Process Safety Engineer

Process Safety Engineer – Manchester – Permanent – Hydrogen / Oil & Gas / Renewables / Energy / Chemical / Petrochemical / Energy

Position Description:

Supporting a project team to deliver capital projects that comply with the relevant regulations, codes and standards across all sectors (including renewable energy, industrial biotechnology, hydrogen, brownfield chemical operations) – managing process safety deliverables manhours, and programme.
Assisting in business development for our consultancy business.
Providing technical guidance and advice on process safety risks and mitigation measures both internally and to external clients.
Chairing hazards studies and SIL allocation workshops.
Developing internal safety design standards and templates.

Experience/Skills:

Required:

Chemical Engineering Degree and Chartered membership of IChemE.
Good practical knowledge and experience of major accident hazard risks.
Experience in a client-facing role, ideally with consultancy experience.
Excellent report writing skills and concise presentation of results and findings in both written and verbal formats.
Process safety study facilitation experience e.g., Hazard Studies, SIL determination, LOPAs.
Excellent knowledge of hazard identification and risk assessment techniques.
Working knowledge of process safety regulatory requirements, codes and standards – COMAH, DSEAR, PER.

Preferred:

Experience in design safety in concept selection, FEED and detailed design.
Development of Process Safety Management systems.
Production of Functional Safety deliverables to IEC 61511 – e.g.; Safety Requirement Specifications, SIL Verification Calculations, Proof Test Procedures.
Experience of quantified risk analysis techniques and/or modelling tools, Fault Tree Analysis, Bow-Ties, PHAST etc.
Sectors specific experience: o Hydrogen/CCUS technologies
Industrial Biotechnology and Fermentation
Advanced Thermal Processes – Gasification/Pyrolysis
Chemicals