Director, Process Safety: Strategic Leader & Growth

Jensen Hughes; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible/hybrid work arrangements

Career development

Job summary

Jensen Hughes seeks a senior Process Safety leader to shape and grow our UK & Ireland capability. This high-profile Director-level role combines technical depth with commercial leadership to strengthen client relationships, grow market presence and convert opportunities into profitable work.

You will join an established international consultancy platform with a strong reputation in fire engineering, safety, security and risk, and you will help define and evolve our service offering across the

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Chartered Engineer status, or equivalent professional standing.
• Extensive experience in process safety, fire engineering or industrial risk management.
• Recognised subject matter expertise in fire and gas systems, hazard analysis and safety studies.
• Strong commercial acumen, with a proven ability to win and develop business.
• An established industry reputation and professional network.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Credibility with operators, regulators and senior industry stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and delivery of a specialist process safety capability across the UK & Ireland.
• Provide senior technical input on fire and gas detection strategy, gas dispersion modelling, hazard analysis, mitigation system design, facility siting, risk-based design and safety engineering.
• Advise clients on existing facility modifications, ageing asset management and energy transition risks, including hydrogen and battery energy storage systems.
• Build and maintain senior client relationships across relevant industry sectors.
• Convert technical expertise and market insight into commercially successful workstreams.
• Lead and support proposal development, fee generation and strategic growth planning.
• Represent Jensen Hughes through industry committees, standards bodies, technical forums, thought leadership, publications and conference activity.
• Collaborate with colleagues across process safety, fire engineering, industrial safety and adjacent technical disciplines.
• Mentor technical teams and support knowledge sharing, quality and capability growth.
• The opportunity to work on complex, high-impact projects with clients operating in technically demanding environments.
• Collaboration with recognised specialists across fire engineering, process safety, industrial risk, security and resilience.
• A culture that supports professional development, technical excellence and long-term career progression.
• The chance to contribute to a purpose-led business focused on making the built and industrial environment safer, more secure and more resilient.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Client management

Business development

Commercial acumen

Leadership

Negotiation

Stakeholder engagement

Technical authority

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Mentoring

Education

Engineering degree

Chartered Engineer status

Job description

Jensen Hughes seeks a senior Process Safety leader to shape and grow our UK & Ireland capability. This high-profile Director-level role combines technical depth with commercial leadership to strengthen client relationships, grow market presence and convert opportunities into profitable work.

You will join an established international consultancy platform with a strong reputation in fire engineering, safety, security and risk, and you will help define and evolve our service offering across the