Principal Investigations | Brisbane or Perth
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
This Principal role forms part of the Australia and Asia Investigations team, conducting investigations into Category A matters in line with BHP internal investigation requirements. With strong technical investigations knowledge, the Principal is required to prepare investigation plans and strategies including determining process, parameters and investigation outputs. Working in a multidisciplinary team, the role will provide guidance, advice and support to colleagues within the investigative team to assist them in effectively conducting investigations.
Other key accountabilities are as follows:
- Effectively and efficiently plans and delivers investigations.
- Prepares for and conducts interviews with both internal and external investigation participants to gather evidence, determine further actions, and ensure procedural fairness and compliance with procedures and legislation.
- Exercises judgment and applies technical knowledge to make findings whether allegations of serious misconduct are substantiated.
- Analyses and identifies organisational factors related to investigation outcomes;
- Proactively engages with relevant investigation participants and stakeholders on a regular basis, anticipating and responding to the needs of different stakeholders and provides adequate progress updates while ensuring the protection of sensitive information
- Prepares investigation reports and closure memos outlining the investigative activities undertaken and findings made.
- Continuously exercises mature judgement, tenacity and manages concurrent investigations while focused on personal wellbeing and organisational risk.
- Drives continuous enhancement of the Investigations Framework by proactively identifying and sharing technical, cultural and substantive learnings.
- Creates a culture of trust and collaboration with BHP Assets and Functions to foster a learning environment and identify and implement improvement opportunities for future investigations.
About You
As the successful candidate you will have demonstrated experience establishing and maintaining strategic stakeholder relationships, including collaboration between key decision makers. You enjoy supporting team performance and capability development through peer support, collaboration, sharing of lessons learned and providing on-time feedback.
Formal requirements of the role are:
- Degree qualified in Law, Investigations or related field (or extensive relevant equivalent experience)
- Formal recognised investigation, evidence gathering and interviewing training
- Minimum of 5 years experience conducting criminal, regulatory, corporate or government workplace investigations
In addition, we are seeking specific attributes such as:
- Demonstrated analytical, organisational, and oral and written communication skills.
- Extensive and broad experience in the conduct of serious and complex investigations.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple investigations simultaneously.
- Experience operating in a large corporate or multinational environment, preferably the Resources sector.
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 [email protected].