We’re looking for a Senior Process Safety Engineer for a full-time permanent staff position based in Cheadle, Cheshire.
Our client is a small, high expertise consultancy firm and the role would suit an engineer who is looking for this type of working environment and to get away from large corporate organisations. Candidates need to be experienced on typical process industry projects with around 8 years working experience minimum. Training will be provided and the candidate's industrial background is less important - they can come from process plant, manufacturing, production, or others. This opportunity will give people an opportunity to truly get involved with the business, develop scopes of work themselves, and push projects forward.
Senior Process Safety Engineer
Employment: Full Time Permanent Staff
Position Description:
• Supporting a project team to deliver capital projects that comply with the relevant regulations, codes and standards across all OSL’s 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:
• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, or equivalent.
• 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.
• Good 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.
• Chartered membership of IChemE.
• Sector specific experience:
o Hydrogen/CCUS technologies
o Industrial Biotechnology and Fermentation
o Advanced Thermal Processes – Gasification/Pyrolysis
o Chemical Operating Plants
Salary and Benefits:
Excellent basic salary (negotiable on experience)
Employee Ownership Trust tax free bonus
Performance-related bonus.
Health & medical care.
Flexible working hours and hybrid working.