Process Safety Engineer

NES Fircroft; Grangemouth; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NES Fircroft in Grangemouth, UK is seeking a Process Safety Engineer to define and deliver process safety support, lead PHAs, LOPAs, and safety reviews, and ensure compliance with COMAH and regulatory requirements. You will mentor engineers, manage KPI trends, and drive improvement plans across the site, leveraging 90 years of combined experience in Oil & Gas and Chemicals.

The role requires chartered status, strong communication, and the ability to influence at all levels, from operators to

Qualifications

• Chartered chemical engineer with 5+ years in petrochemical, midstream, oil and gas or refinery operations.
• Excellent communication with stakeholders and 3rd party specialists.
• Strong technical and analytical skills in process safety.
• Knowledge of risk assessment tools and interpretation of results.
• Understanding of human factors in process safety and industry best practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide process safety technical guidance to assets.
• Develop and implement management strategies to address non-compliance.
• Lead PHAs and resource planning for HAZOP-related activities.
• Lead LOPA reviews in response to asset or project demand.
• Lead safety engineering reviews and pre-startup safety reviews.
• Support COMAH submissions with QRAs and incident data.
• Develop KPI trends and drive process safety improvements.
• Audit compliance with modification systems and identify improvements.
• Mentor junior engineers on process safety integration.
• Lead root cause investigations and recommend corrective actions.
• Coordinate incident management activities as part of the site team.

Skills

Process Safety

Leadership

Communication

Risk Assessment

Analytical skills

HRA

Education

Chartered chemical engineer

Job description

Job Title

Process Safety Engineer

Location

Grangemouth

Contract Type

Permanent/Staff

Description

Define and deliver process safety support and studies in line with business demands and recommend proposals to improve process safety performance and meet regulatory/compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provides process safety related technical competence and guidance to the client's assets.
• Develops and implements management strategies for non-compliance with legislative practices by identifying gaps and agreeing (with the Asset management) work programs to address and mitigate such gaps.
• Leads the planning and implementation of the local Process Hazards Analysis programs including chairing PHAs and/or identifying appropriate resource to chair.
• Leads/ participates LOPAs (Level of Protection Analysis) reviews (in response to Asset or Project demand).
• Leads Safety Engineering Reviews, PHSERs and pre start up safety reviews in response to Asset or Project demand.
• Supports the development and maintenance of the site wide QRAs to form basis of COMAH submissions.
• Develops, maintains and conducts trend analysis on leading / lagging process safety KPIs to influence the process safety improvement plans.
• Audits asset compliance with the plant modification system and identifies areas for improvement
• Coaches/mentors less experienced engineers to ensure process safety issues are addressed as part of design and operational processes.
• Manages the review and update of the local area COMAH reports to meet legislative requirements
• Provides input to the site COMAH establishment report as required.
• Ensure, along with the other members of the Process safety network, that a full range of process safety related skills are available to the complex and that gaps/training/resource needs are identified as required.
• Leads root cause investigations for process safety related incidents making considered recommendations to Asset management, addressing both immediate and underlying systems causes.
• Regularly reviews the status of process safety information and identifies gaps and develops improvement plans.
• Developing and maintaining the asset register of Safety Critical Tasks (SCTs)
• Leads the planning and implementation of Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) for high priority SCTs
• The role requires excellent technical leadership skills as well as interpersonal skills and post holders must be capable of using these skills to assist in teams reaching a consensus decision.
• Must be capable of influencing at all levels in the organization, (senior management to operating/ maintenance technicians) and including explaining engineering decisions and rationale.
• The post holder would be expected to have the skills and experience necessary to be part of the Process Safety Network and to contribute to this network on behalf of the Asset they represent
• Participation in the site incident management team may be required of the role holder.

Requirements

• Preferably a chartered chemical engineer with a minimum of 5 years experience in petrochemical, midstream, oil and gas or refinery operations. This experience should be wide ranging and some experience of projects, design and operating environments is beneficial.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to create relationships with stakeholders and 3rd party specialists.
• Strong technical skills - specifically in process safety area.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complicated systems and regulations.
• Risk assessment skills - knowledge of specific tools required and ability to interpret results
• Good knowledge of human factors influence on process safety and current industry best practices.

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining andManufacturingsectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.