Senior Technical Safety Engineer

Job Summary

Wood is currently recruiting for a Senior Technical Safety Engineer to join our team in Dubai, UAE.

• Executing assigned scopes of work.
• Supporting and supervising task delegation to team.
• Providing discipline expertise to the business.
• Participating in project HAZOP, HAZID, SIL studies, and other safety workshops when required.
• Providing sound technical advice and solutions to a diversity of technical problems within the discipline.
• Co-ordinating with other disciplines during all stages of design development, construction, pre-commissioning, and start-up.
• Providing technical support to site as required.
• Producing and reviewing specifications, data sheets, schedules, study reports, and design calculations; ensuring that they conform to engineering quality, competence, and project management systems.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Attend client meetings and communicate issues with lead engineer as required.
• Interact with team members in a positive and professional manner at all times.
• Adhere to and comply with relevant discipline specific procedures and provide feedback for continuous improvement.
• Participate in audits and incident investigations as required.
• Actively maintains own competence according to standards and pursues continuous professional development.
• Ensure self-awareness of relevant regulatory framework, legislation changes, initiatives and industry technology developments.
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of Technical Safety engineering methodologies, software systems, and design practices as they relate to FEED, Detail Design, Construction, Commissioning, and plant Start-up.
• Thorough awareness of international codes and standards.
• Experience of design deliverables associated with loss prevention scopes.
• Experience of coordinating HAZOP, HAZID, SIL Classification studies.
• Experience of directing Management of Change (MOC) reviews.
• Able to perform Physical Hazard Effects (PHE) modelling as required.
• Able to interrogate & review Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA) as required.
• Deputising for lead engineer where required.
• Executing assigned personal objectives.
• Management of third party suppliers in the execution of engineering delivery.
• Flexible and adaptable.
• Strong commitment to safety.
• Must be willing to make occasional visits to Iraq.

Skills / Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• BSc, BEng or equivalent with extensive relevant experience.
• Chartered Engineer or recognized equivalent experience.
• Experience of Concept / FEED project phases.
• Demonstrable balance of industrial experience at a relevant level and position.
• Minimum of 10 years relevant experience in the oil and gas industry.
• Minimum of 6 years proven capability in an EPC company.
• Previous experience of site-based project work involving field engineering, construction, commissioning, operations, or maintenance would be an advantage.
• Experience of working with multi-national and multi-cultural project teams is strongly preferred.
• Previous experience of working in the Middle East would be an advantage.
• Competent in knowledge of regulatory framework and associated legislation.
• Competent in own discipline to provide support to the business.
• Demonstrate current knowledge with industry and technology development within discipline.
• Demonstrate continual professional development.