Principal Safety | Carrapateena | 8:6
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 for a safety professional to join the Copper South Australia HS&SEM team as a Safety Principal – Carrapateena. Reporting to the Safety Superintendent, this role provides technical expertise in the strategic management, analysis and execution of safety related issues, provisions and initiatives supporting Carrapateena and broader Copper SA Asset
In the Safety Principal role, you will:
- Leads the planning and enhancement of the site safety management system.
- Develops and implements safety improvement strategies and practices.
- Analyses and provides advice on safety risk management activities (e.g. culture, risk assessments, controls).
- Develops and implements cross-functional or cross-asset improvement initiatives based on industry best practice to enhance organisational capability and culture in responding to safety related risk.
- Manages, improves and provides expertise on safety risk management practices to improve organisational safety outcomes and performance.
- Analyse safety data and information sources to identify emerging safety trends and recommend safety improvement initiatives.
- Coach and train to build capability in critical safety systems.
- Determines the underlying cause of problems and evaluates multiple solutions to ensure a planned and structured approach to solving complex problems.
- Identifies, collaborates and manages a range of diverse internal and external stakeholders.
- Identifies and assesses risks, makes risk informed decisions, uses BHP's risk management framework and builds a risk aware culture to support safe and productive performance outcomes.
- Knows our customer and is obsessed with meeting their needs.
About You
To be successful in this role you will have:
- 5 years + experience in safety, health, risk or engineering.
- Certificate IV in OHS, tertiary qualification, or equivalent industry experience managing safety, health, or risk.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to influence at multiple levels in an organisation.
- Sound HSE management system experience, problem solving and data analytical skills.
- Coaching and mentoring skills with a genuine desire to help people, achieve outcomes and support continuous improvement.
- Experience with facilitating safety incident investigations.
- A current C class motor license or equivalent Australian state motor vehicle license.
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.
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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].