Process Safety Specialist
Quote ref: 100635/27966
Job description
Our client is a well-established civil contractor who provides the very best Integrated Engineering services within UK. They are currently recruiting for a Process Safety Specialist located in Winchester.
Job Description:
The Process Safety Specialist will help with a mixture of consultancy and design work across a number of industry sectors. The role will require both time in the office and on a wide variety of client operating sites in order to cover all the aspects of Process Safety.
The ideal candidate will be an experienced process safety engineer, capable of demonstrating a strong knowledge of safety design deliverables from concept through to detailed design, and engineering expertise across a wide range of industrial applications, particularly Oil & Gas, chemical and pharmaceutical sectors. They should demonstrate a broad background in process safety / HSE legislation and their application to design projects, and an ability to lead / coach others in these areas.
Key responsibilities:
• Support Client requests for discrete Process Safety activities, e.g. HAZOP, HAZID, LOPA, SIL, ATEX, DSEAR etc…
• Responsible for ensuring that the Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) aspects of each project are maintained to the relevant acceptable standards.
• Assist in setting HSE Criteria for the project and in the preparation and content of the Process Safety Plan and Environmental Plan.
• To act as an HSE expert for all projects, supporting project management and engineering disciplines with Process Safety concerns and queries.
• Gathering & compiling Process Safety and Environmental information.
• Establish risk tolerances.
• Preparation of a Process Safety Basis.
• Execution of Hazard Studies.
• Process Safety Reviews such as Human factors, Hazardous Area Classification, Inherent Safety, Alarm Prioritisation.
• At the end of each project phase, the Process Safety Specialist shall ensure that all lists, files reports, etc. are filed correctly, ready for input to the next project phase.
• Business Development
• Support the Business Development team on sales visits, conference calls and / or client meetings.
• Lead / support the production of compelling and competitive proposals.
• Generate / check / approve scope of work write-ups and manhour estimates to comply with tender requirements.
Requirements
Skills & experience required:
• Educated to Degree level in suitable Science / Engineering subject, preferably Chemical Engineering.
• Safety Professional or Principal Engineer level (typical).
• Suitable Professional Qualification, e.g. IChemE Member / Chartered Engineer.
• An ability to communicate via both verbal and written means to peers and to people outside of the company.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent analytic, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Advanced time management and organisational skills.
• Leadership skills, with a view to managing people.
• It is important that you can participate in process engineering activities.
• Legally permitted to live and work in the UK.
• UK Driving License.
Personal:
• Well presented, business-like, reliable, tolerant and determined to succeed.
• Sufficiently mobile and flexible to travel for up to a few days a week within the UK.
• Able to get on with others and be a team-player, together with an ability to communicate within a project team environment.
• Logical thinker, with the ability to develop new skills to solve new challenges.
• Problem solver, with the ability to generate and implement solutions and to transfer ideas between companies and industries.
• Self-awareness – conscious of personal levels of competence, with the ability to identify and call upon additional resources when these are exceeded.