Principal Employee Relations

**Date**:29 Jan 2025

**Job Posting End Date**:
**Job Country**:Australia

**Job State/Province**:Queensland

**Job Location/Region**:Brisbane

**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
- An exciting opportunity has arisen in Employee Relations, supporting Performance & Conduct activities for the Coal Asset. The role is Brisbane based and will require travel to BMA sites in central Queensland from time to time.

This role will be responsible for the provision of guidance and advice to line leaders on complex discipline, performance and employment matters, disputation, and other major changes.
- Additionally, the role plays a critical part in delivering BMA ER Strategy actions including coordinating a BMA absenteeism management program of works, and provides an opportunity to take a leadership role in partnering with HRBPs, HR teams and other Functional Teams (i.e. ER Legal, Ethics & Investigations) to deliver strategic outcomes.

To be effective in this role you must have experience in building strong relationships with stakeholders (at all levels), based on credibility, authenticity, and a demonstrated ability to deliver to business needs and priorities.
- About You
- The role will require the following capabilities:

- Executing the ER Strategy, particularly the strategic priorities in the Performance & Conduct stream of work.
- History of supporting complex employee relations performance and conduct matters, including with trauma informed care practices.
- A keen focus on coaching and uplifting line leader capability to build high performing teams based on trust and direct engagement (to minimise third party intervention).
- Ability to have challenging and difficult conversations with courage, confidence, and influence.
- A good understanding of Australian employment law and practices.**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.

**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.