About Laing O'Rourke

Laing O’Rourke is a $6 billion global engineering and manufacturing-led construction leader, delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects. In Australia, we’ve proudly operated under the Laing O’Rourke banner for over 20 years, building on more than 70 years of local expertise. 

Driven by our purpose - pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, in service of humanity - we create safer hospitals, cleaner water, secure defence facilities, and better-connected cities. We also build meaningful careers and inclusive workplaces where people thrive. Backed by global strength and deep local roots, our unique operating model combines cutting-edge technology with modern methods of construction to deliver certainty for clients and transform how infrastructure is engineered and built.

We also own two vertically integrated businesses: Select Plant Australia, the nation’s fourth-largest plant hire company, and Laing O’Rourke Rail Operations, supporting major projects and nationwide rail maintenance.

That’s the Power of Experience.

About the role

We are currently seeking a Systems and Safety Assurance Manager. This role will initially be based in our Brisbane head office and will move to site in 2027.

Key responsibilities

Reporting into the Systems Integration and Assurance Lead, you will be responsible for:

• Leading systems engineering and safety assurance for the project, ensuring effective implementation of the Systems Assurance Plan, Systems Engineering Management Plan, and requirements management processes/tools (e.g., DOORS).
  
  
• Driving all safety assurance activities, including HAZID, development of safety controls, preparation and review of safety documentation, Safety Assurance Statements/Reports, and validation of hazard logs.
  
  
• Preparing for and leading Systems Safety Working Groups, ensuring issues, risks, actions, and decisions are clearly presented, tracked, and resolved.
  
  
• Supporting the development of the overarching Wave Safety Case, contributing evidence, analyses, and lifecycle documentation.
  
  
• Assuring and maintaining configurable baselines, ensuring changes are controlled, properly assessed, tracked, and aligned with verification and validation requirements.
  
  
• Supporting project change management, ensuring systems engineering and safety assurance impacts are assessed, communicated, and integrated across the project lifecycle.
  
  
• Ensuring safety and systems requirements are embedded into design, construction, and commissioning, participating in design safety reviews and overseeing verification, validation, and change control processes.
  
  
• Acting as the primary point of contact for systems engineering and safety assurance, collaborating with clients, partners, subcontractors, and internal teams, while supporting audits, compliance activities, and continuous improvement

About you

• Degree qualified in Engineering or Science.
  
  
• Masters qualified providing a technical or leadership extension to base degree (preferred).
  
  
• Professionally chartered with a recognised professional institution.
  
  
• Knowledge of risk-based safety assurance.
  
  
• Knowledge of legislation, standards and guidance, processes and practices related to systems engineering and safety management for rail infrastructure projects.
  
  
• Knowledge of verification and validation techniques and the application of international safety standards such as IEC15288, IEC61508, EN50126, EN50129 and ‘Yellow Book’.
  
  

Benefits

We work hard to create an environment that brings out the best in our people. We believe in building careers through providing a safe, connected and innovative culture that supports ongoing growth and development. We offer industry-leading benefits such as specialised learning and development programs, a mental health and wellbeing program, industry leading paid parental leave policy, an additional purchased leave option and coaching programs for staff on parental leave.

Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to building a workforce that reflects the diverse society in which we live and work. Laing O’Rourke is recognised as a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality in 2020, 2022, and 2024. We know that the right culture and purposeful innovation are key to delivering impact.

Laing O'Rourke actively supports a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. Download our Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan at https://www.laingorourke.com/company/diversity-and-inclusion

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be considered.