Senior Functional Safety Specialist — Hybrid & Growth

Technical Resources; Western Australia; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Hybrid work options

Job summary

Technical Resources is seeking a Functional Safety Engineer to join its safety and risk team in Perth, WA. You will work on diverse projects across heavy industry, energy and infrastructure, providing independent safety assessments and guidance.

With exposure to SIS lifecycle, SRS development and compliance reviews, you will collaborate with asset owners and engineers to enhance safety performance on complex facilities, while enjoying flexible, hybrid working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Engineering qualifications in Electrical, Mechatronic, Process, Chemical, Instrumentation or related discipline.
• Experience in functional safety, process safety or industrial risk management.
• Working knowledge of IEC 61508, IEC 61511 and related industry standards.
• Experience facilitating formal risk workshops within industrial environments.
• Strong technical writing and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Exposure to control systems, instrumentation or automation projects would be highly regarded.
• Functional Safety certification or a commitment to obtaining certification.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate risk assessment workshops including HAZOP, LOPA and SIL studies.
• Deliver functional safety assessments throughout the SIS lifecycle.
• Develop and review Safety Requirement Specifications (SRS).
• Prepare Functional Safety Management Plans and verification documentation.
• Conduct compliance, gap and audit reviews against industry standards.
• Support safety-instrumented system design and validation activities.
• Provide technical guidance on risk reduction strategies and protection layers.
• Interface with multidisciplinary engineering and operational teams.

Skills

Functional safety

Risk workshops

IEC 61508/61511

SRS development

Stakeholder engagement

Control systems experience

Technical writing

Certification pursuit

Education

Electrical/Mechatronic/Process/Instrumentation engineering

Job description

Technical Resources is seeking a Functional Safety Engineer to join its safety and risk team in Perth, WA. You will work on diverse projects across heavy industry, energy and infrastructure, providing independent safety assessments and guidance.

With exposure to SIS lifecycle, SRS development and compliance reviews, you will collaborate with asset owners and engineers to enhance safety performance on complex facilities, while enjoying flexible, hybrid working arrangements.