Specialist Safety
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 Specialist Safety to join the Olympic Dam safety team.
Reporting to the Superintendent of Safety and Security, this role provides coaching, technical expertise, and advice on various aspects of safety systems and risk management to leaders across site.
In this role you will:
- Analyse safety data and information sources to identify emerging safety trends and recommend safety improvement initiatives
- Proactively reach out to site personnel to coach individuals in site safety systems
- Actively attend various safety routines across site
- Conduct training sessions across various safety systems
- Establish and lead an investigation quality working group to maintain capability of investigation facilitators
- Monitor a Safety email inbox and respond to support operational needs
- Lead a safety field leadership improvement program and promote hazard awareness and identification
- Support the sites Health and Safety Representative Process
- Support our operational teams with infield support and coaching
Please note this position is based at Olympic Dam, operating on a 7/7 dayshift roster arrangement, with residential, FIFO (from Adelaide) or DIDO options available.
About You
You will be a self-motivated professional with a solid record or accomplishment of achieving results through influence, coaching and mentoring.
To be successful in this role you will have:
- Previous experience in a safety role
- Experience in the mining industry
- A tertiary qualification, or equivalent industry experience managing safety
- Certificate IV in OHS
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to influence at multiple levels in an organisation
- Coaching and mentoring skills with a genuine desire to help people, achieve outcomes and support continuous improvement
- Experience with facilitating safety incident investigations
- Sound data analytical skills
- A current C class motor licence or equivalent Australian state motor vehicle licence
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.