Senior Process Safety (Chemical) Engineer/Consultant

Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants, Inc.; Toronto, Burlington; Remote; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental insurance

Matching retirement savings plan

Holiday, vacation and sick leave pay

Year-end bonus potential

Job summary

BakerEngineering and Risk Consultants, Inc. in Canada seeks a senior level engineer to support safety, environmental compliance, risk engineering and PSM programs from its Toronto area office.

The role involves working across Canadian markets in oil & gas, refining and related industries. Qualified candidates should have a chemical engineering degree, 8–10 years of process safety experience, and strong analytical, communication and client relationship skills.

Qualifications

• B.Sc. Chemical Engineering or equivalent with experience in process safety.
• 8–10 years Process Safety or Process Engineering in chemical processing industries (oil & gas, refining, hydrogen, etc.).
• Experience facilitating Process Hazard Analyses or Layers of Protection Analyses.
• Capability to manage engineering, risk or consulting projects and provide practical recommendations.
• Willingness to travel across Canada, United States and overseas.
• Professional Engineering (P Eng.) license in Canada or sufficient qualifications to register.
• Experience with Canadian codes and requirements is a plus.

Skills

Process safety

Risk assessment

Project management

Client relations

Technical writing

Travel flexibility

Education

B.Sc. Chemical Engineering

PEng license (or eligible)

Job description

Senior Process Safety (Chemical) Engineer/Consultant

Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants, Inc. (BakerRisk®), a technology leader in assessing the consequences and risks associated with potentially catastrophic events including explosions, fires and toxic material releases. BakerRisk® uses the most advanced methodologies and tools to predict potential consequences, providing services to industrial companies and government organizations around the world.

The Toronto (Burlington) Office serves as BakerRisk's presence in the Canadian market. The office currently supports a range of service areas, including areas specific to the Canadian market, and has staff in the process safety, structures, and blast sections. The office location supports work across the Canadian market for a variety of industries (i.e., oil & gas, refining, chemical agricultural, etc.).

BakerRisk® Canada is currently seeking a full-time senior level engineer to assist with safety and environmental compliance, risk engineering, RMP and PSM programs.

Qualifications:

Qualified candidates should meet or exceed the following requirements:

Required:

• B.Sc. Chemical Engineering or similar with experience or education in process safety
• 8-10 years Process Safety or Process Engineering in chemical processing (oil and gas production, refining, hydrogen, renewables, petrochemical, or fertilizer industries are preferred)
• Experience facilitating Process Hazard Analyses, Layers of Protection Analyses, or similar risk reviews
• Demonstrated capability to manage engineering, risk, process safety, or similar consulting projects, and to utilize that information for practical recommendation on course of action.
• Comfortable developing long-term client relationships and executing consulting projects within Canada, United States and overseas.
• Good understanding of industry safety needs, trends and economic landscape.
• Excellent analytical/problem solving, organizational, and planning skills.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal, listening, technical writing, public speaking, etc.).
• Ability to work autonomously, show initiative, be willing to learn a variety of software packages, and have flexibility to travel and work outside normal office hours.
• Professional Engineering (P Eng.) license in Canada or sufficient qualifications to register as one

Preferred:

• Experience performing reliability analysis (fault tree or similar)
• Experience applying risk management tools and techniques. Note that BakerRisk has a comprehensive suite of in-house software tools and suitable candidates would be trained to leverage staff who use such tools to service clients
• Expertise with PSM good practices and standards
• Experience working with Canadian codes and requirements
• Experience performing fire and gas detector mapping
• Participated in process safety management auditing or safety code gap analysis.
• Knowledge of fire prevention codes, accident investigation and related services is considered a plus.
• Knowledge of TSSA compliance requirements

BakerRisk® offers a competitive salary and benefit package including holiday, vacation and sick leave pay, medical/dental insurance, matching retirement savings plan, and potential for a significant year-end bonus.

Additional Information: For additional information, please see our website at www.BakerRisk.com

Candidates must be legally able to work in Canada at this time. BakerRisk® is committed to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We maintain a drug-free workplace. Please note that final candidates for this position will be required to undergo a confidential pre-employment background check which includes educational, criminal, credit, drug and alcohol testing, which includes but is not limited to screening for marijuana.

BakerRisk® will endeavor to provide accommodation to persons with disabilities in the recruitment process upon request. If you are selected for an interview and you require accommodation due to a disability, please notify us upon scheduling your interview.