Principal Hse

**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 role provides an exciting opportunity to provide HSE leadership and support to the newly established Metals Exploration (MEX) Canada team. Reporting to the North America HSE Superintendent for Metals Exploration, you will provide technical HSE advice and support for operational exploration activities across Canada.

You will provide leadership and provide technical expertise in the management of health, hygiene, environment, security, safety, emergency response and HSE assurance related issues, processes, provisions, and initiatives for the BHP Metals Exploration country team.

Based in Saskatoon, SK Canada, regular travel will be required to enable effective relationships with the team and customers. You will enable the execution of BHP and MEX HSE related requirements and initiatives across Canada field activities.

**In this role you will**:

- Manage, improve, and provide expertise on safety risk management practices to improve organizational safety outcomes and performance.- Define and drive effectiveness and standardization of processes in partnership with your peers across Metals Exploration.
- Support country team in delivery of performance targets relevant to health, safety, emergency response, security, environment, and hygiene.
- Manages the coordination of HSE reporting, systems and processes at the country level and in accordance with relevant country legislation.
- Support country growth through engagement with pipeline development, identifying key HSE needs to support growth.
- Support the delivery of MEX and Global HSE Strategy and key MEX HSE priorities.
- Build HSE capability and capacity within the Country team through coaching, mentoring and the provision of advice on HSE strategy, system and procedures.

**About You**:
To fully fulfill the role:

- You will be an experienced HSE professional with a minimum 3 to 5 years’ experience in exploration, mining, or similar resources industry.
- Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills with a demonstrated capability to negotiate and influence internal and external stakeholders, including regulators and community groups.
- Well-developed and professional technical expertise will stem from an influenced practice in the HSE area with a minimum 3 to 5 years of experience and a supporting tertiary degree in a health, safety, environment or related field.
- Knowledge of key concepts, theories and practices related to effective management of HSE related risks.

**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 share program.

At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect.

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.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran