Job Description

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 Potash

In 2021, BHP approved a CA$7.5 billion investment in Jansen Stage 1 in Saskatchewan, Canada, which is aligned with their strategy of growing exposure to future facing commodities in world-class assets. Potash opens a new front for growth and is an expandable resource that can support a century or more of operations. Potash provides BHP with greater diversification by commodity, country, and customer.

Purpose

The Principal Health Safety Environment (HSE) Directional Studies plays a pivotal role in providing leadership, direction, and expert advice to projects during the pre-identification, identification, selection, and definition phases. This role collaborates with key stakeholders to ensure safe, sustainable, and efficient project delivery throughout its lifecycle, adhering to BHP standards and requirements. The primary focus is on optimizing value for the organization through the implementation of our Social Value Framework. This role partners with line management, offering valuable advice and coaching to effectively manage HSE impacts and risks in projects, working closely with the Minerals America HSE Analysis & Improvement team. Additionally, the Principal HSE Directional Studies will analyze HSE performance data to identify improvement opportunities and support project leads and study managers in the development and execution of Projects. This will include supporting the analysis of HSE performance data to identify improvement opportunities, managing HSE-related risks (environment, water, climate, biodiversity, fatality elimination, safety, process safety, health & hygiene, etc.), and providing support to project leads and study managers in the development and execution of projects. The role will focus on HSE impact prevention and compliance through advice and coaching across the project portfolio.

About the Role

In this role, you will

• Provide HSE input to the design and establishment of HSE standards, procedures and systems for Directional Studies within the Minerals Americas Projects Framework.
• Be accountable for the delivery of mandated HSE support and service for allocated portfolio of Project Directional Studies.
• Support and advise Project Directional Studies in the development of quality and effective HSE risk assessments, to support the identification of relevant HSE Risks.
• Support application of HSE in design processes through all phases of project development.
• Monitor and support data quality control related to HSE Systems.
• Undertake analytics activities for HSE data including benchmarking, lessons learnt and developing key performance metrics and insight development.
• Support in the development of HSE study chapter requirements to enable safe and sustainable gating of projects.
• Support line management in building an understanding of, and compliance with, relevant HSE Our Requirements and legal requirements.
• Coach Field Leadership activities and offer support and technical guidance to build a HSE leadership culture and enhance understanding of compliance relevant to company and legal requirements.

About the Role (cont\'d)

• Provide HSE leadership, support and technical guidance.
• Develop and deliver HSE content for upskilling of leaders, delivery team and contractor personnel.
• Support legislative compliance and reporting for HSE, including external and regulatory reporting.
• Provide expert advice and leadership on all issues relating to HSE.
• Facilitate the communication between workgroups to ensure consistency in HSE systems, processes, procedures and goals.
• Manage, control, monitor and participate in the execution of work that is the accountability of the HSE Function.
• Participate in any other projects or key tasks as directed by line manager or delegate.
• Coordinate field-based work to meet HSE requirements.
• Interface with relevant HSE teams, providing relevant support for implementing initiatives and improvement projects.

About You

• Tertiary degree in relevant field (e.g., health, safety, environment, engineering, science, risk management, etc.).
• Cognate experience in related field.
• Strong understanding of databases and database processes with the ability to identify opportunities to automate HSE processes and reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to reliably deliver team results and meet deadlines.
• Proven experience in leading change initiatives under difficult circumstances.
• Experience in managing contractors and deliverables to a schedule and budget.
• Ability to engage and work effectively with both internal and external stakeholders. Influence diverse teams.
• Strong acumen for HSE data analytics and business intelligence platforms.
• Good understanding of relevant HSE legislation.
• Working knowledge of regulatory HSE policies and procedures and their implementation in the mining sector.

Work Location & Schedule

Downtown, Saskatoon office. 40 hours per week. Hybrid working (flexible, shared workstations and a combination of office and work from home) is standard for BHP.

Application Deadline

This posting is active until 11:59pm CST on August 13, 2023.

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.

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