Principal Rail Maintenance

Date: 27 Oct 2025

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Job Country:Australia

Job State/Province: Queensland

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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

Reporting to the Rail Manager the Rail Maintenance Principal role is a full time, permanent position on a 5/2 roster, responsible for the maintenance of the BMA Rail Rolling Stock fleet. You will safely and effectively manage our fleet in order to optimise equipment availability in accordance with our policies, objectives, regulation and the integration of the business strategy. BMA Rail is the leading Operator in Safe Operations within the Central Queensland Coal Network. Please note this is a residentially role located at our Hay Point Terminal, Mackay.

In this role you will:

• Strategic and tactical responsibility for implementing maintenance strategy with a strong focus on quality, cost and delivery, maximising efficiency, optimising and driving maintenance excellence
• Champions a safety culture which promotes, creates and maintains a Zero Harm approach in all aspects of the operation
• Manage the Rail Maintenance Contract
• Responsible for providing leadership, outstanding people skills and support to a small team
• Manage maintenance budget, resources, and on time delivery of maintenance activities
• Implement and manage continuous improvement principles
• Lead coach and coordinate the activities of the maintenance team to drive a preventive maintenance culture to provide increased Rolling Stock availability
• Support and collaborate with the Rail production team, Aurizon Contract team, and other internal and external stakeholders
• Investigate and analyse breakdowns and reliability issues
• Ensure on time execution of work management including internal and external Rolling Stock notifications
• Build positive workplace relationships with all stakeholders
• Critical thinking skills and the ability to research and understand legal and financial implications

About You

• Ability to promote safety and provide positive leadership to the team
• Trade qualification or Engineering degree required
• Prior experience in a people leadership role is essential along with the ability to encourage, lead, support and foster a positive and collaborative team culture across Maintenance and Operations
• Excellent trouble shooting experience with the ability to understand, assess and work through and resolve maintenance issues
• Require a strong understanding of contracts, contract governance, contract language and the contract lifecycle
• Proven experience in a Maintenance Leader role
• Strong communication, coaching, consultation and negotiations skills with an ability to engage and influence internal and external stakeholders
• Solid commercial acumen, able to understand and manage budgets
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence effectively
• Sound 1SAP knowledge

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.

Please note as part of this recruitment process the successful applicant will need to conduct a Queensland legislated coal mine workers' health assessment.

From 1 April 2023, ResHealth will be mandatory for the completion of coal mine workers' health assessments, allowing you to submit, monitor and review the progress of your health assessment in a secure online environment. For more information please go to the ResHealth website.

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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 at .