About HIMA Australia

HIMA is the world’s leading specialist in automated safety solutions, protecting a wide range of global customers in the process industry, logistics, mining, and the rail sector.

As part of the HIMA group, HIMA Australia provides solutions based on wide-ranging application experience and functional safety expertise. Since our foundation in Perth in 2000, we have established the largest team of dedicated safety engineers in Australia and opened an additional office in Brisbane. We can also draw upon the resources and support of our extensive global network.

Our Australian headquarters in Perth serves Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea.

Company Facts

All HIMA solutions comply with the latest international and local safety standards, including IEC 61508/11 and Australian Standards AS 61508, AS 61511, and AS 3814. They are also suitable for SIL 3 or SIL 4 applications in various industries, including: oil and gas, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, power generation, rail, logistics and machine safety, and mining.

Whether you require an off-the-shelf product or a solution tailored to your specific needs, we have the answer. Our range of systems covers:

HIMA can help you to maximise safety and profitability for your mining operation. Over the past 50 years, we have amassed unrivalled experience providing tailored safety solutions to mining and process plants throughout the world.

Our personnel are the most highly experienced and qualified safety engineers and consultants to be found anywhere in the world. Whether your problem requires an off-the-shelf controller or a totally unique solution tailored for your specific needs – HIMA has the answer.

Conveyor belt safety solutions
DozSafeTM – designed to safeguard bulldozers working on coal stockpiles
Mine winders
SmartSafeTM solutions – advanced applications designed to address specific hazards in mining and materials handling

Developing high-availability, standards-compliant, and economical safety concepts requires considerable expertise. That is why HIMA Australia offers a variety of training courses – from product- and project-specific training to TÜV Functional Safety certification courses.

With TÜV certification, you can ensure your employees are fully prepared for the demands of functional safety and know how to respond to critical situations. This helps you protect people, equipment, and the environment from potential damage.

Our product-specific courses cover SILWorX for HIMax, ELOP II, and customised training for system integrators. Courses are conducted by a certified trainer.

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HIMA Consulting is the specialist safety, risk and engineering consultancy of HIMA. We have a broad range of experience gained in the power generation, mining, oil and gas, process, transport and related industries. HIMA Consulting services include all aspects of:

Functional safety
Machinery safety
Mine winders
Process safety
Reliability
Cybersecurity
Assisting companies to achieve regulatory compliance

Throughout Australasia, HIMA Australia safety systems protect the equipment and personnel of customers in the process manufacturing, mining, and energy sectors. HIMA Australia customers:

BHP Billiton Olympic Dam
Conocco Phillips – APLNG
Enerflex
Inpex Browse
Koniambo Nickel SAS
Methanex
Origin Energy New Zealand
Rio Tinto
Santos
Todd Energy

HIMA offers outstanding career opportunities for both experienced professionals and ambitious newcomers to the industry. We have a variety of attractive jobs for committed people who are enthusiastic about technology. You can look forward to an exciting career within a globally active high-tech company characterised by an international environment, flat hierarchies, a creative team spirit, and unparalleled innovation. Would you like to share in our success and contribute to our continued growth? Then apply now and start out on your successful professional future. Find your dream job at HIMA. Search vacancies

Partners

HIMA Australia collaborates with a partner in New Zealand – Engineering Control Limited (ECL). Partner profile: Established in 1997, ECL provides premier open systems integration services to the process industry. The company’s goal is to provide clients with:

Increased profit and production through improved plant performance, availability, and safety
Best-in-class process automation and functional safety solutions
Professional, focused, and effective technical skills
Ongoing support from initial design, construction, and commissioning throughout the entire lifecycle of the production facility
Long-term commitment
Achieving production and health and safety goals

Services for the Entire Safety Lifecycle

HIMA Australia is your safety partner for the entire lifecycle of your project. We ensure that important areas of continuous operation and compliance of any safety system happen during the operation and maintenance stages.

We offer a service and support framework that provides the region with an innovative range of services. This allows operators to fulfill all requirements of a project. You can select from a variety of service packages to suit your needs.

For more information regarding our service and support packages, contact our service engineers.