Sr Engineer-SSHE

Quest Global; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Quest Global is seeking a seasoned professional for a critical role in Bengaluru focusing on Safety, Security, Health and Environment (SSHE) management. The ideal candidate will have 12-18 years of experience in the oil & gas or petrochemical sectors, with a strong emphasis on risk management and safety culture.

Your responsibilities will include leading safety management system implementations, conducting risk assessments, and mentoring staff to enhance safety practices.

Qualifications

• 12-18 years of work experience in the oil & gas, petrochemical or LNG industry.
• Strong knowledge of SSHE regulations and standards.
• Ability to lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations.

Responsibilities

• Mentor SSHE staff and assess performance.
• Support management of the OIMS system and safety management systems.
• Collaborate with managers to influence safety culture.

Skills

Commissioning & startup safety

Risk assessment and hazard analysis

Incident investigation and root cause analysis skills

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Proficiency in MS Office and SSHE reporting

Education

E/B.Tech/BS in Chemical/Petroleum/Fire & Safety/Mechanical engineering

Job description

Role and Responsibilities

• Good working experience on risk identification and assessment.
• Collaborates with functional managers and business line leaders in the development of short‑term and long‑term SSHE goals, objectives and deliverables.
• Mentors SSHE staff, identifies staff development needs or opportunities and provides timely, constructive feedback and guidance to facilitate career development and competency.
• Supports management of the OIMS system, administration and overarching processes related to all OIMS systems (including serving as OIMS owner or administrator on applicable systems).
• Leads the implementation of safety management systems in support of objectives consistent with “Nobody Gets Hurt.”
• Collaborates with functional managers and business line/site leaders to influence safety culture and oversees the safety of all direct reports.
• Provides insightful coaching, develops talent for the long term; assesses performance and provides actionable feedback.
• Responsible for the success of the project, delivering with quality; Includes on‑time, on‑budget delivery.
• Reviews tasks and other submissions to internal and external customers.
• Builds customer relations through good interactions and responsiveness.
• Promotes collaboration and teamwork; creates a work environment where different perspectives are valued and effectively manages conflict.

Required Skills

• Commissioning & startup safety.
• Provide capital project engineering support by developing and deploying Project Risk Assessment and Management Plans (RAMP) throughout the project’s timeline.
• Implement safety in design standards and requirements during change reviews for greenfield and brownfield projects.
• Complete various loss prevention and process safety deliverables to ensure safe execution throughout the project lifecycle.
• Evaluate pressure relief and disposal system adequacy to confirm design parameters match baseline requirements prior to startup.
• Production & operational risk management.
• Manage process safety concerns at existing production facilities by leading technical change reviews.
• Address specific operational hazards including equipment overpressure, over‑temperature scenarios, and chemical reaction hazards.
• Collaborate and engage with risk owners within business lines to arrive at effective risk management decisions.
• Define fire protection design requirements for different equipment types, including fire & gas mapping and reviewing new system designs.
• Technical governance & incident prevention.
• Deliver engineering solutions at the highest technical quality assurance level to manage the most concerning major accident risk scenarios.
• Lead Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) studies and execute core qualitative and quantitative risk screenings or assessments.
• Develop advanced consequence modeling using PHAST and other applicable industry dispersion and facility siting methods.
• Conduct vapor cloud explosion (VCE) consequence and structural risk analyses.
• Define preventive and mitigative safeguards using LOPA, event tree analysis, fault tree analysis and availability target setting.
• Execute robust management of change (MOC) evaluations to maintain technical integrity barriers.
• Develop and champion team capability development plans and strategy across multiple business lines.
• Incident management & safety culture.
• Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations for high‑potential process safety incidents and near‑misses.
• Identify weak signals and cumulative operational deviations before they escalates into catastrophic events.
• Partner with operations to ensure line management takes full ownership of safety behaviors and operational discipline.

Preferred Skills

• Strong knowledge of SSHE regulations and standards.
• Risk assessment and hazard analysis.
• Incident investigation and root cause analysis skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office and SSHE reporting.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• E/B.Tech/BS in Chemical/Petroleum/Fire & Safety/Mechanical engineering with 12‑18 years of work experience in the oil & gas, petrochemical or LNG industry.

Additional Notes

• Center for Chemical Process Safety Certified (CCPSC) or a professional process safety certification.
• NEBOSH International Technical Certificate in Oil and Gas Operational Safety.