Principal Outsourced Infrastructure

Date: 2 Oct 2025

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Job Country:Australia

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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

We are seeking a strategic and commercially focused Principal – Outsourced Infrastructure to lead the commercial development and execution of projects within BHP Minerals Australia outsourced infrastructure portfolio. This role is pivotal in ensuring that third-party infrastructure solutions are commercially viable, operationally efficient, and aligned with BHP's long-term sustainability and growth objectives.

You will be responsible for shaping the commercial frameworks, procurement models, and delivery partnerships that underpin outsourced infrastructure, while ensuring alignment with government expectations and regulatory requirements.

• Drive BHP commitment to Social Value.
• Establish relationships with key stakeholders to become a highly valued commercial advisor
• Support the development of key project artifacts (Opportunity framing, Business case, Study Work Plans and estimates, Project Execution Strategies)
• Lead the development and approval of project contracts and procurement strategies.
• Work with BHP's internal and external experts to assess optimal delivery models to maximise project valueLeverage financial models to support investment decisions and development of negotiation strategies
• Lead the implementation of appropriate systems, and processes based on project risk and complexity
• Ensure the integrity and maintenance of contracts in SAP/contract management systems (e.g. GCMS, ProCon) and other contract management systems as required
• Actively participate and drive BHP Operating Model (BOS) implementation and participate in improvement initiatives
• Manage Contractor and contract performance, monitoring and reporting to support the Projects Community
• Some regional and site travel may be required.

About You

To be successful in this role you will be a dedicated and passionate commercial professional with experience on multi-billion dollar capital projects a plus.

• Tertiary qualifications in Commerce, Business, Accounting, Economics, Legal, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or related discipline;
• A high degree of business acumen with deep understanding of multi-billion dollar projects execution, risks and strategies; experience in strategic thinking, robust planning and risk management;
• Ability to think laterally resolving issues independently, influencing change, working autonomously with attention to detail in an organized and objective manner.
• Proven ability to operate effectively in complex and ambiguous environment
• Previous experience in the execution of various contracting strategies and compensation models BOO(T), BOOM, PPP, JV delivery models will be highly regarded.
• Knowledge of infrastructure delivery market and the different market participants (Project sponsors, Financiers, Investors, Contractors) and their value drivers
• Understanding of financial modelling techniques and their application to the end-to-end commercial process
• Ability to develop and execute negotiation strategies and plans
• Build partnerships and collaborate with a broad range of functional SMEs (Decision Evaluation, Legal, Finance, Commercial, Sustainability and climate change)
• Exhibit strong facilitation, problem-solving capability, influencing and relationship management.
• Strong communication skills. Ability to tailor communications and interactions to a wide variety of stakeholder groups, including senior level executives.

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.

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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 .