Safety Specialist | South Flank | Fifo | 5/2, 4/3

Company description:

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.

Job description:

About the Role

Reporting to the HSE Superintendent, through delivery of core safety processes you will support the delivery of safety outcomes across a dynamic and high performing mining operation. Through proactive engagement and coaching of operational leaders, the Safety Specialist delivers meaningful verification of work practices and standards, and provision of a level of healthy tension to drive continuous improvement in safety outcomes, every day.

You will also:

• Participate and facilitate HSE investigations and provide process guidance, coaching and quality review;
• Drive continuous improvement in safety performance through ongoing engagement with site leaders, encouraging and coaching quality field verifications and demonstrating expected standards;
• Thorough review of site and industry HSE events, encourage a strong culture of learning and embedment of safety improvements;
• Participate in risk assessments and provide quality reviews;
• Support the development of effective work management tools (procedures and work instructions) that achieve positive safety outcomes;
• Support accurate and transparent HSE data reporting and elements of the HSE governance program.

This role will suit a highly capable team player who is motivated to collaborate with site and HSE teams to ensure that everyone goes home safe every day to do the things they love.

You will be a confident, self-motivated professional with at least 3 years' experience in heavy industry. Your communication and engagement skills will be strong and you will have a solid record of achieving results through influence, coaching and mentoring.

You may have formal qualifications in Health and Safety Management, Risk Management or a related field, however it will be your attitude, character and a passion for safety that sets you apart from the crowd.

You will also have:

• Experience or a fast learner with HSE management tools
• Experience in facilitating incident investigations
• Minimum of C class Western Australia (or equivalent) Drivers' license

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.

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 *********@bhp.com.