Risk and Assurance Specialist

**Risk and Assurance Specialist**

**About Us**

Jemena is an Australian energy company who own and operate more than $11.5 Billion worth of gas and electricity transportation assets across Australia supplying millions of households and businesses with these essential services every day.
- At Jemena, we are focused on enabling our people to reach their potential_, be their true selves and enjoy working in an inclusive environment with a community focus. Prioritising our employees’ wellbeing, equal opportunities and empowering a fully diverse and fulfilled workforce is key; we pride ourselves on meeting our employee’s expectations.
- Our people are our greatest asset_ so having various flexible working options such as, remote working, paid parental (**primary & partner**) leave and leave purchase plans amongst many other benefits, and is key to the foundation to our success. We also have an array of well-being options to support our people.

Jemena is among the first companies in Australia to be accredited as a Family Inclusive Workplace by Family Friendly Workplaces.

**Other Benefits**:

- ** Leisure/Travel** - Car hire and purchase two week’s extra annual leave per year
- ** Community** - Volunteering leave and salary sacrifice/workplace giving
- ** Health & Wellbeing** - Salary continuance/insurance, paid parental leave (14 weeks primary carer), private health insurance, fitness and optical discounts, employee assistance program, flu vaccinations and wellbeing grants, along with taking advantage of our supporting families policy
- ** Technology** - Discounts on Office 365, computer equipment, Samsung and Bluetooth
- ** Drive and commute** - Novated leasing, car parking and vehicle discounts

**Here's an overview of our role**:
The Risk & Assurance Specialist draws upon the education, experience and exposure of the applicant to support Jemena’s gas distribution asset management and engineering teams through the provision of their expertise in risk and compliance management.

The role undertakes risk facilitation workshops, incident investigations, internal technical audits and other technical reviews, technical reports for various stakeholders and associated activities across the asset management processes, including the design, construction, maintenance and operations of our gas distribution assets.

The role is important in ensuring the safe, sustainable and reliable supply of energy through our gas distribution system, particularly as Jemena looks towards a carbon zero gas distribution system.

**Your role will cover the following**:
The purpose of the Risk and Assurance Specialist is to:

- Provide guidance and direction on safety critical issues and assessing risk associated with the design, construction, operation and maintenance of gas pipeline and distribution assets through the development of associated technical policies, standards and processes.
- Facilitate risk identification, analysis, and evaluation through workshops and subsequent documentation within the business in a manner consistent with corporate risk policies and procedures and asset specific risk frameworks.
- Develop, analyse, evaluate and report on controls in order to manage risk to an acceptable level
- Facilitate the external audit program for the safety management system, including the engagement of auditors, engagement of technical regulators and coordination of internal resources.
- Undertake asset-related investigations to analyse potential weaknesses in the safety management systems to assist the business to understand the issues and identify effective controls
- Monitor, report and analyse Jemena’s compliance with all applicable Australian Standards, legislative, regulatory or industry specific compliance obligations.
- Use expertise to improve the efficiency of compliance systems, policies and procedures in order to reduce cost and complexity.

**A little about you**:

- Tertiary degree or equivalent in engineering, risk, law, commercial or other discipline (essential)
- Engineering qualifications entitling membership (Graduate or Member and Chartered or progressing towards Chartering) of Engineers Australia or equivalent for other disciplines (essential)
- Good experience in a safety critical industry (preferable)
- Working knowledge of AS 2885 Pipelines - Gas and liquid petroleum series and AS 4645 Gas Network Systems Distribution Networks series (as applicable), ISO 55,001 Asset Management System is highly desirable
- Demonstrated written and oral communication skills
- Interested in gaining an understanding of the technical regulatory environment - gas pipelines and distribution - NSW and ACT.
- Experience in the utilities sector of the Australian energy market (essential)
- Strategic, methodical, logical and detail-oriented.

**Our Recruitment Process**:
During our recruitment process, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks including pre-employment medical, reference checks, national police