About this role
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.
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About the Role
We’re excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for an experienced safety professional to join the Prominent Hill HSSEM team as a Safety Principal, supporting our PHOX Project.
Reporting to the Safety Superintendent, you will play a key role in providing expert advice, coaching, and support to leaders across site—helping drive a strong safety culture and continuous improvement.
This position is based at our Prominent Hill mine and is offered on an 8:6 (days-only) FIFO roster from Adelaide or Port Augusta. As this role is on a project the role is on a 12 month Fixed Term contract.
Key Responsibilities
• Coach the Project Delivery Team in their accountability for HSE risk management, field leadership, event investigation, and compliance with HSE requirements, including the contractor management framework
• Provide technical safety expertise to support the quality of HSE documentation, risk assessments, event investigations, and field leadership activities
• Coach, influence, and provide technical guidance to support continuous improvement and safety performance across the PHOX Project and contracting partners
• Support line leadership in understanding and complying with relevant HSE Our Requirements (GLD) and legal obligations
• Build strong stakeholder and customer relationships to understand expectations and operational needs
• Support safety assurance and governance activities
• Monitor performance, analyse data, and identify opportunities for improvement, emerging trends, and recognition across operational and contracting partners
• Participate in and support project safety routines and meetings
• Deliver coaching and training on safety systems and processes
• Facilitate and/or lead investigations and learning activities
• Lead, coach, and participate in field leadership activities, providing technical guidance to strengthen safety leadership culture and ensure compliance with company and legal requirements
About You
You’re a proactive and self-driven safety professional with a proven ability to achieve strong safety outcomes through coaching, influence, and driving positive change. You bring:
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in a safety role within mining, construction and/or commissioning (highly regarded)
• Minimum Cert IV in Occupational Health & Safety (OHS); a Graduate Diploma in OHS Management will be highly regarded
• An overriding commitment to BHP’s Charter Values
• Significant experience leading and supporting safety initiatives
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence at multiple levels, internally and externally
• Coaching and mentoring capability, with a genuine desire to help people, achieve meaningful outcomes, and support continuous improvement
• Ability to self-motivate, manage priorities, and interpret data to effectively deliver HSE support
• Strong attention to detail, supporting HSE accountability across functional and project teams
• A current South Australian “C” class driver’s licence, or equivalent
Applications close 5pm Tuesday 3rd February 2026.
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.
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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.
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What you'll do
- The Safety Principal will coach the Project Delivery Team on HSE risk management and provide technical safety expertise. They will also support line leadership in understanding HSE requirements and monitor performance for continuous improvement.
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