Health & Safety Specialist Decarb

About Us

Fortescue is both a proud West Australian company and a global green solutions business. We are recognised for our culture, innovation and industry-leading development of infrastructure, mining assets and green energy initiatives.

Our Opportunity

Work Location: Perth Office & Site - Fortescue's Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people.

Roster: Monday to Friday or 4 days on and 3 days off

We have opportunities for both Perth and Site based

Fortescue are presently looking for experienced H&S professionals to join our Decarb team, we have opportunities for both Perth and site-based positions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead health and safety deliverables across the Decarb Test & Performance program, including HME delivery, studies, and first-of-kind equipment deployment
• Facilitate and coordinate safety deliverables across projects, ensuring alignment with project requirements, timelines, and operational readiness objectives
• Lead and participate in safety studies and risk assessments, including HAZID, HAZOP, human factors, design reviews, and scope development activities
• Act as the voice of the customer in design processes, embedding safety-in-design principles into decarbonisation infrastructure and equipment
• Provide specialist advice on health and safety legislative and regulatory requirements, ensuring compliance across all decarbonisation initiatives
• Interface with site leadership, safety teams, and regulators to manage reporting, escalation, risk registers, and interpretation of decarb-specific legislation
• Contribute to and monitor Leading Safety Index (LSI) initiatives, identifying safety performance drivers and implementing improvements
• Coach and upskill operational teams on new hazards, exposures, and residual risks associated with decarbonisation technologies
• Support operational readiness by participating in risk workshops and delivering health and safety readiness activities for safe deployment into operations
• Drive continuous improvement by embedding lessons learned, strengthening safety systems, and ensuring effective risk management across Decarb programs.

Qualifications and Experience

• Relevant safety or engineering qualifications (cert IV, Bachelors, Masters etc)
• Battery related courses or exposure highly desirable
• Test and Validation exposure highly desirable
• 3+ years Resources/Mining/Construction exposure
• Risk assessment facilitation and active participation exposure required
• Extensive knowledge of mining activities, lifecycles and operations and maintenance risks
• CGR and BMS/Enablon systems exposure
• Risk management knowledge and experience
• Previous experience with Risk assessment facilitation
• HAZID facilitation would be highly desirable.

Our Commitment

Fortescue is deeply committed to providing a safe culture that builds respect, fosters inclusiveness, and values diversity. We celebrate individual strengths and team members from all backgrounds 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 across the world. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTIQ+ 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.

https://fortescue.com/careers 

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.