Senior Technical Safety Lead – Offshore Projects

Strategic Resources European Recruitment Consultants Ltd; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Resources European Recruitment Consultants Ltd in Aberdeen is seeking an experienced Technical Safety Project Lead for a permanent role with hybrid working.

You will lead technical safety activities across projects, influence stakeholders, develop safety plans, manage contractor deliverables, and ensure compliance with industry standards.

This role requires strong leadership, clear communication, and the ability to deliver risk-based decisions across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Degree in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering or related engineering discipline.
• Demonstrable experience in Technical Safety within offshore, energy, process or other major hazard industries.
• Strong understanding of technical safety legislation, industry standards, verification requirements and risk management principles.
• Experience supporting brownfield modifications, management of change processes and project delivery activities.
• Proven ability to manage stakeholders, contractors and specialist consultants across complex project environments.
• Excellent planning, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate technical safety activities across multiple projects from concept through to delivery.
• Influence project, asset and technical stakeholders to ensure safety requirements are embedded in decision-making.
• Develop and maintain technical safety plans, ensuring regulatory, verification and asset requirements are achieved.
• Manage specialist studies, contractor work scopes and third-party technical safety deliverables.
• Provide assurance that technical safety activities meet company standards, industry requirements and regulatory obligations.
• Drive continuous improvement by sharing lessons learned and supporting the evolution of technical safety project delivery practices.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Risk management

Project delivery

Technical safety

Offshore

Change management

Planning

Education

Degree in Chemical Engineering

Process Engineering

Job description

Strategic Resources European Recruitment Consultants Ltd in Aberdeen is seeking an experienced Technical Safety Project Lead for a permanent role with hybrid working.

You will lead technical safety activities across projects, influence stakeholders, develop safety plans, manage contractor deliverables, and ensure compliance with industry standards.

This role requires strong leadership, clear communication, and the ability to deliver risk-based decisions across the project lifecycle.