Safety Specialist - Aviation / Mission Critical Environment
Location: Remote (Australia)
Security Clearance: Baseline Security Clearance required
Contract: 6-month contract with 6-month extension option
Our client is seeking an experienced Safety Specialist to support a high-profile, mission-critical program within a complex aviation and operational technology environment. This role will ensure safety and operational assurance considerations are embedded into solution design, integration activities, and delivery planning-particularly where changes impact critical operational systems.
As the Safety Specialist, you will ensure proposed solutions appropriately address safety, reliability, maintainability, and availability considerations in line with stringent aviation and critical infrastructure expectations. You will contribute directly to safety case development and ensure that safety risks are proactively identified, assessed, and mitigated throughout the program lifecycle.
To be successful in this role you must:
Conduct safety impact assessments across multiple workstreams (including systems integration, service design frameworks, and operational process platforms such as ServiceNow).
Develop and contribute to safety case input artefacts, including:
Hazards and controls summaries
Operational readiness considerations
Change impacts to operational procedures
Participate in option assessments and gate reviews to ensure:
Safety risks are visible in decision packs
Mitigations are feasible and appropriately costed
Embed safety deliverables into project plans and procurement activities.
Work collaboratively with vendors to ensure Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability (RMA) considerations are reflected in solution designs.
Support integration of safety controls into implementation and assurance plans.
To be considered for this role you must have:
Demonstrated experience in Safety Engineering / Safety Assurance within:
Aviation environments (e.g. CASR 171, 172, 175), and/or
Critical infrastructure, defence, or other mission-critical environments
Experience contributing to formal safety cases and hazard analysis
Strong understanding of operational risk in complex integrated environments
Ability to work across multidisciplinary technical and operational teams
Experience participating in governance forums, gate reviews, and risk assessments
Understanding of integration impacts across cyber, data, and operational platforms
When inquiring about this role, please quote the job number #273094
To be considered for the role click the 'apply' button or for more information about this and other opportunities please contact Irina Alrogi on or email: and quote the above job reference number.
Paxus values diversity and welcomes applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability. If you require an adjustment to the recruitment process, including the application form in an alternate format, please contact me on the above contact details.