Principal Mechanical Engineer

Date: 17 Nov 2025

Job Posting End Date:

Job Country:Australia

Job State/Province: Queensland

Job Location/Region: Bowen Basin

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 here

About The Role

As a Mechanical Engineer, you'll play a key role in the BMA Engineering Standards & Systems Team. You'll work to define the minimum standards required across the Asset to keep our people safe and comply with internal and external requirements. You'll work closely with site engineering, maintenance, and project teams to ensure sustainable implementation of, and ongoing compliance to, these standards.

You will join a team of Principal Engineers across multiple disciplines who support the operations through strong technical knowledge and ongoing governance.

This role will also support the BMA Equipment Compliance system through stakeholder management, technical queries and ongoing updates to the underpinning technical requirements.

This role is based in Brisbane (or Moranbah) and you will work a 5/2 roster (M-F).

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide engineering advice, across fixed and mobile plant, to operational and Project teams.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive operational excellence
• Technical document writing
• Lead and participate in Risk Assessments

About You

• Mandatory - Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Mandatory - Experience in mining, heavy industry or similar environments
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• RPEQ registration (or eligibility to obtain)

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.

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