PMC Senior HSE Design Engineer

HSE Blog; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Wood seeks a senior HSE design engineer to integrate health, safety and environmental controls into an Abu Dhabi energy project. The role requires leading safety-in-design activities and ensuring risks are reduced throughout design phases.

The PMC position focuses on coordinating multidisciplinary reviews, conducting hazard analyses such as HAZID/HAZOP/LOPA and reviewing safety deliverables across PFDs, P&IDs and loss-prevention strategies in a major energy development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering or safety discipline.
• Typically 15+ years in HSE design, technical safety or loss prevention on major energy projects.
• Strong knowledge of international codes, ALARP principles and risk modelling.
• Experience with EPC/PMC delivery and ability to mentor junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety-in-design and inherently safer design activities.
• Facilitate HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA, SIL, QRA, Bow-Tie and fire-risk assessments.
• Review layouts, PFDs, P&IDs, safety philosophies and loss-prevention deliverables.
• Evaluate fire protection, fire and gas, ESD, hazardous-area and evacuation provisions.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary reviews, maintain action registers and support commissioning and handover.

Skills

HSE design

Risk modelling

Report writing

Mentoring

Project delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/safety

Job description

Wood seeks a senior HSE design engineer to integrate technical safety and environmental controls into an Abu Dhabi energy project.

Role overview

Wood is recruiting a PMC Senior HSE Design Engineer in Abu Dhabi. The role integrates health, safety and environmental requirements into engineering designs and ensures that project risks are identified and reduced during every design phase.

Key responsibilities

• Lead safety-in-design and inherently safer design activities.
• Facilitate HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA, SIL, QRA, Bow-Tie and fire-risk assessments.
• Review layouts, PFDs, P&IDs, safety philosophies and loss-prevention deliverables.
• Evaluate fire protection, fire and gas, ESD, hazardous-area and evacuation provisions.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary reviews, maintain action registers and support commissioning and handover.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering or safety discipline.
• Typically 15 or more years in HSE design, technical safety, process safety or loss prevention on major energy projects.
• Strong knowledge of international codes, ALARP principles, risk modelling and EPC/PMC delivery.
• Ability to lead technical workshops, prepare reports and mentor junior engineers.