Principal Safety

**Date**:17 Jan 2025

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

**Job State/Province**:Western Australia

**Job Location/Region**:Perth

**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
- Our West Australian Iron Ore (WAIO) Business includes multiple operations across the Pilbara region.

Our Health, Safety and Environment Function provides support across the entire Asset, with Safety being a critical element of the services provided. Reporting to our HSE Superintendent, we are currently seeking a Principal Safety, based in Perth to join the HSE team and support our operations across WAIO. You will be a key member in a team of dedicated HSE professionals in this complex, diverse and rewarding setting.

This is a great opportunity to join the team as a Principal to provide input into the development and improvement of our HSE Management System that enables BHP to deliver on the Charter Value of Sustainability and deliver excellent HSE performance.

The role is a full time permanent position, with regular site travel and flexible working options being available. The opportunity requires you to provide leadership, coaching, strategic direction and expert support on the BHP HSE management systems and processes relating to the WAIO Asset.

**In this role you will**:

- Create Asset-wide HSE standards and facilitate the design and establishment of Asset wide HSE Management System
- Facilitate workshops and project manage asset and group wide projects across the Function
- Support the provision of advice to the Western Australia Iron Ore Leadership Team on safety matters, global practices and emerging trends
- Support the development of Asset -level strategies and improvement initiatives for material safety issues
- Monitor performance, analyse data and define improvements to HSE systems, structures and processes against our Group Level Documents and our legal obligations
- Provide HSE expertise to line management on risks with HSE impacts and key regulatory requirements
- Ensure timely and accurate reporting as per legislative requirements, including effective document control and retention of records
- Share Asset-level safety issues, global practices, emerging trends, achievements and improvement opportunities across the BHP Group
- Support the development of the safety component of the Asset’s HSE strategic five year plan
- Represent BHP on key industry bodies and associations
- About You
- You will have substantial safety operational experience, preferably in the mining, or a similar industry. You have also demonstrated success as a leader in the delivery of safety outcomes as a functional specialist through diverse teams across multiple geographies, operations / projects and jurisdictions
- You will have strong project management skills and expertise in developing HSE Management systems across similar industries with a deep understanding of safety processes and systems and have proven track record in delivering safety improvement initiatives
- Your technical strengths and exceptional content knowledge will be complemented by your excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills

This is a challenging role and will require an experienced person, preferably with tertiary qualifications in Safety or a related field.

**Applications Close : 2nd February 2025**

**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 bes