvals Integration

**Date**:5 Sept 2025

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

**Job State/Province**:Western Australia

**Job Location/Region**:Perth

**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
- This role is critical within the Approvals function of BHPs Western Australian Iron (WAIO) and we require a dynamic, experienced professional who has proven understanding and experience of WA regulatory approvals.
- Working across multiple mining and infrastructure projects in Western Australia, you will be required to deliver State Agreement approvals and manage the coordination of overall approvals advice from multiple Approvals Subject Matters Experts (SMEs) to enable the provision of Approvals Strategies, schedules, monthly reporting and permitting.
- Reporting to the Superintendent State Agreement and Approvals Integration, this position requires that you can manage large, strategic, or complex projects, maintain flexibility to adapt to changing business conditions whilst working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Provide strategic advice to Project teams regarding approvals pathways, risks, and opportunities.
- Lead collaboration between Project teams and Approvals SMEs to coordinate the early identification of regulatory approvals requirements and deliver the internal Permitting process.
- Develop and maintain approvals schedules in collaboration with Planners and SMEs and coordinate monthly schedule updates and Approvals reporting.
- Proactively identify approval related risks, in consultation with SMEs, to avoid/mitigate delays through practical problem solving.
- Provide technical advice on State Agreement approvals requirements
- Obtain State Agreement approvals and ensure compliance requirements are identified to enable strategic business planning.
- Maintain accurate records and documentation associated with State Agreement and Approvals Advice tasks.
- About You
- To be successful for this role, you will be extremely collaborative and strategically minded with high level influencing skills and attention to details. You are team oriented and results focused with a demonstrated track record of:

- Demonstrated experience in the use of ArcGIS, the MS Office suite, data systems, and working with schedules.
- Excellent written, oral and communication skills.
- Attention to detail with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Evidence of managing accurate records and documentation.
- Adaptability in a dynamic working environment.
- Experience in a similar role or in a project management role would be highly desirable.

**Qualification**:

- Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in relevant field (Physical Sciences, Engineering, Urban Planning etc)
- 10 years+ experience in relevant field

**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.

**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.