Principal Safety Engineer

Worley Engineering Pty Ltd; Doha; On-site; QAR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company is seeking a Principal Safety Engineer in Doha, Qatar. The role involves conducting safety engineering tasks, including HAZID and HAZOP workshops, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering and relevant experience in safety management within the oil and gas sector. The company is committed to diversity and offers a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in safety design in onshore and offshore oil & gas industry.
• Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) status is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Conduct HAZID & HAZOP workshops.
• Ensure technical integrity of Safety & Risk discipline deliverables.
• Prepare Safety & Risk Philosophies.

Skills

Technical Engineering Skills

Report Writing

Hazard Management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering

Tools

Phast

Safeti

Fred

Job description

Principal Safety Engineer-DOH01JY

Primary Location

QAT-DW-Doha

Supports the standardization of equipment specifications, drawings, and document templates. Contributes to the understanding of technical knowledge, legal requirements, and customer specifications whenever viable and lawful. Uses local/global standards to support technical excellence. Supports checking, peer reviews, and incorporation of comments and findings.

Identify the safety engineering scope of work from the basis of design. Conduct HAZID & HAZOP workshops. Design Safety Reviews / Studies, Layout, EERA, ESSA, F&G, Dropped Object, Hazardous Area. Ensure technical integrity of the Safety & Risk discipline’s deliverables through the implementation of checking and design review activities. Document key design decisions that may have a significant safety impact. Squad checking of deliverables. Updating lessons learned in the lessons learned register.

Safety & Risk Studies:

• Preparation of Safety & Risk Philosophies.
• Design Requirements for Safety Systems.
• Active Fire Protection Design (PipeNet).
• Passive Fire Protection Design.
• Fire and Gas Design.
• Hazardous area classification.
• Escape routes and safety equipment specification.
• Formal Safety Assessments.

Identify major Accident Hazard events and apply a formalized approach of hazard management to identify and provide means of mitigation and reduction of hazards. Safety-Critical Element & Performance Standards.

Job Specific Knowledge:

Demonstrate a visible and active commitment to HSE management and its associated requirements in a project environment. Highly effective technical and practical engineering skills in the Safety & Risk discipline, and able to consistently deliver quality, accurate and timely work to Worley and its clients. Specialized expertise of the fundamental requirements of the Safety & Risk discipline, and the basic requirements of other disciplines. Specialized expertise of applicable local and international standards and statutory and regulatory requirements. In-depth knowledge of safety design/engineering with wide experience in multi-discipline areas. Excellent report writing skills. Extensive working knowledge in hazard and risk management, concept option selection, inherent safety review, fire & explosion analysis, fire protection studies, formal safety assessments, safety critical element & performance standards, QRA, safety case, reliability studies (including FMEA and RAM), SIL assessments, active and passive fire protection design.

Experience in facilitation of HAZOP and HAZID workshops. Experience with reliability/availability studies for offshore/onshore petrochemical industries. Exposure to safety management principles, application, and relevance in risk assessments. Experience with completion of safety cases for offshore or onshore facilities. Expert level knowledge in safety & risk engineering, safety and risk studies, safety case development, etc.

IT Skills & Industry-Specific Experience:

Experience of safety design in onshore and offshore oil & gas industry in a brownfield environment is highly desired. Experience with HAZID / HAZOP ToR preparation, scribing, report writing, and follow-up actions. Consequence modeling (e.g., Phast / Safeti / Fred). SIL / ALARP facilitation and verification. Safety studies, dropped object, lifting risk assessment, platform ship impact, helicopter impact, F&G assessment, and design. Performs as a professional Safety & Risk engineer for projects and plant modifications from Front End.

Qualifications:

Full-Time Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from an accredited university. MME (Ministry of Municipality and Environment) engineering accreditation is mandatory. Candidates not holding this accreditation must be willing to achieve this within the probationary period. Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) status or undertaking the same is advantageous.

Moving Forward Together

We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace where everyone feels they belong, can bring themselves, and are heard. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, or any other protected basis.

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. Our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection, and innovation. We are actively reskilling our workforce for low carbon energy infrastructure and technology.

Whatever your ambition, there’s a path for you here. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and contribute to sustainable change.

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