Hygiene Specialist | BMA | Bowen Basin or Brisbane | Mon - Fri
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
As a part of the BMA HSE team, you will be an instrumental player in supporting exposure reduction initiatives, as well as establishing and implementing aspects of the BHP Occupational Hygiene Plans and 1SAP work strategies on site. You will identify, assess, recommend controls and advise on occupational hygiene, health & safety matters in the workplace that potentially impact human health from environmental and work-related sources.
This position will be working across BMA operations in Queensland and reporting to the Superintendent Health & Hygiene. It will involve active site support and ideally residential in Moranbah or Mackay or Brisbane based with frequent travel to site. Flexile work options will be considered.
In this role you will:
- Provide specialist advice to line management on key occupational hygiene impacts and regulatory requirements
- Identify and assess occupational hygiene hazards including dust, diesel particulates, organic vapours, noise, gases, heat stress, asbestos, biological and radiation along with ongoing audits and verification activities
- Oversee the occupational hygiene monitoring program as per the Hygiene Management Plan
- Manage unexpected hygiene events including hazard assessment and recommendation of immediate corrective actions to prevent exposure
- Ensure all contract partners are aware of occupational hygiene processes and requirements
- Drive compliance and continuous improvement of BMA respiratory protection and hearing conservation programs through fit testing, in-field PPE verifications and compliance reporting
- Manage Cority database to ensure quality of monitoring data and accurate reporting of results to stakeholders
- Comply to and consistently follow the standards and procedures designed to enable you to work safely and effectively every day
About You
To be successful in the Hygiene 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 have:
- Degree qualification in Occupational Hygiene, Health Science, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering or similar.
- High level of technical and practical skills or ability to acquire necessary skills in Occupational Hygiene
- Strong understanding of Occupational Hygiene risks with previous experience in mining would be highly regarded
- Previous experience with Cority (or Medgate) is desirable
- Full AIOH Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists (AIOH) membership is desirable
- Proven commitment to look after your own wellbeing and the confidence to speak up when others put themselves in harm’s way.
- The ability to develop and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with medical and allied health providers, and operational personnel with excellent communication skills.
- A commitment to coaching, influencing, and encouraging a mentally healthy workforce.
- Working knowledge of the QLD mining health and safety legislation is required.
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.