Senior Process Safety & Fire Protection Engineer

Genesis Technical Staffing, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Genesis Staffing seeks a Senior Safety Engineer in Houston, TX, to provide technical leadership in process safety, loss prevention, and fire protection for process facilities and projects. You will apply standards, regulatory requirements, and risk-based methods to protect personnel, assets, environment, and business continuity.

The role requires a minimum of 12 years of relevant experience in PS and FP within oil & gas, refining, petrochemical, LNG, hydrogen, energy, or related industries, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Mechanical, or Fire Protection Eng from an accredited university.
• Extensive experience in process safety, fire protection, loss prevention, or risk engineering.
• Experience in oil & gas, refining, petrochemical, LNG, hydrogen, or energy facilities.
• Strong knowledge of process safety principles and major accident hazards.
• Knowledge of NFPA, API, OSHA, IFC, IBC requirements.
• Experience leading PHAs and multidisciplinary safety reviews.
• Ability to develop studies, calculations, specifications, and reports.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to work in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and participate in process hazard analyses and risk assessments (HAZOP/LOPA/What-If).
• Evaluate process hazards involving flammable, toxic, and high-energy materials.
• Develop and review process safety philosophies, design criteria, and specs.
• Evaluate safeguards and mitigation systems from a process safety perspective.
• Perform or review consequence analyses for releases, fires, and explosions.
• Support facility siting, risk assessments, and hazardous area considerations.
• Participate in Management of Change, Pre-Startup Safety Reviews, and incident investigations.
• Review PFDs, P&IDs, datasheets, plot plans, and control narratives.

Skills

Process safety

Risk assessment

HAZOP

LOPA

NFPA standards

API standards

OSHA standards

Fire protection

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Fire Protection Engineering

Job description

Genesis Staffing seeks a Senior Safety Engineer in Houston, TX, to provide technical leadership in process safety, loss prevention, and fire protection for process facilities and projects. You will apply standards, regulatory requirements, and risk-based methods to protect personnel, assets, environment, and business continuity.

The role requires a minimum of 12 years of relevant experience in PS and FP within oil & gas, refining, petrochemical, LNG, hydrogen, energy, or related industries, and