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SalaryFortescue is both a proud West Australian company and a global green solutions business. We are recognised for our culture, innovation and industry-leading development of infrastructure, mining assets and green energy initiatives.
Our Opportunity
Work Location: Perth, Hazelmere, Redcliffe, WA
Fortescue's Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people.
Roster: Monday to Friday
Reporting to the Lead Process Safety and Risk Engineer, the Senior System Safety Engineer will be responsible for providing Systems Safety support and guidance to engineering teams on complex projects across the Heavy Industry sector (e.g., rail, mine haul trucks, heavy duty charging equipment), as well as proactively manage interfaces with key stakeholders, including the Engineering teams, Project Management, Operations, and Health & Safety across the entire lifecycle, and will pro-actively mitigate issues and risks to deliver Safety Cases and ensure safe operation of the facility during deployment.
The role requires the application of safety, functional safety and RAM engineering analysis techniques and standards to a variety of projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Developing effective strategies to ensure developed products, systems and applications are safe, maintainable, and reliable.
- Identifying hazards, hazard analysis and management, and assessing safety risk.
- Developing, owning, maintaining, and implementing the Safety Plans and Safety Cases.
- Performing Safety and RAM requirements capture, analysis, modelling, and traceability activities to gain certification authority approval.
- Applying System Safety assessment techniques such as FTA, FMEA, CCA, HAZID, HAZOP, SIL, SHA, IHA, etc. in the design of products.
- Engaging and influencing the Product Design and Engineering activities to ensure that the hierarchy of controls and Safety in Design practices are implemented in products.
- Carrying out additional tasks as may be required from time to time by the Lead Process Safety and Risk Engineer.
- Degree or equivalent in Engineering/Electrical/Electronic/Computer Science
- Previous experience in the working in a system or functional safety role and RAM studies within rail, heavy industry (e.g. mining), automotive, or aerospace engineering.
- Understanding and application experience of safety management and Safety Engineering processes such as safety planning, hazard analysis, safety requirements capture and safety case development.
- Experience or knowledge of producing the following: Hazard Identification, System Hazard Log Management, System Hazard Analysis Reports, Application Safety Cases, Safety Analysis Reports, FME(C)As etc.
- Understanding and application experience of verification and validation techniques is highly desirable.
- Experience with CENELEC 50126/50128/50129 and IEC 61508 standards or other industry equivalents is highly desirable.
- Knowledge of Australian and applicable international codes and standards as well as the applicable statutory requirements.
- Experience or knowledge of cybersecurity standards is highly desirable.
- Experience in risk assessment and control effectiveness activities:
- Bowtie/HAZID/dFMEA/HAZOP/SIL/FTA/SHA/IHA, preferably in rail or automotive, with specific battery-electric experience valued.
Fortescue is deeply committed to providing a safe culture that builds respect, fosters inclusiveness, and values diversity. We celebrate individual strengths and team members from all backgrounds are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with across the world. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTIQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
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Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub.
Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.
