North Development Program 2027 - Engineer Technical Safety, Process Technology / Automation

Equinor UK; Harstad; On-site; NOK 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Global parental leave

Bonus scheme

Pension plan

Job summary

Equinor is seeking a Technical Safety Engineer for the North Development Program in Harstad, Norway. The role focuses on managing safety barriers, risk management, and technical integrity across designated installations.

You will contribute to reducing risk and ensuring regulatory compliance throughout the lifecycle. Ideal candidates have a degree in Process Engineering or Automation, up to three years of relevant experience, and strong Norwegian and English communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master degree in Process Engineering, Automation, or a related technical discipline. Expected to complete by August 2027.
• No more than three years of relevant fulltime work experience; formal experience not required.
• Knowledge or experience with risk management is an advantage.
• Good written and oral communication skills in Norwegian and English.
• Excitement about living and working from Harstad.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to improvements in health, safety, security, sustainability, and working environment performance within the unit's areas of responsibility.
• Promoting cost efficiency and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensuring the application of best practices and contributing to knowledge sharing.
• Monitoring and documenting the technical integrity of safety-critical systems and process safety barriers.
• Identifying and highlighting the need for updates to technical plans within the technical safety discipline.
• Performing and supporting risk assessments, barrier management activities, and monitoring of risk exposure.
• Providing technical guidance and recommendations related to technical safety measures and risk reduction.
• Monitoring the performance and integrity of process safety barriers and safety-critical functions.
• Contributing to development and implementation of technical safety measures and projects.
• Supporting compliance with regulatory requirements and internal standards.
• Ensuring collaboration with offshore organizations, technical disciplines, suppliers, and onshore teams.

Skills

Process Engineering

Automation

Barrier management

Risk assessment

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Process Engineering or Automation

Job description

What does the job involve?

The Technical Safety role contributes to safe, stable, and efficient operations by ensuring effective management of technical safety barriers, risk management processes, and technical integrity for designated installations within the business area. The role plays a key part in reducing risk, ensuring regulatory compliance, and maintaining the safety performance of facilities throughout their lifecycle. As part of the operations team, the position provides specialist expertise in technical safety and barrier management to support operational installations. This position is part of the North Development program. You will receive a development and learning opportunity and be given stretch tasks and responsibility at an early stage. Your first three years in this role may see you on an exchange between our northern Norway locations.

What will my tasks be?

Within this position, your key tasks will be to:

• Contributing to improvements in health, safety, security, sustainability, and working environment performance within the unit's areas of responsibility.
• Promoting cost efficiency and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensuring the application of best practices and contributing to experience-based learning and knowledge sharing.
• Monitoring and documenting the technical integrity of safety-critical systems and process safety barriers.
• Identifying and highlighting the need for updates to technical plans within the technical safety discipline.
• Performing and supporting risk assessments, barrier management activities, and the monitoring of risk exposure for designated installations.
• Providing technical guidance, clarifications, and recommendations related to technical safety matters and risk reduction measures.
• Monitoring the performance and integrity of process safety barriers and safety-critical functions.
• Contributing to the development and implementation of technical safety measures, improvement initiatives, and projects.
• Supporting compliance with regulatory requirements, internal requirements, and relevant technical safety standards.
• Ensuring close collaboration with offshore organizations, technical disciplines, suppliers, and onshore organizations.
• Contributing to the continuous development of barrier management, risk management, and technical integrity within the business area.
• Driving the continuous development of common best practices, cross-functional learning, implementation of improvements, and effective utilization of digital tools.

Here’s what we expect from you:

At Equinor, there are some overall qualities we regard as essential. We want you to identify with the values that guide our decisions and help us succeed and grow: open, collaborative, courageous and caring. We expect you to make safety your priority and to contribute to our zero-harm culture. And for this specific position, we are also looking for:

• Bachelor or Master's degree in Process Engineering, Automation, or another relevant technical discipline. Completed degree by August 2027.
• No more than three years of relevant fulltime work experience. Formal experience is not a requirement.
• Knowledge or experience with risk managemet would be an advantage.
• Good written and oral communication skills, both in Norwegian and English.
• Ability to communicate requirements and show direction towards internal and external stakeholders.
• Excitement about the opportunity to be living and working from Harstad.

Please be aware that final interviews for the positions within the North Development Program will take place in Harstad in the period January 27th - January 28th, 2027.

What can we offer you?

We want you to have a rewarding and fulfilling work life. That's why we offer:

Attractive rewards

We give you a comprehensive benefits package with a competitive salary, global parental leave, bonus scheme and pension plan.

Wellness and work-life balance

We care about and prioritise our employees' well-being. We know that for you to be the best version of yourself in the