Health Principal | BMA | Brisbane or Bowen Basin | Residential / DIDO | 0.5 Job Share
BHP
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 job share opportunity to join our Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) BMA team based in Brisbane or the Bowen Basin with ad hoc travel to our operations. The Principal role is responsible for providing leadership, coaching and expert advice to the BMA Coal Operations and key stakeholders on health and wellbeing. This role will report to the Superintendent Health and Hygiene.
This is a 0.5 job share arrangement and can be offered in Brisbane or the Bowen Basin.
As the successful candidate, you will;
- Manage complex injury, illness case management, return to work, rehabilitation and workers compensation processes.
- Provide expert technical advice and coaching on classification and non-complex case management
- Maintain strong internal and external relationships with key stakeholders.
- Project manage the development of risk and data led proactive health and wellbeing initiatives.
- Have a growth mindset to improve our Health standards, procedures and systems to deliver efficiencies.
- Contribute to Health and Wellbeing Steering Committee’s and participate in global health initiatives and industry workshops.
- Partner with Occupational Hygiene to provide high level technical advice to reduce workplace exposures.
- Maintain key medical and allied health services through contract management.
About You
To be successful in the Health Principal role, you will have;
- Bachelor’s degree in a health-related discipline with APHRA or ESSA or similarly related registration – OHS, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychology, human movements, ergonomics, human factors.
- Experience working in a large complex environment ideally within mining or heavy industry.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the capability to effectively engage and coach at all levels of an organisation.
- Relevant experience in systemic management of Occupational Health, and partnering with Occupational Hygiene in a substantial business.
- Working knowledge of both Queensland workers compensation and Queensland mining health and safety legislation.
- Personal resilience to act as the subject matter expert on health matters in a fast-paced environment utilising current evidence-based practice.
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.
To ensure the safety and wellbeing of our people, BHP requires employees in Australia to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in line with BHP’s Covid Policy and any relevant State health directives. If you are applying for a role at BHP please consider this requirement when submitting your application. BHP will also adhere to any relevant health directives that may be made that affects our workforce.
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.
At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from women and Indigenous people. 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.