Process Safety Lead for Power Generation

ESB; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

ESB is seeking a Process Safety Specialist to lead hazard analyses, develop safety documentation, and support incident investigations across its Generation & Trading fleet in Ireland. The role focuses on embedding process safety into design, operations and maintenance while driving continuous improvement and strong safety culture.

You will work with operations, engineering and senior leadership to ensure regulatory compliance, robust safeguards and performance metrics.

Qualifications

• Third Level engineering qualification or equal work experience in power generation.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar role, including reporting & delivering KPI data on Process Safety.
• Structured problem-solving attitude, particularly in system and process issues.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management, and ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary safety team.
• Internationally accepted safety qualification at professional level (eg. NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent).
• Proficiency with Microsoft SharePoint and structured document management.
• Full, clean driver's licence.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve process safety standards across the G&T fleet.
• Advise on safety by design principles, risk reduction, and compliance requirements.
• Lead investigations into process incidents and near misses with robust corrective actions.
• Develop and track leading and lagging indicators; audit Process Safety Management elements.
• Deliver training and awareness sessions to build organisational process safety capability.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, maintenance, projects and leadership to embed safety in decision making.
• Facilitate HAZOPs, HAZIDs, LO-PAs and other structured risk assessments.

Skills

Structured problem-solving

Excellent communication

Stakeholder management

Driver's license

Safety culture advocate

Education

Third Level engineering qualification

NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft SharePoint

Job description

ESB is seeking a Process Safety Specialist to lead hazard analyses, develop safety documentation, and support incident investigations across its Generation & Trading fleet in Ireland. The role focuses on embedding process safety into design, operations and maintenance while driving continuous improvement and strong safety culture.

You will work with operations, engineering and senior leadership to ensure regulatory compliance, robust safeguards and performance metrics.