Senior Safety Engineer

The role

The Senior Safety Engineer will lead ISO 45001 implementation and solve safety challenges in equipment and facility design. The role focuses on OHS management systems, functional safety engineering, and general safety engineering support.

What you will do

• Lead ISO 45001 gap assessment and implementation plan.
• Develop practical OHS policies and procedures.
• Coordinate internal audits, compliance evaluations, and certification readiness.
• Support new locations through design, construction, commissioning, and operations.
• Lead or support equipment risk assessments and design reviews.
• Define safety functions and requirements and perform safety integrity level calculations.
• Develop and execute verification and validation activities.
• Provide engineering input on facility and fire or life safety questions.
• Support incident investigations, field risk assessments, and training.
• Provide general safety engineering support.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant safety engineering, industrial engineering, or OHS experience, including substantial responsibility for ISO 45001 implementation in an industrial setting.
• 3–5 years of hands-on functional safety or safety-related control-system experience.
• Applied knowledge of ISO 45001 and familiarity with other OHS management systems, such as ANSI/ASSP Z10 or ILO-OSH 2001.
• Experience applying machinery risk assessment and functional safety methods, including ISO 12100 and ISO 13849 or IEC 62061.
• Ability to read engineering drawings and control narratives and explain the basis for a safety calculation.
• Strong technical writing, facilitation, and project delivery skills.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, mechatronics, controls, systems, industrial, safety, or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Equivalent demonstrated engineering experience.
• Experience taking a site through ISO 45001 certification.
• Recognized lead-auditor training.
• Deployment of common systems across multiple locations.
• Experience in mining, mineral processing, chemicals, manufacturing, or comparable operations.
• Familiarity with SISTEMA, safety PLCs, or automated equipment.
• Relevant functional safety training or a CSP credential.

About the company

Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company on a mission to supply the critical minerals powering modern energy, AI, and defense technologies.