Health Specialist

**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 opportunity to join our Health, Safety and Environment team as a Health Specialist (Projects) at Mt Arthur Coal Mine near Muswellbrook, NSW.

This is a unique opportunity to utilise your skills and experience with one of the world's largest coal producers. In this role, you will provide specialised health and hygiene advice, customer facing support and coaching for site leaders and promote improved safety and health outcomes across Mt Arthur Coal.

This position is offered on a Monday to Friday, residential role, reporting directly to the Superintendent Health, Safety and Emergency Business Partnership. Flexible working options will be considered.
- Plan, deliver and execute a range of health projects onsite, including but not limited to psychosocial risk assessment, health surveillance monitoring (including Order 43 and fit testing), health critical control implementation.
- Provide technical expertise in injury prevention, injury management/rehabilitation and return to work processes. Including the development of suitable duties plans and associated documents.
- Provide leadership, coaching and specialist advice to key stakeholders on health matters - from the coal face through to site senior leadership.
- Provide support for regulatory health surveillance activities.
- Oversee heath data analytics, through execution of data integrity and governance activities.
- Provide leadership to contract Paramedic personnel.
- Complete behavioural-based health/safety Field Leadership observations, offering support and technical guidance to positively influence our culture of care.
- Provide step-up leadership support to the site Health, Safety and Environment Superintendent.

**About You**:
To be successful in the Health Specialist role you will have a genuine desire to help people achieve positive health and wellbeing outcomes; combined with a clear understanding of the role that the resources sector plays in health, hygiene and wellbeing management of our most important asset - our people.

You will also have:

- The ability to develop and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with medical and allied health providers, with excellent communication skills.
- A commitment to coaching, influencing, and encouraging a mentally healthy workforce.
- Proven experience in a health related tertiary qualified profession with current registration (e.g. Physiotherapy, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Paramedical Science or Exercise Physiology)
- Working knowledge of both Queensland workers compensation and QLD mining health and safety legislation is required.
- Experience working within occupational hygiene.
- Personal resilience to act as the key point of point of contact for site health matters in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience in project management will be highly regarded.

You will be able to work closely and share workload with your team but also be comfortable working autonomously when required. You will be motivated by a fast-paced environment and the opportunity to problem solve and drive

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**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 and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a unique BHP employee share program.