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

Reporting to the Superintendent HSS, the key purpose of the role is to provide technical expertise in the strategic management of safety related issues, provisions and initiatives across the organisation. This 6 month secondment principal role is responsible for providing leadership, coaching and expert advice to key stakeholders on all things safety. 

This role is based at Goonyella Riverside Mine, on a Monday to Friday roster. 

Key responsibilities of the role include: 
 

• Manages, improves and provides expertise on safety risk management practices to improve organisational safety outcomes and performance.  
• Determines the underlying cause of problems and evaluates multiple solutions to ensure a planned and structured approach to solving complex problems.  
• Identifies, engages 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.  
• Plans, tracks the delivery of and manages a project to generate value and drive the achievement of project outcomes. 
• Defines value drivers and determines the boundaries of an opportunity to determine if it is worth further investment.  
• Sources information, plans and conducts analyses to support evidence-based decision making.  
• Engage, influence and motivate the operational teams 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.  
• 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. 

About You

We have a strong focus on finding individuals with the right values, leadership and communication skills. Your interpersonal skills will foster collaborative working relationships and your ability to consolidate and analyse information will provide critical thinking and a solution-focused attitude. 

Utilising your skills & experience in similar Safety roles, you will demonstrate: 
 

• 5 years’ experience in a Safety leadership role 
• Tertiary qualifications in a Safety related field or VET accreditation in WHS 
• Very strong analytical skills 
• Demonstrable project management experience 
• Advanced Microsoft Excel – analytics knowledge 

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.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

The size and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance based bonuses and unique BHP employee share program.

At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage applications from all qualified applicants regardless of race, colour, sex, national origin, age, religion, people with disabilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, citizenship, genetic information or other protected status under federal, state or local laws.

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.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, citizenship, genetic information or other protected status under federal, state or local laws.

BHP is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disability.