Manager Health and Safety | Nickel West | Perth | 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
Reporting to the Head of Health, Safety and Environment for Western Australian Nickel West (NiW), we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional to lead the strategic direction of health and safety for NiW. You will have deep technical expertise in Health, Safety and Hygiene and will provide leadership and direction in the delivery of H&S fundamentals and strategic improvement initiatives.
You will be focused on building capability and capacity in the team to deliver excellence in HSE services. You will be responsible for the direction in Health, Safety and Hygiene strategic pillars, and for developing the H&S strategy to integrate into business planning.
Based in our Perth Office, some travel to the NiW region of Western Australia will be required, to enable effective relationships with the operations you are collaborating with. Flexible work options will be considered.
In this role you will:
- Develop and implement Asset H&S strategy in collaboration with Operational and Functional partners;
- Develop and lead a strong capable team to deliver effective H&S services to your operational customers;
- Support the delivery of Minerals Australia and Global HSE Strategy and key Asset HSE priorities;
- Establish effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders;
- Define and drive effectiveness and standardisation of processes in partnership with your peers across the function;
- Build H&S capability and capacity within Site/Operations teams through coaching, mentoring and the provision of advice of HSE strategy, system and procedures;
- Define and track adherence to, and efficiencies in, relevant HS Budgets; and
- Manage and support the execution of work that is the accountability of the HSE Function, utilising the 1SAP Work Management process where required.
About You
You will be a passionate people leader with demonstrated experience leading a diverse team in the mining or similar heavy / manufacturing industry. You are a strategic thinker and planner and have been involved in setting the strategic direction of H&S in a business. You have a passion for developing others through coaching, mentoring, rewarding and guiding.
You will also have:
- Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills with a demonstrated capability to negotiate and influence internal and external stakeholders, including regulators and community groups, at a senior management level.
- Well developed and professional technical expertise from an influenced practice in the HSE area.
- Tertiary degree in a health, safety, environment or related field (or equivalent experience).
- Detailed knowledge of key concepts, theories and practices related to effective management of HS related risks.
- Experience in or knowledge of health, safety and environment legislative requirements relevant to the resources sector in Western Australia would also be an advantage.
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.