Principal Risk Business Partner

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*

Are you ready to shape the future of risk at a global scale?

We're looking for a dynamic and strategic thinker to join us as a Principal Risk Business Partner supporting our Technical Function Centres of Excellence (CoEs). In this second-line advisory role, you'll collaborate with our senior leaders and technical experts to influence some of the most critical risks across our business—from Resource and Geotechnical to Closure, Tailings, and Maintenance.

You'll be a trusted advisor, driving strategic insight, embedding risk into decision-making, and helping protect and create value across our global operations. This role offers flexibility in location—based in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, or Santiago—and the chance to make a real impact.

About the Role

Key Accountabilities

• Lead and deliver risk priorities across technical domains, including Resource, Geotechnical, Closure, Tailings, and Maintenance.
• Plan and manage work delivery, identify interdependencies, and balance capacity with stakeholder needs.
• Support the development of strategies and plans that drive stakeholder value and resource efficiency.
• Prepare risk updates as required to senior leaders, ELT and Directors
• Integrate risk into strategic decision-making, leveraging interconnected and emerging risks.
• Evaluate current systems and structures to guide teams toward more effective ways of working.
• Use storytelling to shape compelling narratives around challenges and solutions.
• Partner with stakeholders to provide insight and oversight.
• Source and critically evaluate internal and external data to influence informed action.
• Engage in meaningful conversations about business opportunities and organisational performance.
• Champion risk-based thinking, standardising tools and processes to maximise value and eliminate inefficiencies.
• Facilitate problem-solving sessions to uncover root causes and implement impactful solutions.
• Monitor and enhance risk performance, capability, and culture.
• Analyse workflows, documentation, and stakeholder interactions to identify strengths and gaps.
• Build risk capability and culture through coaching, training, and storytelling.
• Support priority risks, collaborating with risk owners to provide insight, interface, and reporting.
• Apply deep expertise in risk frameworks, including appetite, architecture, governance, and systems.
• Recommend improvements to workflows, job functions, and procedures to resolve organisational challenges.

About You

• A strategic thinker with a collaborative mindset and a passion for influencing outcomes
• Proven experience engaging diverse stakeholders across functions, geographies, and seniority levels including ELT and Directors
• Background in Geotechnical, Geometallurgy, Closure Planning, Tailings, or Mine Engineering. Underground experience also preferable
• Strong foundation in Risk Management, with a global perspective on mining and processing industries. Risk qualification would be advantageous
• Exceptional analytical skills and judgment in complex or novel situations
• Degree in a relevant field such as Mining, Engineering, Finance, Law, or Business

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.

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 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