Senior Electrical Engineer - Risk and Functional Safety

About Us

Advitech, part of Emergent Group, has delivered engineering excellence for nearly 40 years. We value integrity, respect, and collaboration—working across diverse industries to deliver outstanding outcomes. Joining us means access to complex projects, multidisciplinary expertise, and opportunities to grow your career.

The Opportunity - Senior Electrical Engineer - Risk and Functional Safety

Advitech’s Risk and Functional Safety team is continuing to grow to support our increasing workload. We’re looking for an adaptable, pragmatic Functional Safety Engineer who can confidently navigate both technical and commercial challenges.

If you have experience in functional safety and risk management — great. If you come from an electrical, instrumentation, automation or control systems background and have some exposure to risk or functional safety—and want to deepen your expertise—we’d love to hear from you too. We will support you in obtaining a Functional Safety certification if needed.

This role suits someone who is analytical but not bogged down by unnecessary complexity, enjoys variety, and thrives when working across diverse industries.

Key Responsibilities - What you'll be doing

• Completing risk and functional safety analysis across an extensive range of clients and industries
• Contributing specialist engineering knowledge and experience to multidisciplinary projects
• Helping expand Advitech’s involvement in renewable energy and emerging climate technologies
• Coordinating project scopes of works, budgets, schedules and deliverables
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with new and existing clients

To be successful in this role, you will meet the following essential criteria:

• Degree qualification in Electrical Engineering, recognised by Engineers Australia
• Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng), or eligibility to obtain

• Experience across across a diverse range of technical challenges and applications, with possible examples including:

·         Process control/automation

·         Renewable energy

·         Remote area power systems

·         Data collection and analysis

• Self-motivated with a strong desire and ability to acquire technical and business knowledge/skills
• Demonstrated high level technical report writing skills
• Current unrestricted drivers licence (motor vehicle)

 Electrical Engineers meeting the following desirable criteria will be highly regarded:

• TÜV or equivalent qualification in Functional Safety
• Experience auditing electrical equipment or systems against machinery or electrical safety standards.
• Experience in risk management and/or engineering design
• Experience with design, maintenance or operation of industrial control systems, machinery, mining, or processing plant

About the Position

Position Type: Permanent - Full Time or Part Time – you decide!
Reports To: Group Leader - Risk and Functional Safety
Start Date: flexible
Location: Advitech office, located in the Emergent Group Headquarters, Newcastle. Flexible work practices apply for this role.
Salary: base salary plus superannuation and generous income protection insurance, wellbeing vouchers, employee referral program bonus, overtime options, professional membership training, and more.

The wellbeing of our people is our highest priority. When you join us, you become part of Emergent Group Australia, which means you’ll be surrounded by people who help you achieve a meaningful career.

We've designed our benefits to support your wellbeing, lifestyle and career goals.

• Flexibility is built in. Whether it’s flexible start/finish times, a 4-day week or one day from home, you’ll be able to balance work to support your personal life.
• Wellbeing vouchers every year – for gym or swimming pool membership, fitness equipment or relaxation therapies to help you stay healthy and energised.
• Access to training, mentoring, and support to help you grown your skills and advance your career.
• 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Program for you and your immediate family to help you maintain your emotional and psychological wellbeing.

Make a Real Impact  

We are tackling complex challenges that require smart, connected teams. Integrity, collaboration, and purpose drive everything we do—because solving real world problems starts with the right people.

Interested? Apply Now

If you have the legal right to live and work in Australia, and want to be part of our dynamic team, submit your resume and cover letter addressing how you meet the requirements for this role.

We are a Responsive Employer. We appreciate the time and effort it takes to prepare and submit your application, and in return we carefully consider and provide responses to each and every applicant. We don’t just contact the short-listed candidates, or leave you wondering. If you are not suitable for this role, we will keep your details on file for future roles.

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