COMAH Compliance Engineer: Process Safety & Risk Leader

National Gas; Peterhead; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Double-match pension

Annual bonus

Salary sacrifice car scheme

26 days holiday

Life assurance

Income protection

Flexible benefits

Wellbeing and development

Job summary

National Gas is seeking a COMAH Compliance Engineer to deliver specialist process safety, environmental compliance and regulatory assurance across our sites and services. You will drive improvements, maintain licenses and support incident investigations in a highly regulated environment.

The role requires practical experience in safety-critical operations, knowledge of gas transmission assets, and a strong ability to influence stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Good understanding of process safety and environmental legislation and compliance requirements.
• Experience working within a high-hazard or safety-critical environment, demonstrating strong safety leadership.
• Knowledge of the operation and maintenance of high-pressure gas transmission systems, above-ground installations, or similar industrial assets.
• Experience of permit-to-work systems, risk assessments and method statements.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to coach and support others.
• Full, valid UK driving licence.
• HNC qualification (or equivalent) in an engineering discipline.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist process safety, security and environmental compliance support across operational sites and projects.
• Monitor, maintain and report compliance data, risk registers, asset health information, licences and regulatory submissions.
• Conduct assurance visits, audits and inspections, identifying improvement opportunities and sharing best practice.
• Support and participate in formal process safety assessments, including HAZOP, HAZID and risk assessment activities.
• Lead and promote continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen safety culture and compliance performance.
• Investigate incidents to identify root causes and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Act as a representative for National Gas with regulators, customers, emergency services and other external stakeholders.

Skills

Process safety

Environmental compliance

Regulatory awareness

Stakeholder management

Safety leadership

Education

HNC qualification (or equivalent)

Job description

National Gas is seeking a COMAH Compliance Engineer to deliver specialist process safety, environmental compliance and regulatory assurance across our sites and services. You will drive improvements, maintain licenses and support incident investigations in a highly regulated environment.

The role requires practical experience in safety-critical operations, knowledge of gas transmission assets, and a strong ability to influence stakeholders.