Principal Emergency Management

About the Company

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.

BHP is seeking an experienced Principal Security & Emergency Management professional to join our WA Iron Ore (WAIO) business. This is a senior, influential role responsible for setting direction and strengthening security and emergency management capability across one of Australia’s largest resource operations.

Based in Perth on a 5:2 roster, with regular travel to site, you will partner closely with operational leaders to ensure safe, secure and resilient outcomes across the asset.

About the Role

Reporting into the Asset HSSEM team, you will provide strategic leadership, governance and technical expertise across security and emergency management disciplines.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and continuously improving security and emergency management practices to support safe, productive and compliant operations.
• Planning, tracking and delivering initiatives and projects that generate value and achieve defined outcomes.
• Identifying, assessing and managing security and emergency management risks using BHP’s risk management framework to support informed decision‑making.
• Influencing and engaging a wide range of internal and external stakeholders across complex operational environments.
• Making evidence‑based, strategic decisions aligned to longer‑term business objectives.
• Designing and implementing governance, assurance and management of change processes to ensure consistent standards across security and emergency management.
• Driving the development and implementation of industry best practice across the asset.
• Supporting implementation and compliance with security and emergency response critical controls.
• Contributing to strategic planning, preparedness, response and recovery activities aligned to asset and global standards.
• Providing expert technical advice to operations to ensure compliance with standard operating procedures and applicable legislation.
• Maintaining high‑quality security and emergency management reporting, data integrity and governance.

About You

You are a respected security and emergency management professional with strong technical credibility, commercial judgement and the ability to influence at senior levels.

You will bring:

• Deep understanding of the security and emergency management regulatory environment, with experience in SEM risk practices and programs.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement capability, with the confidence to influence across operational and leadership teams.
• A demonstrated ability to translate strategy into practical, executable outcomes.
• A proactive, adaptable and future‑focused mindset.
• Proven experience and subject matter expertise in security and emergency management or a closely related discipline.

Why Join BHP

At BHP, we create opportunities to make a genuine difference. You’ll work on complex, large‑scale operations, partner with experienced leaders, and contribute to outcomes that matter — for our people, our communities and our business.

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.