Technical Safety and Facilities Engineer

NES Fircroft are working alongside a global chemical company who are looking to add a Technical Safety and Facilities Engineer to their Aberdeen Office. This role is available on a permanent basis.

Job Role:

This role is to provide Technical Safety and Facilities Engineering related competence and guidance to the asset. The Technical Safety and Facilities Engineer will be responsible for improving and maintaining awareness of technical/process safety and major accident hazard risk at all levels within the business. The role will provide specialist approval authority for Plant Modifications with significant process safety impact to ensure robustness of management of change process.

Principle Accountabilities:

• Strong, demonstrable SHE leadership within the office environment and onsite;
• Lead the planning and implementation of the local Process Hazards Analysis programmes including chairing PHAs and/or identifying appropriate resource to chair;
• Lead LOPAs (Level of Protection Analysis), HAZOP (Hazard and Operability Study) and and HAZID (Hazard Identification) reviews (in response to Asset or Project demand;
• Lead root cause investigations for process safety related incidents making considered recommendations to Asset Management addressing both immediate and underlying/root causes;
• Identify opportunities to improve SHE, availability, variable cost and fixed cost;
• Prepare detailed project study reports to ensure generation of accurate project proposals;
• Support the review and update of the local area COMAH and Offshore Safety Case reports to meet legislative requirements;
• Coach/mentor less experienced engineers to ensure technical safety issues are addressed as part of design and operational processes;
• Act as focal point for the Management of Change process.

Special Features:

• Participation in the incident management team as required.
• Travel to Offshore Platforms or remote onshore sites to provide technical support.
• Periods of inconvenience to support planned and unplanned outages

Qualifications and Experience:

• Chemical engineering Degree with or working towards a Postgraduate Qualification in Safety and Risk Management.
• Chartered Engineer or actively working to achieve chartered status
• 10+ years' experience including experience of Oil & Gas, Refining or Chemical Industries
• Demonstrable experience of providing Technical Safety Engineering support to on and offshore operations, including subsea and onshore overland pipelines.
• Significant experience of safety and risk assessment methods and safety management.
• Experienced in leading HAZOPs and PHAs.
• Proficient with management of change processes.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to create relationships with stakeholders and 3rd party specialists.
• Up to date knowledge of Offshore and Onshore Legislation and Regulations.
• Strong awareness of human factors influence on process safety