Principal Functional Safety Engineer

Wood; Calgary; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Wood is seeking a Principal Functional Safety Engineer to lead technical and project management for Functional Safety initiatives at the Calgary, AB office. The role involves coordinating multi-disciplinary teams, developing safety specifications, and ensuring compliance with IEC 61508/11 and Wood standards.

The candidate will oversee FSMP development, provide client-facing leadership, and drive safety lifecycle activities across projects, including budgeting, progress reporting, and risk

Qualifications

• Professional Engineer and member of appropriate engineering institution.
• Experience in EPC/MAC, plant operations in Process Engineering or Automation & Control Systems within oil/gas, hydrocarbon, refinery, offshore or infrastructure industries.
• Experience in Brownfield upgrades / replacement automation and control projects.
• Maintain familiarity with latest industry developments and predict the impact on company activities.
• Commercially aware.
• Strong leadership ability, communication skills, enthusiasm, and diplomacy.
• Inquisitive, well organised and have a keen eye for detail.
• Able to operate in an integrated team environment supporting and leading others with a desire and ability to build trust and respect throughout the team.

Responsibilities

• Acts in Lead technical and supervisory roles in project definition, development, and execution.
• Leads project sub-teams during system design and implementation.
• Coordinate with other disciplines in the preparation and development of the deliverables and ensure that other disciplines’ input is incorporated.
• Develop Safety Specifications such as Safety Requirements Specification (SRS), Emergency Depressurization & blowdown specifications, SIL validation procedures and Fire & Gas specification in accordance with project, Wood, national and international codes and standards including IEC61508/11.
• Prepare the Functional Safety Management Plan (FSMP) and project philosophy documents.
• Ensure compliance with Functional Safety specifications as well as applicable code requirements and international standards.
• Participate in design reviews for HAZID/HAZCON/HAZOP/LOPA and Alarm Management Studies.
• Carry out verification reviews as per Project standards.
• Support deployment of Functional Safety life cycle plan.
• Produce Monthly technical and Commercial Progress Reports.
• Control of budget and labor hours.
• Customer focal point, ensuring client satisfaction / requirements are addressed or met.
• Support the bid and estimating function for future phases of work.
• Supports project evaluation (Technical KPIs).

Education

Professional Engineer (P.Eng.)

Job description

Wood Systems Integration is currently seeking a Principal Functional Safety Engineer to our operations out of the Calgary, AB Office. The Principal Functional Safety Engineer will provide technical, project management and functional responsibility for Functional Safety project execution.

Responsibilities

• Acts in Lead technical and supervisory roles in project definition, development, and execution
• Leads project sub-teams during system design and implementation
• Coordinate with other disciplines in the preparation and development of the deliverables and ensure that other disciplines’ input is incorporated
• Develop Safety Specifications as required such as: Safety Requirements Specification (SRS), Emergency Depressurization & blowdown specifications, SIL validation procedures and Fire & Gas specification in accordance with project, Wood, national and international codes and standards including IEC61508/11
• Prepare the Functional Safety Management Plan (FSMP) and project philosophy documents, where required to support functional safety
• Ensure compliance with Functional Safety specifications as well as applicable code requirements and national/ international standards
• Participate in design reviews for, HAZID's, HAZCON’s, HAZOP's, LOPA’s, and Alarm Management Studies.
• Carrying out verification reviews as per Project standards
• Support deployment of Functional Safety life cycle plan
• Produces Monthly technical and Commercial Progress Reports
• Control of budget and labor hours
• Customer focal point, ensuring client satisfaction / requirements are addressed or met
• Support the bid and estimating function especially for future phases of work
• Supports project evaluation (Technical KPIs)

Qualifications

• Professional Engineer and member of appropriate engineering institution
• Good experience of EPC/MAC, plant operations experience in Process Engineering or Automation & Control Systems within the oil/gas, hydrocarbon, refinery, offshore or infrastructure industries
• Experience in Brownfield upgrades / replacement automation and control projects
• Maintain familiarity with latest industry developments and predict the impact on company activities
• Advise superiors and peer groups on selected / new statutory obligations and industry wide approaches to compliance
• Commercially aware
• Strong leadership ability, communication skills, enthusiasm, and diplomacy
• Inquisitive, well organised and have a keen eye for detail
• Able to operate in an integrated team environment supporting and leading others with a desire and ability to build trust and respect throughout the team

About Us

Wood is a global leader in consulting, engineering and operations for the energy and materials sectors. With 33,000 people in around 50 countries, Wood supports clients across the full asset lifecycle, delivering safe, predictable outcomes while enabling resilient operations and a lower carbon future. Wood forms the Energy & Materials pillar of Sidara - a global partnership uniting leading multidisciplinary engineering, design, and project management companies. www.woodgroup.com

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