Senior Product and Process Safety Engineer

Babcock International; Kirkcaldy; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Scotland seeks an experienced Senior Product and Process Safety Engineer to shape the safe design of marine Cargo Handling Systems. This full-time role offers hybrid working, excellent salary, and benefits, focusing on safety in global engineering projects. Candidates should have a degree in a relevant field and extensive experience in Process Safety Engineering. Strong leadership in safety workshops is critical.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong familiarity with IEC 61511 and functional safety systems.
• Proven ability to lead HAZID, HAZOP and LOPA workshops.
• Excellent communication skills with stakeholders and third parties.
• Proficient in process engineering software and Microsoft Office.
• Strong technical and analytical skills in process safety.

Responsibilities

• Leading internal and external safety workshops including HAZID, HAZOP.
• Collaborating with New Product Development to prioritize safety.
• Managing documentation and ensuring compliance.
• Coordinating training for the safety engineering team.
• Overseeing direct reports to deliver safety outputs.

Skills

Familiarity with IEC 61511

Leading HAZID workshops

Excellent communication skills

Proficient in process engineering software

Technical and analytical skills in process safety

Education

Degree in Process, Chemical or related Engineering

ICHEME-accredited training in Hazard Study Leadership

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Title: Senior Product and Process Safety Engineer

Location: Rosyth, Fife - Hybrid Working

Compensation: Competitive, plus Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF67426

Shape the Future of Safer Engineering

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Product and Process Safety Engineer at Rosyth, near Dunfermline, Fife.

The role

As a Senior Product and Process Safety Engineer, you’ll be at the forefront of innovation, helping to shape the safe design and operation of marine Cargo Handling Systems and Fuel Gas Systems used in transporting and storing liquefied gases such as LNG, LPG, LCO₂, and emerging alternative fuels. This is your opportunity to make a real impact—advancing safety in global engineering projects while growing your career in a dynamic, future-focused environment.

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Leading internal and external safety workshops including HAZID, HAZOP, SIL determination and verification.
• Collaborating with New Product Development and Project teams to prioritise safety activities across global programmes.
• Managing documentation and ensuring compliance with quality management systems.
• Coordinating training and development for the safety engineering team.
• Overseeing direct reports and ensuring delivery of safety outputs to project timelines.

This role is full time and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Senior Product and Process Safety Engineer:

• Strong familiarity with IEC 61511 and functional safety systems.
• Proven ability to lead HAZID, HAZOP and LOPA workshops.
• Excellent communication skills with stakeholders and third parties.
• Proficient in process engineering software and Microsoft Office.
• Strong technical and analytical skills in process safety.

Qualifications for the Senior Product and Process Safety Engineer:

• Degree qualified in Process, Chemical or related Engineering discipline.
• Extensive experience in Process Safety Engineering.
• ICHEME-accredited or equivalent training in Hazard Study Leadership and SIL Determination.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain BPSS security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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