Principal Health

**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**

BHP’s Jansen Potash Project located approximately 140 km east of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan is BHP’s first and most advanced potash project. Jansen will add diversity and a Canadian presence to BHP’s global portfolio. Jansen’s large resource endowment provides the opportunity to develop it in stages, with anticipated initial capacity of 4.35 Mtpa. The BHP Board has recently sanctioned Jansen Project (Stage 1), with a US $5.7 billion investment. The project is now entering the construction phase, with the first potash expected in 2027.

**Purpose**:
Thinking about your next career move? Then think big BHP is looking for a talented Principal Health & Hygiene to deliver improvement and governance in the domain of Health and Hygiene (H&H) across Potash. This role will provide leadership and expert advice to our construction projects, operation readiness, and other stakeholders on occupational H&H related matters and risks. The role will also set and progress health-related strategies to drive an uplift in quality of plans, standards, practices that address health and hygiene issues/risks.

**About the Role**:
In this role, you will:

- Be the primary H&H interface with operation readiness, Jansen site teams, Minerals America HSE, and Group HSE
- Manage and execute improvement work that requires technical H&H related expertise across various functions, site teams, and contractors
- Ensure Jansen site’s compliance to the various company H&H protocols including the BHP Health Our Requirements and associated legislation
- Ensure occupational exposure management including associated contractor management.
- Govern the development and enhancements of H&H procedures and training
- Provide technical expertise in Fitness for Work, Fatigue Management, and Drug and Alcohol processes, including the development of suitable duties plans and associated documents
- Manage the BHP health and hygiene data management system (Cority) to ensure quality of exposure monitoring data and accurate reporting of results to stakeholders
- Coordinate critical rhythms and routines that ensure an effective and efficient deployment of H&H initiatives and delivery against KPIs
- Participate in routines to provide technical assurance over the delivery of standards relevant to H&H across Jansen

**Work Location**:
Downtown, Saskatoon office. 40 hours per week. This role will require regular travel to the Jansen mine site located in Leroy, SK. Hybrid working (flexible, shared workstations and a combination of office and work from home) is standard for BHP.

**About You**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health and/or Industrial Hygiene discipline
- Certified Industrial Hygiene (CIH) or Registered Occupational Hygienist (ROH) is preferred but not required
- Proven ability to influence and mentor others in Health and Safety principles and behaviours
- Demonstrated experience in a construction, mining operational or functional heavy industry role with successful leadership of multi-disciplinary teams and joint ventures
- Working knowledge of engineering, contracts & procurement, construction, commissioning, project controls, & community and risk multi-discipline workflows and interactions for large capital projects
- Experience challenging priorities and plans to validate they are focused on what matters most
- High attention to detail, motivation, and commitment to quality outcomes
- Experience managing change initiatives
- Ability to operate effectively and work under pressure in a fast-paced environment utilizing solution-based methodologies
- Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to communicate with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders including functional managers and discipline leads on the project, clients, outside vendors and contractors

**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.

**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