Process Safety & Risk Engineer

Process Safety & Risk Engineer

Job Purpose

Support the implementation of Loss Prevention and Risk Engineering processes and deliverables. Provide support at associated onshore and offshore operating facilities, brownfield and major capital projects.

Job Context & Major Challenges

• Implement policies and procedures in compliance with emerging regulations and changing requirements, covering all onshore and offshore assets including projects.
• Establish and maintain alignment with Operations organizations and ensure safe and reliable operations in a cost-effective way by providing sufficient technical information and guidance to influence others to take sound risk-based decisions.
• Cover multiple locations with different requirements and priorities (onshore, offshore, projects, etc.).
• Work in accordance with company policies, procedures, and relevant industry and international standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide Process Safety, Loss Prevention & Risk Engineering support to operating assets during normal operations, maintenance, shutdowns, and brownfield projects.
• Ensure process safety by identifying and assessing process components that pose risks and developing procedures and action plans to mitigate them.
• Support risk-engineering activities related to risk management and risk analyses studies, responding to plant operational events, and assisting in the development of risk-based solutions to novel or higher risk situations.
• Coordinate deployment and implementation of process safety and risk management objectives and programs in the assigned assets.
• Provide Loss Prevention input and review for engineering documentation, project deliverables, and interface documents to ensure compliance with relevant standards.
• Facilitate and lead hazard identification and risk assessment studies and prepare related reports.
• Coordinate Safety Case & Barrier Management efforts in the assigned assets.
• Participate in the Management of Change (MOC) process, review MOC requests, and consult with engineers and functional groups to ensure plant/field integrity and safety is maintained.
• Manage, review, and analyze process safety performance indicators, develop required reports, and provide insight analysis to support performance improvement.
• Represent Loss Prevention in projects for safety studies (as required) including HAZOP, HAZID, 3D Model Review, SIL Review, and QRA.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, or Safety).
• 6 years' experience in loss prevention and industrial safety in the oil and gas industry.
• Experience in process safety and risk assessment/studies.
• Experience in leading hazard identification reviews utilizing recognized techniques (e.g., HAZOP, What-If) of both qualitative and quantitative risk assessment techniques.
• Experience in safe systems of work and Emergency Preparedness.
• Ability to work under tight timelines in high-pressure situations.
• Ability to read engineering drawings/documents and communicate with other engineers.
• Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office, hazard identification software (e.g., PHAPro), consequence modelling software (e.g., PHAST), or other relevant software (e.g., BowTie).
• Strong written and spoken English with the ability to produce procedures, technical reports, and present them to various levels of audience.
• Analytical, interpretative, and constructive thinking, with a significant degree of evaluative/professional judgment.