Specialist Health | Peak Downs Mine | BMA
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
Reporting to the Manager – Health, Safety & Security, you will provide essential health business partnering support across a diverse customer group. The successful candidate will be proactive and engaging, focusing on partnering with and coaching operational leaders on occupational health-related matters and delivering key health activities that support a healthy workforce.
In this role, you will:
- Support CMWs who become injured or ill at work through an effective return-to-work approach in line with BHP and workers' compensation requirements.
- Provide technical expertise in injury prevention and injury management activities.
- Maintain health reporting and execute data integrity and governance activities.
- Foster relationships with medical and allied health providers.
- Coordinate and execute the Rehabilitation and Return to Work requirements for our people.
- Offer specialist expertise on health-related risks to enhance our business health management capability.
- Contribute to and execute the strategic management of health-related issues, provisions, and initiatives across our business.
- Develop and implement evidence-based health improvement strategies to effectively manage the health of our people.
- Stay informed and compliant with applicable legislative and regulatory requirements.
- Manage and maintain legislative and business health data, records, reporting requirements, and communications.
- Understand and apply legislative health reporting and injury and illness classifications, utilizing company standards and OSHA reporting guidelines.
- Support the design, management, and improvement of health-related systems, processes, and resources.
- Engage and communicate effectively with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
About You
To be successful in the Health Specialist role, you will have a genuine desire to help people achieve positive health and wellbeing outcomes, combined with a clear understanding of the role that the resources sector plays in health and wellbeing management of our most important asset – our people.
You will also have:
- Tertiary qualifications in a health-related discipline (e.g., Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy) are highly desirable.
- Minimum 2 years’ experience within the mining or related industry.
- Working knowledge of relevant health-related legislation across Queensland and experience in coordinating workers' compensation case management.
- Experience delivering health strategies and injury and illness prevention initiatives.
- Commitment to coaching, influencing, and encouraging a mentally healthy workforce.
You will be able to work closely and share workload with your team but also be comfortable working autonomously when required and making informed decisions. You will be motivated by a fast-paced environment and the opportunity to problem-solve and drive positive 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.
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.