Principal Safety Design

About Us

Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever.

Our Opportunity

Location: Perth Office – 256 St Georges Terrace

Fortescue’s Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people.

Roster: Mon to Fri

An opportunity exists for a Principal Safety Design to join the decarbonisation project. The decarbonisation team supports Fortescue in achieving its goal of decarbonisation of the Pilbara operations by 2030.

Key Responsibilities

• Engaging and influencing the Decarbonisation Project activities to ensure that the hierarchy of controls and Safety in Design practices are implemented in projects
• Lead the implementation of the health and safety deliverables into Decarbonisation projects as required
• Provide guidance on the methodologies and techniques that can be used for identifying hazards, hazard analysis and management, and assessing safety risk
• Participate in design reviews and other safety related design inputs as the voice of the customer for Decarbonation projects, equipment and processes
• Conducting hazard identification exercises, hazard analysis and hazard log management and gathering safety assurance evidence
• Support the decarbonisation team to identify and document the safety requirements for the projects and operations
• Build the capability of the decarbonisation project teams in understanding safety in design and health and safety deliverables related to decarbonisation projects
• Achieving and maintaining effective communication with the project delivery team, and other internal and external stakeholders
• Develop and manage interfaces with key stakeholders including the Engineering teams, project management, Operations and Health and Safety teams.

Qualifications and Experience

• Process Safety, Functional Safety or Product Safety Design experience and background highly recommended
• Strong health and safety qualifications, skills and experience required
• Demonstrated design review experience is required
• The ability to facilitate risk assessments (HAZID, HAZOP, EHAZOP, FMEA, Fault tree etc) is highly desirable
• Electrical engineering or electrical experience and background highly desirable
• Interest in renewables, decarbonisation activities and electrified equipment.

Our Commitment

Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members 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. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ 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.