Manager Employee Relations | South Australia

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.



Job description:

About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen to fill the position of Manager Employee Relations, based in Adelaide, for an experienced Employee Relations Manager to join our high performing team.

This role is part of the Employee Relations sub-function of Human Resources and has responsibility for strategic employee relations matters to enable safe, sustainable and productive outcomes in BHP's South Australian Copper business.

Reporting to the Head of Employee Relations Minerals Australia and working collaboratively with the business, HR sub-functions, Legal and other supporting functions, this role is a strategic, proactive partner to senior business leaders offering a regionally consistent approach on complex employee and industrial relations matters.

This role leaders a team of ER professionals focused on delivering practical and strategic employee and industrial relations solutions, balancing risk management and enabling business priorities.

Core Responsibilities:

Leads the delivery of ER strategic actions and plans, including the development of local strategies and tactical plans to enable business priorities.
Partners with senior leaders to provide evidence-based and strategic advice in alignment with longer term business objectives.
Applies an understanding of internal and external business context and BHP operating model to enhance decision making, productivity and value chain performance. Ability to confidently analyse and interpret data to support advice and decision-making is an advantage.
Identifies, effectively engages and manages a range of diverse internal and external stakeholders.
Gains support for and negotiates outcomes that achieve mutually beneficial goals.
Identifies risks, makes risk adjusted/informed decisions and implements BHP's risk management framework to support safe and productive performance outcomes.
Relentlessly pursues continuous improvement, leveraging BHP's Operating System to achieve excellence.