Senior Functional Safety Engineer

HR ProjectPartners BV; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

HR ProjectPartners BV is seeking a Senior Functional Safety Engineer to design and engineer solutions for offshore oil & gas projects, ensuring SIS and safety deliverables meet international standards throughout the EPC lifecycle.

You will lead functional safety analyses (HAZOP, SIL, LOPA) and develop SRS for SIS in line with IEC 61508/61511. Offshore EPC experience is strongly preferred; 10–15 years in Oil & Gas is expected.

Qualifications

• Must have hands-on experience in functional safety analyses and studies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and perform functional safety analyses (HAZOP, SIL classification, LOPA, SIL verification, FSA) across all project phases.
• Develop and maintain Safety Requirement Specifications (SRS) for SIS and ensure IEC 61508/61511 compliance.
• Act as Responsible Engineer reviewing vendor/subcontractor deliverables and technical ownership of safety studies.
• Coordinate with I&E/ICSS, process safety, and other disciplines to ensure SIS/SIL consistency.
• Plan and deliver functional safety activities within agreed timeframes and budgets on EPC projects.

Job description

Purpose

The Senior Functional Safety Engineer designs and engineers solutions that achieve high standards of safety, reliability, and sustainability for offshore oil & gas projects, ensuring Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) and functional safety deliverables meet international codes, industry standards, and project requirements throughout the EPC lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead and/or perform functional safety analyses and studies, including HAZOP, SIL classification/determination, LOPA (Layer of Protection Analysis), SIL verification, and functional safety assessments (FSA), across concept, FEED, and detailed design phases.
• Develop and maintain Safety Requirement Specifications (SRS) for Safety Instrumented Systems, and ensure SIS design complies with IEC 61508/61511 and applicable company/industry standards.
• Act as Responsible Engineer with technical ownership of functional safety analyses and studies conducted by third parties, reviewing and validating vendor/subcontractor deliverables.
• Support the selection of methods and procedures, and optimize designs within scope of specification while maintaining compliance with international codes and regulations.
• Interface with I&E/ICSS, process, and process safety disciplines to ensure consistency of SIS/SIL deliverables across system boundaries.
• Proactively plan and deliver functional safety activities and deliverables within agreed time frames and budgets on EPC projects.
• Coordinate with vendors, subcontractors, and third parties on functional safety scope, in line with contractual and internal requirements.
• Capture and apply lessons learned, assessing change impact within and across project system boundaries.
• May lead other engineers on a defined scope of work, and may act as Discipline Lead (Functional Safety / I&E) for an assigned scope.

Education

• Engineering degree

Experience

• 10-15 years in the Oil & Gas industry, with substantial hands-on experience in functional safety analysis and studies (HAZOP, SIL, LOPA, SIL verification, SRS development).
• EPC project experience required.
• Offshore project experience strongly preferred.

Functional Competencies

• Functional Safety: SIL classification, LOPA, SIL verification, SRS development
• Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) design and lifecycle per IEC 61508/61511
• I&E/ICSS engineering design and calculation tools
• Concept development and detailed design
• Systems engineering
• Site engineering and analysis
• Planning and third-party/vendor coordination