Principal Safety Engineer

Employment; Muscat; On-site; OMR 46,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Worley is seeking a Principal Safety Engineer to lead safety integration for oil and gas facilities. The role requires extensive TSE expertise, with a track record on CAPEX projects exceeding $100M and mandatory Shell/PDO/BP project experience.

Candidates should bring 20+ years in engineering/consultancy, 15+ years in TSE, and hands-on leadership in HSE philosophy, F&G layouts, and risk assessments. An emphasis on ALARP and design/operations safety cases is essential.

Qualifications

• Twenty years of total experience in engineering/consultancy for oil and gas facilities.
• Fifteen years in TSE for onshore oil and gas with deliverables development and assurance.
• Led major oil and gas projects as lead safety engineer (CAPEX > $100M).
• Experience in HSE philosophy, fire and gas philosophy, F&G cause/effects and mappings.
• Involvement in HAZID/HAZOP, bowties, ALARP, MOPO/SIMOPs, and DEM studies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and assure HSE and fire and gas philosophies and layouts.
• Contribute to FEA/FGDEA, flare dispersion studies, EPZ calculations, and QRA.
• Lead hazard studies and risk assessments incl. HAZID/HAZOP and bowties.
• Support design reviews, IPF, and safeguarding activities.
• Evaluate vendor documents and technical bids.

Skills

Project leadership

HSE philosophy

F&G studies

HAZID/HAZOP

ALARP

PEM/risk software

Hazardous area classification

Design reviews

Education

Bachelor's in chemical/mechanical safety

Tools

Shell FRED

SHEPHERD

Risk software

Job description

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.
• 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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