Principal Safety | Bowen Basin
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
We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our Health, Safety, Security and Emergency Management (HSS&EM) team in a Principal Safety position.
Our HSS&EM Function provides support across the entire BMA (BHP Mitsubishi-Alliance) Asset, with Safety being a critical element of the services provided.
Reporting to our HSS&EM Manager - the Safety Principal role will join the HSS&EM team and support operations within BMA. You will be a key member in a team of dedicated safety professionals in this complex, diverse and rewarding setting.
This is a great opportunity to provide input into the development and improvement of a safety framework that enables BHP to deliver on the Charter Value of Sustainability and deliver excellent HSS&EM performance.
This role is an opportunity to provide leadership, coaching, strategic direction and expert support on BHP safety management systems and processes relating to BMA operational teams.
This is a permanent role with the position based in Bowen Basin on a 5/2 roster. Flexible working options are available.
You will be required to:
- Engage, influence and motivate the operational teams and HSS&EM Manager to deliver outcomes.
- Sustain core site Safety Fundamental Programs (Field Leadership, Investigation Quality, Behavioural Safety etc.) to grow our Safety Leadership capability to enable the desired safety culture.
- Coach and mentor to grow the capability of our site Safety Specialist.
- Provide coaching to our site Operational leaders to ensure quality event investigation and field leadership outcomes.
- Review and analysis of emerging trends at a site level and support risk owners with the development of safety focused initiatives to improve safety compliance and outcomes
- Analyse leading and lagging performance trends to develop appropriate response plans for senior leaders to improve safety compliance and outcomes.
- Support the Asset implementation of relevant HSS&EM Business Plan initiatives.
- Provide input into safety planning and risk management processes.
About You
You will be a self-motivated professional with excellent communication and engagement skills. You will have a solid record of accomplishment of achieving results through influence, coaching and mentoring.
To be successful in the role, you will also have:
- Tertiary qualifications in Health and Safety, Risk Management or a related field;
- Minimum of five years experience in similar position/industry
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to build trusted relationships and influence at multiple levels in safety
- Coaching and mentoring skills with a genuine desire to help people, achieve solid outcomes and support continuous improvement;
- Aptitude to plan, book and undertake travel and engagements with multiple stakeholders independently;
- Previous exposure to the mining and minerals processing industries is preferable
- Ability to Lead change
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.
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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 [email protected].