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
Reporting to the Lead HR Business Partnership, the Specialist HRBP is a site-based role that partners closely with operational leaders to deliver pragmatic, high-impact people solutions.
The role has a strong focus on Industrial & Employee Relations (IR/ER), workforce productivity, and building leadership capability to drive engagement, culture, inclusion, and talent outcomes aligned to business priorities.
Accountabilities
- Support IR/ER activities execution at site, including risk mitigation, and ensuring strong bargaining preparedness through data-driven insights and leader readiness.
- Coach and support leaders to confidently manage their teams, strengthening capability in engagement, performance, inclusion, and ER matters to drive consistent and effective leadership practices.
- Partner with leaders to embed sustainable engagement and inclusion practices, aligned to WAIO and enterprise I&D strategy, translating insights into actionable plans that shift behaviours and improve culture outcomes.
- Identify and deliver workforce productivity opportunities partnering with leaders to optimise performance and drive value across the operation.
- Support talent management practices including succession planning, and development, ensuring strong pipelines and outcomes aligned to current and future business needs.
- Build trusted relationships across the site and broader organisation, influencing outcomes across diverse stakeholders including operations, HR Centres of Excellence, and HRBPs across WAIO.
- Apply a strong understanding of the BHP operating model and site context to improve decision-making, strengthen execution, and contribute to 100% safety, 100% customer value, and 0% waste.
- Proven HR experience in complex, operational environments, with strong exposure to IR/ER and workforce challenges
- Demonstrated capability in coaching leaders, influencing decisions, and driving behavioural change
- Experience supporting or contributing to bargaining processes and building leader readiness
- Strong track record in engagement, culture, inclusion, and talent outcomes
- Commercial mindset with the ability to link people initiatives to productivity and business value
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, build relationships, and deliver outcomes in a fast-paced, site-based environment
- Relevant tertiary qualification in Business, Human Resources, Psychology, or related discipline (desirable)
Open for applications until 10-Aug.
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.