Process Safety Engineer

Anglian Water Services Ltd; High Offley; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utility provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a skilled Process Safety Engineer to enhance safety processes and manage risk across high-hazard environments. This role involves collaborating with engineering, operations, and safety teams to implement the Process Safety strategy. Responsibilities include conducting audits, facilitating safety workshops, and engaging with regulators. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Process or Mechanical Engineering and experience in high-risk industries, along with strong collaboration and communication skills. Flexible working options available.

Benefits

Life cover - 8x annual salary

26 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible and hybrid working options

Competitive pension scheme

Annual bonus scheme

Opportunities for professional growth

Qualifications

• Experience working in high-risk environments or regulated industries (minimum 2 years).
• Ability to travel to remote high-risk sites across the Anglian Water region.
• Confidence leading technical safety workshops and producing detailed reports.

Responsibilities

• Help shape and deliver the Process Safety strategy alongside the Group Process Safety Lead.
• Support operational teams with process safety understanding and improvements.
• Perform audits and inspections at high-risk sites.

Skills

Strong collaboration

Critical thinking

Written communication skills

Education

Degree in Process or Mechanical Engineering

Recognized qualification in Process Safety

Job description

Are you passionate about reducing risk and making high-hazard environments safer? Do you thrive in technically challenging roles that directly impact people, processes, and long-term performance? We're looking for a skilled and driven Process Safety Engineer to help lead and embed world-class process safety across our organisation. Working within the Chief Engineer's team and reporting to the Group Process Safety Lead, you'll play a critical role in supporting the delivery of our Process Safety strategy—helping to ensure that Anglian Water's most complex assets remain safe, compliant, and future‑ready. This is a highly collaborative role, interfacing with engineering, operations, safety professionals, and regulators to ensure consistent application of risk management techniques and the highest safety standards. What You'll Be Doing As a Process Safety Engineer, you'll apply your expertise to help identify, evaluate, and reduce risk across a range of high-hazard processes. From supporting large infrastructure projects to conducting audits and delivering technical safety studies, your work will help shape the safety culture and practices of Anglian Water at a strategic level. Your responsibilities will include:

• Helping shape and deliver Anglian Water's Process Safety strategy alongside the Group Process Safety Lead
• Supporting operational teams with their understanding of process safety and to implement process safety improvements
• Supporting risk assessments under DSEAR and performing Hazardous Area Classifications
• Performing audits and inspections at high-risk sites
• Supporting engineering and design teams with technical input on process safety standards and improvements
• Developing and maintaining Bowtie risk assessments for high-risk processes
• Leading and facilitating Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) such as HAZID, HAZOP, and Bowtie workshops
• Performing consequence modelling using industry standard software
• Supporting Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA), SIL determination and verification, and Quantified Risk Assessment (QRA)
• Engaging with external regulators including HSE and EA, where required
  You're a technically minded and detail-oriented professional with a background in engineering and/or operations and a passion for managing risk. You're confident leading technical safety workshops and producing detailed reports, while also having the communication skills to work cross-functionally and influence key stakeholders., Strong collaboration, critical thinking, and written communication skills
• Experience working in high-risk environments or regulated industries (minimum 2 years)
• A recognised qualification in Process Safety (or equivalent experience)
• A degree in Process or Mechanical Engineering
• Experience leading or supporting Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) methods such as HAZOP or Bowtie
• Strong understanding of process safety elements, regulations, and hazard identification techniques
• Familiarity with COMAH regulations, DSEAR assessments, and management of change principles
• Ability to travel to remote high-risk sites across the Anglian Water region
  Company car allowance (based on 9,000 miles minimum requirement for role)
• Life cover - 8x annual salary 26 days holiday plus bank holidays (with flexibility for religious holidays) Flexible and hybrid working options Competitive pension scheme - we double-match your contributions up to 6% Annual bonus scheme and lifestyle benefits Opportunities for professional growth and specialist training