Technical Execution Center Engineering Lead-HAZOP

Nikkiso Co.; Huntington Beach (CA); On-site; USD 91,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases in Huntington Beach, CA, seeks an Engineering Lead: Process Safety to provide global technical leadership for hazard studies and safety engineering decisions. This role combines hazard-study facilitation with engineering judgment and clear technical communication to translate safety requirements into practical design choices.

The position focuses on HAZOP/HAZID, risk reduction, and ensuring compliance across projects, requiring strong collaboration with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical, mechanical, electrical, safety engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of engineering and process-safety experience.
• Experience leading HAZOP and HAZID studies.
• Ability to review PFDs, P&IDs, control philosophies, cause-and-effect diagrams and other safety documentation.
• Knowledge of applicable engineering codes, standards and safety regulations.
• Strong multidisciplinary coordination, technical writing, presentation and facilitation skills; willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Lead HAZOP, hazard identification (HAZID), What-If, failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), layer of protection analysis (LOPA) and Bowtie studies for the approved product scope.
• Confirm design maturity, study scope, documents and participants; maintain competent facilitators, recorders and safety integrity level (SIL) evaluators under the Head of TEC’s framework.
• Assess credible hazards, consequences, likelihood and safeguards; coordinate alarms, interlocks, shutdown, relief and detection systems and verify safety-instrumented risk reduction with technical owners.
• Assign action owners, priorities and dates; verify closure evidence and expedite unresolved safety actions before project milestones.
• Complete internal HAZOP and major action closure before customer HAZOP; retain engineering-team continuity where practical and preserve controlled study records.
• Support design, constructability, commissioning-readiness and management-of-change reviews, including new technology and operating procedures; provide proposal safety requirements, exceptions, effort and risk inputs.
• Coordinate applicable process-safety, fire, electrical and environmental requirements with engineering owners and CE&IG Safety; support permitting within the assigned scope.
• Maintain global study methods, training, tools and rolling two-year standards plans; obtain formal TEC approvals before Product Center release and incorporate operating and project lessons.

Skills

HAZOP leadership

HAZID studies

Safety engineering coordination

Technical writing

Facilitation skills

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Safety Engineering or related

Tools

PHA software

Job description

Company Overview

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gasesis a leading provider of high pressure and cryogenic systems, cryogenic pumps, heat exchangers, process systems, turboexpanders, and services for liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied hydrogen (LH2), compressed natural gas (CNG), compressed hydrogen (GH2) and industrial gases (LN2, LAr, LO2) industries. Applications include fueling stations, trailer loading systems, marine fuel system, LNG peak shaving, power generation, and virtual pipelines.

We are a subsidiary of Nikkiso Company Ltd, a leading industrial manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with $1.5 B USD in annual revenue, 8000 + employees worldwide, and publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Job Overview

Our Technical Delivery Team is seeking an experienced Engineering Lead: Process Safety to fill the role of TEC Engineering Lead- HAZOP. This position provides global technical leadership for process-safety studies and engineering safeguards under the Head of TEC’s hazard and operability study (HAZOP) Framework. It maintains consistent study methods, action closure and records from proposals through commissioning. Company occupational-safety responsibilities remain with CE&IG Safety.

The successful candidate will combine hazard-study facilitation and engineering judgment with clear technical communication and the ability to translate safety requirements into practical design decisions.

Annual Salary - $91,128 - $170,032

Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

• Lead HAZOP, hazard identification (HAZID), What-If, failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), layer of protection analysis (LOPA) and Bowtie studies for the approved product scope.
• Confirm design maturity, study scope, documents and participants; maintain competent facilitators, recorders and safety integrity level (SIL) evaluators under the Head of TEC’s framework.
• Assess credible hazards, consequences, likelihood and safeguards; coordinate alarms, interlocks, shutdown, relief and detection systems and verify safety-instrumented risk reduction with technical owners.
• Assign action owners, priorities and dates; verify closure evidence and expedite unresolved safety actions before project milestones.
• Complete internal HAZOP and major action closure before customer HAZOP; retain engineering-team continuity where practical and preserve controlled study records.
• Support design, constructability, commissioning-readiness and management-of-change reviews, including new technology and operating procedures; provide proposal safety requirements, exceptions, effort and risk inputs.
• Coordinate applicable process-safety, fire, electrical and environmental requirements with engineering owners and CE&IG Safety; support permitting within the assigned scope.
• Maintain global study methods, training, tools and rolling two-year standards plans; obtain formal TEC approvals before Product Center release and incorporate operating and project lessons.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Safety Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of engineering and process-safety experience, preferably in energy, chemical processing, industrial gas or high-hazard industries.
• Demonstrated experience leading HAZOP and HAZID studies and assessing hazards, risks and engineered safeguards.
• Ability to review process flow diagrams (PFDs), piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), control philosophies, cause-and-effect diagrams and other safety documentation.
• Knowledge of applicable engineering codes, standards and safety regulations.
• Strong multidisciplinary coordination, technical writing, presentation and facilitation skills; willingness to travel as required.
• Experience applying management-of-change processes and verifying documented closure of hazard-study actions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) or equivalent engineering credential; CCPSC, CFSE, TÜV Functional Safety Engineer or comparable certification.
• Experience with SIL verification, quantitative risk or consequence modeling and inherently safer design.
• Experience with hydrogen, energy storage, renewable fuels, carbon capture or other emerging clean-energy technologies.
• Experience with PHA software, commissioning/start-up and developing corporate process-safety practices.

EEOC Statement

Nikkiso CE&IG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.