Process Safety Engineer

About Thales

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

We’re inventing the future, right here, right now, at Thales. We design the critical security solutions of tomorrow by combining the curiosity to explore, the intelligence to question and the vision to create. Together we solve complicated problems by combining our experience in the market with our leading research and development capabilities.

Our Opportunity 

As part of Thales Australia, Australian Munitions is the largest supplier of explosive ordnance to the Australian Defence Force, with a successful track record delivering ammunition, propellants, explosives and related services including acid production and industrial waste treatment to Defence and commercial markets.

As a Process Safety Engineer you will be embedded in a production team reporting outside the team to the Health Safety Environment (HSE) Manager. The Process Safety Engineer provides specialist risk and safety engineering advice and services to support safe production. As a Process Safety Engineer you will maintain  the safety management systems and controls that support safe production in a chemical and explosive manufacturing context. 

Responsibilities

• Maintain the Major Hazard Facility (MHF) Licence, the supporting Safety Case and annual MHF reporting obligations.
• Facilitate risk assessments for hazard identification, control of hazards, assessment of consequences and identification actions needed to maintain safety critical controls.
• Ensure Management of Change recommendations identify compliance obligations, best practice solutions, inherent safety  and ongoing improvement of layers of protection in process design.
• Work closely with key stakeholders including production, maintenance, project engineering and management staff for the delivery of safe production.
• Review safe systems of work including operating and maintenance procedures against identified critical controls to ensure effectiveness.
• Lead Health Safety and Environmental incident investigations and make recommendations on findings

About You

• Tertiary qualification in Chemical Engineering, Industrial Chemist or other related Engineering field.
• Demonstrated understanding and application of Regulations with an emphasis on MHF or equivalent process safety obligations
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the use of MS Office suite to create reports
• Extensive understanding of the principles of processing chemical plant engineering design, reliability and risk control.
• Demonstrated experience in risk assessment methodologies including HAZOP and LOPA
• A pragmatic thinker capable of creating practical solutions out of complex issues
• Demonstrate an understanding of human factors to support a process safety culture
• Able to work independently and effectively manage managing your own time effectively

Special Requirements 

International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) are applicable and as such, your nationality may be a factor in determining your suitability for this role.

You will also need to successfully clear a pre-employment medical and police check.

Culture & Benefits at Thales

Thales can offer you a variety of interesting and challenging work. We support  our employees to develop professionally and succeed. We are a growing global organisation so hiring from within is our first priority, ensuring all our employees are given every opportunity to develop and build their career.   We offer a variety of initiatives that support your wellbeing such as flexible work practices, salary sacrifice, novated leasing and purchased leave.

Thales is committed to providing  an inclusive workplace where the very best talent in Australia chooses to work, we encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!