Principal Quality | 12-month Fixed Term | Perth
BHP
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 currently seeking a Principal Quality professional supporting our WAIO Asset Western Australia Asset Projects (WAAP), providing specialist quality expertise, assurance and leadership across the WAAP project portfolio. This role is critical in ensuring quality requirements are embedded throughout the project phases, supporting safe and reliable assets that meet BHP's long term performance objectives.
This position is based in Perth with occasional site travel as required during project execution.
You will play a pivotal role in leading the development, implementation and continual improvement of quality management strategies, standards, governance frameworks, processes, systems and plans across the WAAP portfolio. The role provides specialist quality leadership, assurance and technical expertise to support safe, reliable and fit-for-purpose project outcomes while maximising value and long term asset performance.
Committed to developing a culture driven by safety, quality and continuous improvement, your highly developed teamwork and, interpersonal skills and attention to detail will be central to success in the role.
Key Responsibilities
As the Principal Quality, you will:
- Engage early with Development and Delivery teams to ensure quality requirements are embedded throughout all project phases and reflected in project deliverables.
- Lead the development, implementation and continuous improvement of quality management systems, standards and processes across the WAAP portfolio.
- Review and endorse quality documentation and deliverables to ensure quality management arrangements are fit for purpose and support project performance.
- Coordinate contractor, supplier and vendor quality activities to ensure quality requirements, records and deliverables are effectively managed.
- Coordinate the execution of risk-based quality management and assurance plans to support effective project delivery.
- Identify and implement improvement initiatives to enhance project performance, capital efficiency and productivity.
- Evaluate lessons learned, industry-leading practices and innovations to drive continuous improvement in quality management.
- Provide quality guidance, assurance reporting and risk-based recommendations to project and functional leadership teams.
- Collaborate with Development Delivery Teams to ensure fit for purpose processes and tools are available to achieve the project scope, cost and schedule requirement.
About You
You are an experienced quality leader who combines technical expertise with sound judgement, stakeholder influence and a passion for continuous improvement. Proactive, credible and influential, you build trusted relationships across diverse stakeholder groups and communicate confidently at all levels of the organisation. As a trusted advisor, you influence without authority, provide constructive challenge and drive alignment to achieve quality outcomes across complex project environments. You bring strong governance, assurance and stakeholder engagement capability with the ability to coach, influence and inspire project teams, contractors and leaders to embed quality excellence and continuous improvement
Minimum Requirements:
- Extensive years of experience in Quality Management, Quality Assurance and Quality Control within engineering, construction, mining, resources or major project environments.
- Technical background with experience delivering quality outcomes in project environments.
- Demonstrated experience developing, implementing and improving Quality Management Systems.
- Experience applying governance and assurance frameworks within project delivery environments.
- Sound understanding of ISO 9001 principles.
- Demonstrated ability to apply risk-based judgement to quality surveillance, inspection planning and non conformance management.
- Proven experience working across multiple contractors, suppliers and delivery models.
- Experience identifying and implementing quality improvement initiatives across multiple projects or portfolios.
- Ability to engage, influence and motivate others to drive continual improvement.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to educate and promote quality awareness.
- Ability to work under pressure and effectively prioritise competing demands.
- Technical knowledge of trades desirable.
Qualifications:
- Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline and/or significant experience in Quality Management within projects, construction, mining, resources or industrial environments.
- Lead Auditor qualifications
Desirable:
- Experience delivering mining or resources projects
- Exposure to large‑scale brownfield and/or greenfield construction environments
Why This Role
This role suits a passionate quality professional seeking the opportunity to influence major project outcomes and long-term asset performance.
At BHP, quality underpins safe, reliable and productive assets. This role is critical to ensuring quality outcomes meet BHP expectations, drive continuous improvement and support the successful delivery of assets that achieve long-term operational performance objectives
Applications are open until 18 Aug 2026.
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 inclusion@bhp.com.