Associate Functional Safety Engineer (E,I&C)

Beca; Auckland; On-site; NZD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Beca as an Associate Functional Safety Engineer, where you will lead the technical delivery of Safety Instrumented System designs across diverse industrial sectors. This role offers significant career development opportunities and the chance to work with a passionate team dedicated to project excellence and personal growth.

Qualifications

• Experienced engineer with functional safety certification.
• Broad E,I&C capabilities for various industrial sectors.
• Ability to apply legislative requirements for safety.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and verification of Safety Critical Elements.
• Provide technical expertise on safety legislative requirements.
• Develop team capabilities and manage client relationships.

Skills

Functional Safety

Project Delivery

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Registered Engineer

TUV FSEng or CFSE Certification

Job description

Associate Functional Safety Engineer (E,I&C)

• Apply your specialist Functional Safety experience to Safety Instrumented System (SIS) and Safety Critical Element (SCE) design and verification projects across a broad and complex Industrial client portfolio.
• Varied role with career development opportunities including across technical, project delivery and developing others to support the wider E,I&C team.
• Be part of a passionate team, focused on project delivery excellence for our clients, as well as your personal and professional development, making every day better.

Te whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity

Lead the technical and project delivery of Electrical, Instrumentation and Controls (E,I&C) engineering design projects, with a focus on delivering Safety Critical Element (SCE) design, SCE design verification, and Safety Instrumented System (SIS) designs. You will be working with a team of Industrial Engineering experts, working across a range of sectors including wood and fibre, dairy and food processing, gas and chemical sites.

You will be working with a team of over 250 engineers and industry experts passionate about the positive impact they have through the projects they deliver. This role provides significant career development opportunities through the variety of client sectors you will be working across in the Industrial market as well as the variety of project types you will have exposure to. You will have the opportunities of having a varied and meaningful career at Beca, and our employee-owned structure puts people at the heart of our decision-making.

A key focus of this role will be applying your technical E,I&C expertise, understanding site and client requirements, delivering design, verification and managing client relationships. Other key tasks include:

• SCE design, SCE design verification, ICP role and Functional Safety design/verification
• Providing technical expertise including understanding of the relevant safety legislative requirements, for the application on individual client and site projects, particularly for Major Hazardous Facilities
• Applying practical experience in advising, designing, reviewing, and certifying safety aspects of SCEs and Safety Instrumented Systems
• Develop other’s capability to grow our existing team’s capability
• Applying strong communication and relationship building abilities both internally across the team and Industrial business, as well as externally with clients
• Ideally the successful candidate is someone who can interact with clients to continue to grow the business

To be successful in this role, you will be an experienced engineer who is registered (chartered) and certified in functional safety (TUV FSEng or CFSE), as required by our clients. Successful candidate would also need to demonstrate broader E,I&C capabilities that could be used in more general forms for other industrial sectors.

You will be joining a diverse and talented team with a vast breadth of knowledge and track record, where innovation and delivering the best for our clients is at the heart of every decision we make. In this role, you will be part of the team working with clients, contractors and vendors to deliver a diverse range of projects across New Zealand, Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.

You will have the opportunity to both learn from our leading Principals, mechanical experts, delivery leads and project specialists, as well as having scope to have your say and contribute. Working at Beca will provide you with access to a truly multi discipline business where you can draw on technical experts to support delivery of significant and complex projects across complex mechanical engineering projects. You will have input into how projects are delivered, being encouraged to make suggestions and voice your thoughts on solutions.

This role can be based on Beca’s Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga or Christchurch offices with our Industrial team diverse and passionate engineers, mechanical experts, designers and project delivery teams. Further details on how you can develop your Industrial Mechanical Engineering career within Beca’s Industrial business here: https://www.beca.com/what-we-do/services/industrial/industrial-services.

Mōu ake | About you

To be successful in this role, you will be an E,I&C Engineer looking to make a difference with a passion for project delivery excellence. You love to learn, be pragmatic, share knowledge and are someone who can bring a fresh perspective. You will also have an enquiring mind and be able to problem-solve and think laterally. You are a qualified Engineer with a passion and good problem-solving skills. You have grown your technical E,I&C experience through working on projects for heavy industrial, food and beverage processing facilities, or related industrial sites. You will have experience and understand the detailed design process, as well as being able to understand how designs and solutions impact on site. Experience working on-site building relationships with operations teams and the related requirements of being on site, will be an advantage.

How you work is also important to us – we will value your enthusiasm and motivation to continue to learn from your peers and more senior members of the team. Working amongst a group of highly motivated professionals, you will step into an open and supportive culture that values the skills you contribute to the group. You will also enjoy the challenge of working across multiple projects with different timelines and deliverables, as well as having responsibility for delivery of your part of a project.

Beca prides itself on supporting a diverse and inclusive culture – open to inputs from creative people of all genders, ethnicity, identity, thought and experiences. We welcome applications from candidates from a range of backgrounds and work experiences. If you are interested however have questions whether this is currently the right opportunity for you, then please reach out via the contacts listed below.

Mō mātou | About us

Beca is one of Asia Pacific’s largest independent advisory, design, and engineering consultancies. After a century of operation, we have grown from a family-owned business to one of the most progressive, client-centric professional services consultancies in our region. We have more than 4,000 employees in 25 offices around the world and have delivered projects in more than 70 countries.

‘Creative people together transforming our world’ is our vision. It reflects our culture, our aspirations and our purpose – to make everyday better. We create value through understanding and delivering successful solutions, exceptional service and our enduring relationships helping our clients shape communities, optimise their assets and streamline their operations. Find out more about us at www.beca.com.

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