HR Manager NSW Energy Coal

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 NSWEC HRBP Manager is responsible for leading the HR Business Partnering function for NSW Energy Coal (NSWEC), ensuring alignment with strategic workforce planning, operational excellence, and transition-to-closure objectives. Working across both our Newcastle office and Muswellbrook located mine, this NSW based role is pivotal in shaping a future-ready culture that integrates safety, well-being, inclusion, and performance as levers for innovation and decision-making.

Key Accountabilities

• Strategic HR Leadership: Partner with NSWEC leadership to translate global HR strategies into asset-level plans that support operational goals.
• Workforce Transition & Closure: Support the development and execution of the Workforce Transition Strategy, ensuring retention and productivity through to planned closure in 2030.
• Talent & Succession Planning: Maintain robust talent pipelines for NSWEC Leadership team roles.
• Culture & Engagement: Drive initiatives that foster a high-performance culture

• Formal qualification in a HR/Employment Law/ Psychology related discipline with experience from a diverse range of industries.
• Proven experience in HR business partnering at a senior level
• Experience in large, complex organizations
• Strong background in workforce transition, change management and and employee relations
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive strategic outcomes
• Familiarity working within a matrix reporting structure.
• Identifies opportunities for continuous improvement to optimize performance and deliverables.

*Successful candidate must be amenable to working in Musswellbrook

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.

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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.

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