Lead Process Safety & Fire Protection Engineer

PEAK Technical Services Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

PEAK Technical Services Inc. seeks a Senior Safety Engineer to provide technical leadership in process safety, loss prevention, and fire protection for process facilities and projects. You will apply risk-based methods to identify hazards, evaluate risk, and develop practical safety solutions to protect personnel and assets.

The role requires collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and strong communication to support siting, MI, and compliance with NFPA/ OSHA standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering or related field.
• Relevant engineering experience in process safety, fire protection, loss prevention or risk engineering.
• Experience supporting industrial process facilities (oil & gas, refining, petrochemical, chemical, hydrogen, energy).
• Strong knowledge of process safety principles and major accident hazards.
• Experience with NFPA, API, OSHA, IFC, IBC requirements.
• Experience in safety analyses and multidisciplinary reviews.
• Ability to develop engineering studies, calculations, reports, and recommendations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead process hazard analyses and risk assessments (HAZID, HAZOP, What-If, LOPA).
• Evaluate hazards from flammable, toxic, reactive and high-energy processes.
• Develop safety philosophies, design criteria, specifications, and studies.
• Assess safeguards, IPLs, mitigation systems, and risk reduction measures.
• Perform consequence analyses for releases, dispersion, fires, explosions.
• Support facility siting, occupied building risk, equipment spacing, hazardous areas.
• Participate in Management of Change, PSSA, incident investigations, and PPE reviews.
• Review PFDs, P&IDs, equipment data sheets, and control narratives from a safety lens.

Skills

Process safety

HAZID/HAZOP

LOPA

Risk assessments

Fire protection

PFDs & P&IDs review

Standards knowledge (NFPA/OSHA/IFC/IBC

Technical writing

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering

Job description

PEAK Technical Services Inc. seeks a Senior Safety Engineer to provide technical leadership in process safety, loss prevention, and fire protection for process facilities and projects. You will apply risk-based methods to identify hazards, evaluate risk, and develop practical safety solutions to protect personnel and assets.

The role requires collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and strong communication to support siting, MI, and compliance with NFPA/ OSHA standards.