Specialist Human Resources | Western Australia

BHP Career Portal; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Generous paid parental leave policy

Extended leave entitlements

Parent rooms

Employee share program

Job summary

BHP is seeking a Specialist HR Business Partner for Western Australia to partner with WA leaders, delivering practical HR support that drives safe, productive, and engaged teams. The role collaborates with asset leaders, HR teams and COE to cover performance, conduct, attendance, investigations, talent, succession and workforce planning.

The position is predominantly site-based (Tuesday to Thursday each week) with FIFO Perth, following a 5/2, 4/3 roster. Open for applications until 12-Nov.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational HR business partnering support to Managers and Superintendents across Western Australia.
• Coach and support line leaders to manage performance, conduct and attendance matters early, consistently and effectively.
• Partner with leaders on talent, succession and development planning to build capability and strengthen asset performance.
• Provide practical leadership coaching and capability building to help leaders create safe, inclusive and engaged teams.
• Support workforce planning and inclusion and diversity activity, translating business needs into practical people actions.
• Identify people risks, trends and opportunities, escalating complex matters and partnering with COE HR teams as required.
• Apply an understanding of the business context, BHP operating model and ways of working to enhance decision making, productivity and workforce performance.

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Specialist Human Resources | Western Australia

Date: 30 Oct 2026

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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

The Specialist HR Business Partner acts as the primary people partner for Western Australia leaders, providing practical, integrated HR support that helps Managers and Superintendents build safe, productive and engaged teams.

Working closely with asset leaders, HR teams and Centres of Excellence, the role provides day-to-day business partnering across performance, conduct, attendance, employee complaints, investigations, grievances, talent, succession, workforce planning, inclusion and leadership capability.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

Provide operational HR business partnering support to Managers and Superintendents across Western Australia

Coach and support line leaders to manage performance, conduct and attendance matters early, consistently and effectively.

Partner with leaders on talent, succession and development planning to build capability and strengthen asset performance.

Provide practical leadership coaching and capability building to help leaders create safe, inclusive and engaged teams.

Support workforce planning and inclusion and diversity activity, translating business needs into practical people actions.

Identify people risks, trends and opportunities, escalating complex matters and partnering with COE HR teams as required.

Apply an understanding of the business context, BHP operating model and ways of working to enhance decision making, productivity and workforce performance.

You will be predominantly site based (Tuesday to Thursday each week, FIFO Perth) on a 5/2, 4/3 roster.

Open for applications until 12-Nov.

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 includesgender,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 [e-mail].