Manager Exploration Security

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

Work Location
Santiago, Chile or Toronto, Canada 40 hours per week. Hybrid working (flexible, shared workstations and a combination of office and work from home) is standard for BHP.

Total Rewards
The starting annual salary range for this role is $188, ,000 CAD. Additional rewards includes a short-term incentive bonus program, health plan, personal spending account, dental, life insurance, and pension.

Purpose
Reporting to the Head of Health, Safety, Security & Environment, this role is a subject matter expert that sets and leads the strategic direction on security and crisis emergency management (CEM) across Exploration. It supports the development, deployment and governance of standards and initiatives through indirect leadership of the security and CEM disciplines.

About The Role
In this role, you will:

• Govern the development and maintenance of Security and CEM processes, systems and documents within Exploration.
• Responsible for driving continuous improvement in CEM to ensure that response and management teams have the right capabilities, tools and systems to respond and recover from events.
• Provide governance over the management of security risks and continually review and improve the effectiveness of security controls and management systems within Exploration.
• Define mechanisms to build and maintain capability in security and CEM within Exploration.
• Actively monitor current and prospective jurisdictions for security related threats, and establishes proactive plans.
• Support HSSE due diligence of, and assurance on third party opportunities in areas of technical expertise.
• Provide coaching and support to customers to build Security and CEM capability.
• Identify and assess risks, make risk informed decisions, use BHP's risk management framework and build a risk aware culture to support safe and productive performance outcomes.
• Leverage deep subject matter expertise, knowledge of the business, industry and analytical capabilities to solve complex problems and opportunities relevant to HSSE.
• Monitor Security and CEM performance and control effectiveness to support capability building, and to identify risks to BHP.

About You

• Bachelor degree in security, CEM or a related discipline.
• Multi country / regional experience.
• Strong communication, engagement and influencing skills, with ability to adapt to suit target audience.
• Demonstrated experience across Security and CEM disciplines, preferably in the resources industry and inclusive of time at an operational level.
• Experience across multiple commodities and regulatory jurisdictions including exposure from working in global teams.
• Demonstrated ability to influence multiple levels within an organisation and stakeholders.

Application Deadline
This posting will be active until 11:59pm CST on January 8, 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. The outcome of these checks is not determinative of whether or not BHP decides to make an offer of employment.

Supporting a Diverse Workplace
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 is 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 recognize 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

At BHP, we aim to unlock the enormous potential that diverse and inclusive teams bring to the workplace, to leave a strong legacy within and beyond our operations for the generations to come.