Principal Crisis & Emergency Management | Adelaide, Brisbane, or Perth
Australia
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
As a member of BHP’s Group Crisis and Emergency Management team, this role has a global influence with the purpose of driving continuous improvement in emergency management practices. The role uses Global Standard setting, technical advice provision and objective assurance to deliver on this purpose, acting as a trusted advisor and partnering with our global Assets and Functions to ensure BHP is well prepared to respond in an emergency.
Key Accountabilities:
- Develop and maintain BHP’s Global Standards and Procedures for emergency management, to support consistency in practices and outcomes while retaining flexibility for local application as required.
- Provide expert technical advice to front line teams on emergency management, to inform business practices and support frontline capability building.
- Develop global emergency management training and tools, including to identify and deliver upon value-adding standardisation opportunities.
- Use influence to continuously improve BHP’s emergency management capability, supported by strong cross-functional working relationships and a sound understanding of the business operating environment and emerging risks.
- Design and execute independent assurance reviews, to evaluate Asset and Function alignment to BHP’s global standards and level of maturity in emergency management.
- Manage BHP’s Global Emergency Management community of practice; ensure it functions as a valuable and effective vehicle for sharing best practices and driving global integration across the discipline.
- Support the design and delivery of preparedness activities, including simulation exercises, for BHP’s Crisis Management Team and (as required) BHP’s Emergency Management Teams.
- Maintain an up-to-date understanding of best practices and trends in emergency response, including equipment and technology advancements, and use this insight to influence business decisions and drive continuous improvement in emergency response practices at BHP.
- Act as the business owner for BHP’s Crisis and Emergency Management System, including to understand user requirements and engage with BHP Technology to facilitate ongoing system enhancements.
About You
- A relevant tertiary qualification is highly desirable.
- Extensive experience in the Emergency Management sector, preferably with some experience working in a public sector emergency response organisation.
- Demonstrated experience influencing and leading outcomes in a large, matrix-style organisation, without direct management accountability.
- Demonstrated experience developing and implementing governance frameworks.
- Demonstrated experience applying risk management practices, in a pragmatic way that shows a deep understanding of the organisational context and business objectives.
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.