Senior Technical Safety Engineer

PX Group; Thornaby-on-Tees; On-site; GBP 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

PX Group is seeking a Senior Technical Safety Engineer for a 6 month contract based in Stockton on Tees. You will perform safety engineering across a range of projects, ensuring compliance with legislation and industry best practice.

You will lead hazard identification and risk assessments (HAZID/HAZOP/LOPA/SIL), carry out fire and explosion analysis using PHAST, and prepare safety deliverables and technical documentation for clients and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in safety engineering across multiple projects
• Familiar with hazard identification techniques (HAZID/HAZOP/LOPA) and SIL assessments
• Ability to prepare safety deliverables and technical documentation

Responsibilities

• Undertake safety engineering activities across projects ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, standards and industry best practice.
• Participate in hazard identification and risk assessment studies, including HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA and SIL assessments.
• Undertake fire and explosion analysis within DNV PHAST software.
• Prepare and review safety engineering deliverables, including philosophies, calculations, risk assessments, hazard registers, safety reports and technical documentation.
• Support the identification and assessment of hazards, recommending appropriate risk reduction measures in accordance with ALARP principles.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary engineering teams to ensure safety requirements are incorporated into project designs.
• Provide technical input to clients and project stakeholders on safety engineering matters.

Skills

Hazard identification

Risk assessment

Fire & explosion analysis

Tools

DNV PHAST

Job description

Senior Technical Safety Engineer

Application Deadline: 4 November 2026

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: Contract

Location: Stockton on Tees

Description

Our Business

Engineering services are delivered for the px group by the engineering consultancy division px Engineering Consultants Limited (“PXECL”). The team comprises of managers, senior engineers, engineers and designers that have direct experience of construction projects and operating facilities, as well as exceptional engineering expertise.

PXECL has established an excellent reputation with its clients and consequently much of the business is of a repeat nature. The team prides itself on the quality of its services and the strong relationships it builds with its clients and has a track record of delivering an integrated range of services. By combining technical and operational excellence, a sound understanding of regulatory environments and a robust and reliable project management system, px consistently delivers safe, efficient and compliant capital projects and services to a diverse client base supporting most industrial sectors.

The Opportunity

We are now recruiting for a Senior Technical Safety Engineer on a 6 month contract length basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake safety engineering activities across a range of projects, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, standards and industry best practice.
• Participate in hazard identification and risk assessment studies, including HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA and SIL assessments.
• Undertake fire and explosion analysis within DNV PHAST software.
• Prepare and review safety engineering deliverables, including philosophies, calculations, risk assessments, hazard registers, safety reports and technical documentation.
• Support the identification and assessment of hazards, recommending appropriate risk reduction measures in accordance with ALARP principles.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary engineering teams to ensure safety requirements are incorporated into project designs.
• Provide technical input to clients and project stakeholders on safety engineering matters.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please note this role may close early or be extended depending on the volume of applications.