Principal Safety Engineer

WorleyParsons; Muscat; On-site; OMR 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Worley seeks a Principal safety engineer with deep expertise in oil and gas facilities and onshore safety. You will lead safety engineering across project lifecycles, from feasibility through asset transition, delivering high-value engineering with rigorous risk assessment and HSE governance.

The role requires extensive experience in F&G, ALARP, HAZOP/HAZID workshops, and use of risk tools (FRED/SHEPHERD). Strong leadership and vendor oversight are essential for successful project delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical, mechanical or process safety engineering.
• Minimum 20 years total experience in engineering/consultancy in oil & gas facilities.
• Minimum 15 years’ experience in TSE in onshore oil and gas facilities with demonstrable deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety engineering on major oil & gas projects (CAPEX > USD 100 million).
• Develop and assure HSE/Fire & Gas philosophy, layouts and mappings.
• Involve in HAZID, HAZOP, bowties, ALARP demonstrations and risk studies.

Skills

HSE philosophy

F&G philosophy

F&G layouts

F&G mapping

QRA

ALARP

HAZOP

HAZID

MOPO/SIMOP

Shell FRED / SHEPHERD familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in chemical, mechanical or process safety engineering

Tools

Shell FRED

SHEPHERD

Job description

About us

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

Principal safety engineer

Minimum of 20 years total experience in engineering or consultancy of oil and gas facilities, including a minimum of 15 years’ experience in TSE in onshore oil and gas facilities with demonstrated TSE deliverables development and assurance experience (BP, Shell, PDO projects experience is mandatory).

• Track record of managing major oil and gas engineering projects as lead safety engineer (CAPEX > 100 million USD) spanning various project life cycle stages such as feasibility, concept, FEED, execute, project to asset transition.
• Demonstrated experience in development and assurance of:
• HSE philosophy, fire and gas philosophy, F & G cause and effects, F & G layouts, F & G mapping.
• FEA/FGDEA, flare radiation and dispersion studies, safety equipment layouts, input to facility layouts/facility siting and layout studies, EPZ calculation, QRA. Experience/conducted studies using Shell FRED, SHEPHERD software and/or other PEM/risk integration software. Formal certification preferred.
• Hazardous area classification, critical element identification, performance standards, bow ties.
• ALARP (as low as reasonably practicable), design HSE case, operations HSE case, AIPSM (asset integrity-process safety management) and HEMP (hazard and effect management process).
• Loss prevention aspects such as fire safety, fire protection design (FW demand, hydraulics, surge, PFDs/P & IDs, etc.), escape and fire fighting design.
• Human factors engineering studies experience (valve criticality, HFE screening, etc).
• Facilitated/led workshops for technical safety, which may include but not be limited to HAZID, HAZOP, bowties, ALARP demonstration, MOPO/SIMOPs workshop, SCE identification workshops, DEM1/DEM2/LFI screenings and demonstrations and other HEMP studies.
• Adequate involvement in safeguarding reviews such as design review, HAZOP, IPF, etc.
• Involvement in vendor documents evaluations (e.g. technical bid evaluation, datasheets/specifications/MR).

Bachelor’s degree in chemical, mechanical or process safety engineering.

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