Specialist Safety | Eastern Mines | FIFO | 5/2/4/3
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 Safety Specialist supporting BHP, you will play a key role in delivering exceptional safety outcomes across a dynamic, high-performing mining operation. In this role, you will collaborate closely with line leadership, offering expert coaching, strategic influence, and technical guidance on safety risk management, field leadership, and event investigation quality. You will be instrumental in driving continuous improvement in safety performance while fostering strong, trust-based relationships with both operational and functional teams.
You will also:
- Provide proactive support to line leaders in fulfilling their Health & Safety responsibilities, including risk assessments, field leadership, and compliance with relevant regulations.
- Demonstrate strong proficiency in material risk management and verification processes to effectively engage in field-based discussions with customers.
- Facilitate or coach event investigations, offering constructive feedback to drive learning and improvement.
- Ensure accurate, transparent, and timely reporting of Health & Safety data.
- Assist in the implementation of Safety improvement initiatives aligned with the Integrated Operations Plan (IOP).
- Monitor and enhance the quality of risk assessments, event investigations, and field leadership activities, fostering a culture of continuous learning and safety excellence.
- Deliver targeted safety training programs to operational teams, including task-based risk management, non-significant event investigation facilitation, and high-quality field leadership practices.
- Champion continuous improvement in safety performance by actively engaging with site leaders, promoting effective field verifications, and modelling high standards.
- Exhibit a strong commitment to building a positive team culture and influencing others through collaboration and leadership.
- Demonstrate a proactive mindset with a continuous drive for innovation and improvement.
- Possess a minimum of five years’ experience in the mining and/or heavy industry sectors.
About You
This role is ideal for a highly capable and collaborative team player who is passionate about ensuring everyone returns home safely each day. You bring a confident, positive attitude and are a self-motivated professional with proven experience in heavy industry or mining operations.
While formal qualifications in Health & Safety, Risk Management, or a related field are valued, it’s your mindset, integrity, and genuine commitment to safety that will truly set you apart.
You will also have:
- Demonstrated passion for safety and a strong commitment to fostering a culture of care.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels on safety matters.
- Proven coaching and mentoring capabilities, driven by a genuine desire to support others, deliver meaningful outcomes, and promote continuous improvement.
- Proficient in, or quick to learn, Health & Safety management tools such as Microsoft Excel, Event Management Systems (EMS), and SAP.
- Strong attention to detail, supporting accountability and high safety standards across operational and functional teams.
- Possession of a valid C Class Western Australian (or equivalent) driver’s license
Location
You will be part of the Eastern Mine Hub, which includes both Newman and Jimblebar Operations, working on a fly-in fly-out (FIFO) roster of 5:2 / 4:3 and or 5:2 / 4:3 / 9:5 from Perth. This role is available on a full-time basis, with the option for part-time job share. Flexible work arrangements will be considered to support individual needs. Multiple opportunities are currently available across both operations.
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.