Permit Coordinator

At SIMPEC, culture is a big deal! Forged on community spirit and mateship. We operate in a candid environment where we value real collaboration and connection with people as people, and not as commodities. We are committed to safety; we celebrate success and have fun along the journey and are genuinely committed to live our values and walk the talk.

SIMPEC have been awarded the main procurement and construction contract for the residue filtration stage 2 project at Alcoa's Pinjarra Alumina Refinery, which will involve delivering infrastructure and services to increase processing capacity.

We're seeking a Permit Coordinator to join our commissioning team at Alcoa Pinjarra. This role will be commencing asap and will be site-based Monday - Friday with a duration of approximately 8+ months.

This is an outstanding opportunity to develop your career with a dynamic and growing company, who strive to Lead Positively and Be Like No Other.

The Role:

• Manage and oversee the Permit to Work system on the project.
• Continuous improvement of systems to ensure safety and compliance
• Permit holder register maintenance and compliance
• Interface with principal PTW personnel and operations team
• Maintain permit registers to track and record permit details such as work area, work scope, and equipment numbers, if isolating equipment.
• Track permit closure, relinquishing, and reissue.
• Review new permit requests for area conflicts and SIMOPS issues.
• Manage lock boxes associated with isolation permits.
• Verify that permits are completed accurately and clearly identify the scope of work and work location.
• Conduct permit to work related training.
• Sharing information, suggestions, and observations with project leadership to create consistency in safety standards throughout the operational team and the business unit.

About You:

• Significant industry experience in managing permit to work systems under both construction and commissioning project phases
• Experience on both brownfield and greenfield projects
• Strong understanding of HSE Legislation and compliance requirements
• Well developed problem-solving skills, attention to detail and able to work well under pressure
• Certificate IV in Workplace Health and Safety (highly desirable)
• Incident investigation methodology (e.g., ICAM or Taproot) is highly regarded

If this sounds like you then apply now, we would love to hear from you!

At SIMPEC we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity and pride ourselves on leading positively as an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to continuing to build upon the inclusivity in our workplace and ensuring that collectively, we as a team, are a diverse representation of the communities in which we operate. We recognise that diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, religion, Veterans and defence service and many other aspects of your identity and experience, and strongly encourage all to apply.