Safety Specialist jobs

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

The Carrapateena Team is accountable for delivering value at the operation in the short, medium and long term, against the needs of all stakeholders. With an immediate and core focus on delivery production outcomes, they have a secondary focus on leading the expansion of the mine by transitioning from a Sub Level Cave to a Block Cave – this will extend the Carrapateena mine life beyond 2039.

At Carrapateena, we create a safe to fail environment where leaders support, trust and empower individuals to test our own thinking and question the status quo. Our goal is to deliver each business plan and project milestone safely and on time with value creation at the heart of how we operate.

The role of Specialist Safety is to provide significant health and safety advice across all aspects of Carrapateena including surface and underground operations as well as site services.

This position will be offered on a 8/6 Days only roster, with FIFO ex Adelaide or Port Augusta.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Work to align Carrapateena Safety Management System and Risk management approach with the broader BHP process.
• Implement critical risk management, Field Leadership and safety strategy for the operation.
• Facilitate compliance to relevant Performance and Process Standards and BHP Requirements
• Facilitate the implementation and management of systems and processes for incident management (including investigations,
• reporting and action follow-up, investigation training)
• Facilitate and lead investigations and risk assessments
• Lead and facilitate contractor management forums and audits.
• Administrate critical risk management software.
• Complete data trend analysis.
• Lead projects and engage with key stakeholders to achieve desired goal.
• Implement incident and injury prevention strategies by collaborating with key stakeholders.
• Assist with aspects of health, hygiene and emergency services.
• Oversee the maintenance and improvement of the site Safety Management System
• Complete required Safety reporting
• Provide in field Safety coaching for site operational leaders.
• Utilise and improve safety management tools and systems.

About You

• Experience working in Health, Safety or similar roles
• Proactively build and maintain positive relationships with stakeholders
• Strong understanding of work health and safety legislation
• Understanding of safety aspects of underground mining and/or heavy industry (desirable)
• Experience with operating in a remote location site (desirable)
• Previous exposure to leading and facilitating ICAM investigations
• Ability to communicate to people on all levels of the workforce, and isn’t afraid of talking to large groups

Applications close 5pm Monday 22nd June 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.

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.