Senior Functional Safety Engineer
Date: 29 May 2025
Location: Corporate Office, Henderson, WA, AU
Company: Civmec
The Company
Civmec is an Australian-owned, integrated, multidisciplinary heavy engineering and construction services provider to the energy, resources, infrastructure, marine and defence sectors. Our diversification enables us to operate extensively across the nation, supporting a wide range of landmark projects and providing variety and career development opportunities for our workforce.
Join the Civmec Team
Civmec is on the hunt for a Senior Functional Safety Engineer! You'll play a vital role in the design, development, and implementation of safety instrumented systems, focusing on balanced machines. This position is responsible for creating, reviewing, and updating Civmec and project-specific functional safety management, verification and validation plans, designs, design guidelines, and procedures
The Role
- Provide functional safety expertise on multi-disciplinary balanced machine projects,
- Prepare and/ or maintain Civmec Balanced Machine Functional Safety Management Plan
- Develop and deliver customised project Functional Safety Management Plan
- Collaborate with clients, and engineering teams to embed functional safety principles into the design and delivery of instrumented safety systems.
- Prepare functional safety related documents and deliverable including management plans, hazard and risk assessments, Safety Requirement Specifications, Safety hardware specification, verification and validation reports, Functional Safety Assessment report and other key deliverables.
- Perform Functional Safety Audit and Validation activities.
- Facilitate and lead client workshops, including hazard identification and HAZOP, risk assessments, and LOPA.
- Develop maintenance and proof test procedures aligned with safety integrity requirements.
- Implement and use the Company tools and application to efficiently delivering the functional safety design
- Communicate effectively with all project teams,
- Manage functional safety deliverables in line with schedule and budget requirements
- Train and coach less experienced personnel.
About You
- Prepare and/ or maintain Company Functional Safety related standard and procedure
- Participate in design reviews as required;
- Prepare, Review and Mark-up functional safety deliverable with due consideration of safety, operability, simplicity and cost minimisation;
- Assist in the development of engineering solutions;
- Work to the Company’s quality expectations.
Civmec + You
At Civmec, we offer an inclusive workplace built on family values, with a ‘Never Assume’ culture, sustained by our experienced and supportive management team. We believe our workforce is our greatest asset, and that’s why we provide an environment rich in career development opportunities to upskill and develop professionally. Our generous Reward and Recognition scheme recognises employees that go the extra mile. Our staff benefits scheme gives you access to accident and sickness insurance, and a range of travel, entertainment, vehicle and lifestyle discounts.
How to Apply
Please click the “apply” link to start your application. We look forward to starting the pathway to your career with Civmec.
Alternatively, please email recruitment@civmec.com.au for a confidential chat or call our Recruitment Team on (08) 6595 5888.
Civmec is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Defence force experience is desirable, and veterans are encouraged to apply.
We respectfully request no agency submissions.
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