Fatigue and Human Factors Advisor

4 weeks ago

City of Brisbane, Australia Monash University Full time

Job Number: 92013-525529 Work type: Permanent - Full Time Location: Brisbane Categories: Health, Safety & Environment, Business Professional

Location: Brisbane

About the role:

Join our Safety, Health, Environment and Learning (SHEL) team in a critical advisory role focused on fatigue risk management. This position supports Aurizon's operational safety by providing expert advice, facilitating workshops, analysing data, and contributing to continuous improvement in our Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS).

Key responsibilities include:

- Providing specialist advice and support on fatigue risk management across the business.
- Assisting the Senior Advisor – Human Factors and Performance in implementing and enhancing the FRMS.
- Developing fatigue risk assessments specific to tasks and work contexts at the enterprise level.
- Analysing fatigue-related data and presenting actionable insights and recommendations.
- Designing and delivering fatigue management training programs.
- Contributing specialist fatigue input to incident investigations and safety learning.
- Identifying and supporting continuous improvement and project-based opportunities relating to fatigue risk.

About you:

To be successful in this role, you will bring a strong mix of technical knowledge, stakeholder engagement capability, and a proactive mindset. Ideally, you will have:

- A tertiary qualification in psychology, human factors, behavioural science, or a related field (preferred).
- Experience managing fatigue risks in transportation or heavy industry environments (preferred).
- Experience implementing or supporting Fatigue Risk Management Systems in a complex organisational setting (preferred).
- Familiarity with bio-mathematical modelling tools used for fatigue prediction and analysis (preferred).
- Proven ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders across multiple functions and levels.
- Experience identifying and managing fatigue or human factors issues in safety-critical environments.
- Strong capability to work independently and deliver to deadlines.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).

What we offer you:

At Aurizon, we support the development and growth of our employees. With a national portfolio of operations, we offer long-term and exciting career opportunities.

Some of our benefits include:

- Development and growth opportunities.
- Access to mentoring and development programs.
- Discounts on selected health insurance funds, personal travel, gyms, vehicles and retail brands.
- Parental leave program and super booster.

Aurizon is Australia’s largest rail freight operator and a top 100 ASX company.Each year, we deliver more than 250 million tonnes of Australian commodities right across the country. Aurizon is crucial to the Australian economy, connecting miners, primary producers and industry with international and domestic markets.

Look to Aurizon for a diverse and collaborative culture.

At Aurizon, we are proud of our diverse, collaborative, creative and high-performance culture. We celebrate the contribution of every employee and provide opportunities for career development in a dynamic, caring, and inclusive work environment.

Advertised: 29 Jul 2025 E. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 31 Oct 2025 E. Australia Standard Time

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