Health Specialist | Queensland

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 currently have several opportunities to join our Health, Safety, Security and Emergency Management (HSS) BMA (BHP Mitsubishi-Alliance) team.

Reporting to the Superintendent, in this role, you will:

• Provide technical expertise in injury prevention, injury management, fitness for work, rehabilitation and return to work processes, including the development of suitable duties plans and associated documents.
• Provide support for regulatory health surveillance (legislative medical and Pre-Employment medical) activities and reporting. 
• Support the Hygiene specialist with hygiene projects and programs, e.g. dust, noise, vibration, other hazardous agents including exceedance investigations, hearing and respiratory fit testing. 
• Complete behavioural-based Field Leadership observations, offering support and technical guidance to positively influence our culture of care. 
• Maintain health enterprise systems (e.g. Cority), medicals and data integrity.
• Support site medical service e.g. Paramedics/Nurses, EAP, Physiotherapy, Appointed Medical Advisers and occupational physician. 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a health-related / science discipline with APHRA or ESSA or similarly related registration e.g. OHS, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Registered nurse, Psychology, Human Movements, Ergonomics, Human Factors.
• Ideally have experience working in a large complex environment within mining or heavy industry. 
• Intermediate skills in MS Office suite.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the capability to effectively engage varied levels of stakeholders both internally and externally.
• Working knowledge of Queensland workers’ compensation process.  
• Knowledge of QLD coal mining health and safety legislation.
• Personal resilience to act as the key point of point of contact for site health and hygiene matters in a fast-paced environment. 

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. 

Please note as part of this recruitment process the successful applicant will need to conduct a Queensland legislated coal mine workers’ health assessment.

From 1 April 2023, ResHealth will be mandatory for the completion of coal mine workers’ health assessments, allowing you to submit, monitor and review the progress of your health assessment in a secure online environment.

For more information please go to the ResHealth website.

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 [email protected].