If you’re an innovative and forward-thinking individual who values collaboration and wants to contribute to the next big discovery in the mining sector, protecting our workers’ health and safety, protecting tenants and consumers, transforming energy supply and emissions, whilst rolling out new technology to deliver excellent customer service and achieve success, then the Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DEMIRS) is the agency for you.
Our roles
The department plays a unique role in supporting a safe, fair and responsible future for the Western Australian community, industry, energy and resources sector.
We are a diverse department of more than 1900 people and lead with integrity, deliver on commitments, strive for excellence, and look for better ways of doing things.
Underlying everything we do are our values of being respectful, responsive, forward-thinking, transparent, fair, and ethical – these are driven by our staff who make our department a success.
We offer a range of career opportunities across a broad variety of work areas, including:
Current opportunities
General advertised vacancies are advertised on and the department’s , normally for a period of 10 working days, although some specialised technical vacancies can have much longer advertising periods.
You can register on to receive an email when vacancies are advertised so you don't miss out on any opportunities to work with us.
To reach a wider audience, we may advertise vacancies in regional newspapers, industry-specific websites, Aboriginal job boards, and university sites, LinkedIn or Seek.
The department also has a Temporary employment register for people interested in applying for short term contract employment opportunities with the department. Anyone can apply to the register and you can indicate the type of work you are interested in.
After lodging your resume, you may be contacted to attend an interview if a suitable vacancy becomes available. Your resume will stay on our temporary register for three months, after which time, you will need to reapply.
Regional employment
We have a range of regional office locations that offer a range of lifestyle opportunities. Learn more about living and working in the regions as well as our office locations.
North West
In the Kimberley, our Broome office has staff working in Building and Energy, Consumer Protection, Service Delivery and Resources and Environmental Regulation roles.
In the Pilbara, our Karratha office staff work in Resource and Environmental Regulation, WorkSafe, Consumer Protection and our Aboriginal Empowerment Unit.
In the regional hub of Geraldton, our staff work in Service Delivery, WorkSafe, Consumer Protection, Aboriginal Empowerment Unit and Resource and Environmental Regulation roles. In Mount Magnet, we have Resource and Environmental Regulation staff.
Our Kalgoorlie-Boulder team members work across a range of roles in WorkSafe, Corporate Services, Resource and Environmental Regulation, Consumer Protection, Service Delivery and our Aboriginal Empowerment Unit, with a smaller number of staff based in Leonora and Southern Cross. Our Resources and Environmental Regulation group also operates the Joe Lord Core Library in Kalgoorlie.
In Bunbury, our team members work in a range of Service Delivery, WorkSafe, Consumer Protection and Building and Energy roles. In Collie, the department operates a regional licensing processing centre as well as having WorkSafe and Resources and Environmental Regulation staff.
Our Albany office includes staff from Service Delivery, WorkSafe and Consumer Protection.
