Principal Hygiene | 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
We have a new and exciting opportunity to join our high performing HSE team supporting all Nickel West sites, which include underground mines, open cut mines, mineral processing plants, a smelter and a refinery. You will provide technical expertise in the strategic management of hygiene related issues, provisions and initiatives across the organisation.
This position is based in Perth, with regular site travel across the operations. Flexible work options will be considered.
In this role, you will be required to:
- Develop and implement cross-functional or cross-asset hygiene improvement initiatives to enhance organisational capability in hygiene management.
- Develop and implement hygiene improvement strategies, including, but not limited to, exposure reduction programs, real-time monitoring and delivering HSE business plan initiatives.
- Provide functional expertise to senior leadership on material issues or emerging trends to drive consistency in hygiene related frameworks/processes/strategies across BHP
- Support line management in building an understanding of, and compliance with, Health Our Requirements (GLD 011) and applicable legal requirements.
- Maintain the Health and Hygiene Management Plans, and act as Corporate Endorser with the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, via Safety Regulation System (SRS).
- Provide governance and complete verifications of the Health Risk Management Processes, hygiene monitoring plans, biological monitoring, health surveillance, Respiratory Protection Fit testing, Hearing Protection Fit Testing programs across all the sites.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- A tertiary qualification in Occupational Hygiene or similar/equivalent
- Full membership with the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists (AIOH)
- AIOH Certified Occupational Hygienist or hold a professional certification by an IOHA NAR certification scheme (e.g. USA CIH, UK ICertOH, Canadian ROH) (Desirable)
- DMIRS Registered Sampler and approved Noise Officer (Desirable)
- Strong understanding of the occupational health and hygiene risks associated with open cut mining, underground mining, mineral processing, smelting and refinery plants and experience.
- Previous experience with Cority (or Medgate) and Safety Regulation System (Desirable)
- Experience in health surveillance including, urinalysis, lung function and audiometric testing (desirable)
- Strong project management, communication, and organisational skills
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.