Date: 21 Aug 2025
Job Posting End Date: 03-Sep-2025;13:59:59GMT
Job Country:Australia
Job State/Province: Queensland
Job Location/Region: Bowen Basin

ABOUT THE ROLE

We have an opportunity to join our Health, Safety, Security and Emergency Management (HSS&EM) team at our Peak Downs Mine.
The Principal role is responsible for providing leadership, coaching and expert advice to the BMA Coal Assets and key stakeholders on health and wellbeing. This role will report to the HSS&EM Manager at the operation.
Flexible work options can be considered.

As the successful candidate you will:

• Coach and upskill health specialists in complex injury, illness case management, return to work, rehabilitation and workers compensation processes
• Provide expert technical advice and coaching on classification and non-complex case management
• Maintain strong internal and external relationships with key stakeholders
• Project manage (lead and execute) risk and data led proactive health and wellbeing programs
• Manage our health, hygiene and wellbeing risk through effective control ownership, design and performance
• Have a growth mindset to improve our Health standards, procedures and systems to deliver efficiencies
• Participate in global health initiatives and industry workshops
• Partner with Occupational Hygiene to provide high level technical advice to reduce workplace exposures
• Maintain key medical and allied health services through contract management

To be successful in the Health Principal role you will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in a health-related discipline - ideally with APHRA or ESSA or similarly related registration – OHS, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychology, human movements, ergonomics, human factors
• Minimum of five years’ experience working in a large complex environment ideally within mining or heavy industry
• Effective project management skills (strong verbal and written communication skills) are essential, with the capability to effectively engage and coach at all levels of the organisation
• Relevant experience in systemic management of Occupational Health and partnering with Occupational Hygiene in a substantial business
• Working knowledge of both Queensland workers compensation and Queensland mining health and safety legislation is required
• Personal resilience to act as the subject matter expert on health matters in a fast-paced environment utilising current evidence-based practic