Health Specialist | WAIO HSS Functions | Perth | Monday - Friday | 12-Month Fixed Term or Secondment
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 have an exciting opportunity to join the WA Iron Ore Health, Safety and Security (HSS) – Functions team as a Health Specialist. This role partners with line leadership to provide coaching, technical expertise, and advice on injury prevention, injury management, and Workers Compensation claims.
WAIO Functions is a dynamic team committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and diversity, with a strong focus on high performance, Indigenous participation, and gender balance.
Key Responsibilities
- Support WAIO Functions personnel who become injured or ill at work through effective return-to-work strategies, while maintaining data privacy in leadership updates.
- Provide technical expertise in injury prevention and injury management.
- Maintain health reporting and ensure data integrity and governance.
- Develop working knowledge of legislative health reporting and applicable injury/illness classifications, using company standards and OSHA/WHS guidelines.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with medical and allied health providers.
Location and Roster
This is a 12-month secondment or fixed-term position, based in Perth, working Monday to Friday.
About You
You are a collaborative team player with a passion for health and safety, and a strong track record in injury management. You bring excellent communication and engagement skills, and thrive in both autonomous and team environments. Your ability to build relationships and deliver results will be key to your success in this role.
You will be responsible for establishing injury and illness case management in accordance with BHP’s internal requirements and relevant legislation.
Qualifications and Experience
- Tertiary qualifications in a health-related discipline (e.g. Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Exercise Physiology, Nursing)
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar health and/or injury management role
- Working knowledge of relevant health legislation across Australia and Workers Compensation case management
- Experience delivering health strategies and injury/illness prevention initiatives
- Genuine desire to support positive health and wellbeing outcomes
- Commitment to coaching and promoting a mentally healthy workforce
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- High attention to detail and strong organisational skills
- Ability to triage, make informed decisions, and solve problems effectively
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.
If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.
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.
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 inclusion@bhp.com.