Global Principal Structural | Shanghai China at BHP

, , China -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

11 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

11 Dec, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Technical Leadership, Cross-Cultural Stakeholder Engagement, Negotiation, Attention to Detail, Quality Assurance, Design Validation, Compliance, Resilience, Discretion, Communication

Industry

mining

Description

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 This role is responsible for ensuring the technical selection, development, interface management, and assurance of China-based OEM-supplied equipment, in alignment with BHP’s Charter and global standards. The Global Principal acts as the technical bridge between global, regional, design functions, EPCs, and OEMs, ensuring fit-for-purpose, standardised, and assured solutions are delivered from our Chinese supply partners. The incumbent must demonstrate strong technical capability, commercial maturity, and geopolitical sensitivity to operate effectively in China’s regulatory and supply chain context. Key Accountabilities: 1. OEM Technical Selection & Development • Lead the technical evaluation, qualification, and development of China-based OEMs for major equipment and components.• Align suppliers to BHP’s minimum viable solution (MVS) philosophy, performance specifications, and lifecycle expectations. 2. Technical Interface Management • Serve as the central technical liaison between global engineering teams, EPCs, and Chinese OEMs.• Coordinate multi-discipline interface alignment across mechanical, electrical, structural, and control systems.About You Qualifications & Experience Essential: • Bachelor’s degree in Structural Engineering.• 15+ years technical experience in capital projects, OEM management, and equipment technical assurance.• Proven experience in China-based supply chains, design, OEM manufacture or fabrication for mining and/or heavy industry.• Strong understanding of technical assurance, design governance, and OEM engagement.• Mandarin language skills (business and technical fluency). Preferred: • Master’s degree in engineering or Asset Management.• Experience working across global project delivery structures. Core Capabilities • Technical leadership across complex multi-discipline engineering challenges.• Cross-cultural stakeholder engagement and negotiation.• High attention to detail in QA, design validation, and compliance.• Resilience and discretion when managing sensitive supplier or regulatory matters.• Strong written and verbal communication in global corporate contexts.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 at inclusion@bhp.com.

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Responsibilities

The Global Principal Structural is responsible for the technical selection, development, and assurance of OEM-supplied equipment in China. This role serves as a liaison between global engineering teams, EPCs, and Chinese OEMs to ensure standardized solutions are delivered.