Process Safety Engineer

Anglian Water Group Ltd.; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Process Safety Engineer, where your expertise will shape safety across high-hazard processes. In this collaborative role, you'll lead risk assessments, conduct audits, and influence safety standards. By working with engineering and operations teams, you'll ensure compliance and drive a culture of safety. With opportunities for professional growth and a commitment to sustainability, this position offers a chance to make a significant impact while developing your skills in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Personal private health care

Company car or car allowance

Life cover – 8x annual salary

26 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible working options

Competitive pension scheme

Annual bonus scheme

Opportunities for professional growth

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering with a focus on process safety.
• Experience in leading technical safety workshops.

Responsibilities

• Lead Process Hazard Analysis and support risk assessments.
• Conduct audits and inspections at high-risk sites.
• Engage with external regulators for compliance.

Skills

Process Hazard Analysis

HAZOP

Bowtie Analysis

Risk Assessment

Consequence Modelling

Communication Skills

Collaboration

Critical Thinking

Education

Degree in Process or Mechanical Engineering

Recognised qualification in Process Safety

Tools

Industry standard software for consequence modelling

Job description

Help Shape a Safer Future at Anglian Water

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 Health and Safety 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:

Leading and facilitating Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) such as HAZID, HAZOP, and Bowtie workshops

Supporting risk assessments under DSEAR and performing Hazardous Area Classifications

Performing consequence modelling using industry standard software

Supporting Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA), SIL determination and verification, and Quantified Risk Assessment (QRA)

Developing and maintaining Bowtie risk assessments for high-risk processes

Performing audits and inspections at high-risk sites

Supporting engineering and design teams with technical input on process safety standards and improvements

Helping shape and deliver Anglian Water’s Process Safety strategy alongside the Group Process Safety Lead

Engaging with external regulators including HSE and EA, where required

About You

You're a technically minded and detail-oriented professional with a background in engineering 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.

To be successful in this role, you’ll need:

A degree in Process or Mechanical Engineering
A recognised qualification in Process Safety (or equivalent experience)
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
Experience working in high-risk environments or regulated industries (minimum 2 years)
Familiarity with COMAH regulations, DSEAR assessments, and management of change principles
Strong collaboration, critical thinking, and written communication skills
Ability to travel to remote high-risk sites across the Anglian Water region

Why Join Us?

At Anglian Water, we’re committed to delivering life’s essential services—safely, sustainably, and responsibly. Our values-led approach means you’ll be supported to make meaningful contributions, build your skills, and develop into a subject matter expert in a truly forward-thinking business.

You’ll benefit from:

Personal private health care

Company car or 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

Ready to Elevate Your Career?

If you're looking for a role where you can apply your technical knowledge to influence safety outcomes and drive positive change, apply today to become our next Process Safety Engineer .

About Us

We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential.

We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment. If you need any support, please get reach out to our team [e-mail] ’

To apply, you’ll need your up-to-date CV, we also recommend uploading a cover letter – tell us what has made you apply and what skills you can bring to the position. We will be in touch after your application has been reviewed, following the closing date.

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Become a part of Anglian Water’s future and join us on our journey as we live through our values to build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring, to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region.