Superintendent Safety | Spence
Chile
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
The challenge that awaits you
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, improve, and provide expertise in safety risk management practices to strengthen organizational safety outcomes and performance.
- Source information, plan, and conduct analysis to support evidence-based decision-making.
- Build organizational capability through coaching, mentoring, and development of leaders and teams in risk management, critical controls, and safety leadership.
- Leverage leading and lagging indicators, assurance findings, and operational data to identify emerging risks, prioritize actions, and support informed decision-making.
- Strengthen operational ownership of safety by coaching and influencing leaders to effectively manage risks and improve operational discipline.
- Drive continuous improvement through process simplification, improved system effectiveness, and the embedding of sustainable safety performance.
- Identify and assess risks, make risk-informed decisions, apply BHP’s risk management framework, and promote a risk-aware culture that supports safe and productive outcomes.
- Provide independent assurance on the effectiveness of critical controls, safety systems, and risk management processes while driving timely improvement actions.
- Influence and engage internal and external stakeholders to strengthen risk-informed decision-making and achieve sustainable safety outcomes.
- Determine root causes of complex problems and evaluate multiple solutions through a structured and disciplined approach.
- Maintain a strong focus on customer needs, safety excellence, value creation, and collaboration across the organization
What we expect from you
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Risk Prevention Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mining Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Execution Engineering, or a related engineering discipline with relevant experience in Safety, Occupational Health, and Risk Management.
- Postgraduate studies in Safety, Risk Management, Leadership, or Business Administration are desirable.
- SERNAGEOMIN A/B certification
Experience
- 10+ years of experience in mining or other high-risk industries.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary HSS or operational teams.
- Proven experience in operational risk management, critical controls, incident investigations, and safety management systems (ISO 45001 and ISO 14001).
- Experience developing safety culture, contractor management, and stakeholder engagement within complex operational environments.
- Intermediate to advanced English is desirable.
Technical Knowledge
- Operational Risk Management and Critical Control Management.
- Incident investigation methodologies (ICAM, TapRooT, or equivalent).
- BowTie and risk assessment methodologies.
- Human Factors, Occupational Health, and Emergency Management.
- Knowledge of Chilean mining regulations and applicable HSE legislation.
- Strong leadership, coaching, stakeholder management, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
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.