Process Safety Engineer - VR/29641

Join a leading Oil and Gas Drilling company as a Process Safety Engineer on a full-time, permanent staff basis in Altens, Aberdeen. This brand-new role offers the chance to be part of a fantastic organisation with excellent benefits, including half-day Fridays, private medical coverage, enhanced pension contributions, and free gym access!

As the Process Safety Engineer, you will have the following main duties and responsibilities:

1. Developing and maintaining the vessel safety cases and supporting formal safety assessment studies.
2. Developing and maintaining bow-tie diagrams for major accident hazards associated with vessel operations.
3. Assist Technical Authorities in the identification of safety and environmentally critical elements (SECE’s) and development of associated performance standards and assurance activities.
4. Maintenance and continuous improvement of our real-time digital barrier and process safety performance monitoring solution (Presight).
5. Reviewing operational risk assessments for temporarily degraded plant, process and people barriers.
6. Facilitating hazard identification and risk assessments carried out in support of the management of change process.
7. Assisting in the development of emergency response plans for the major accident hazards identified in the safety case.
8. Developing process safety training material for our offshore workforce.
9. Coordinating inspections carried out by the Competent Authority (OMAR/OPRED) and ensuring that any findings are logged, followed up, and closed out in a timely manner.
10. Controlling documents and correspondence sent to regulatory bodies ensuring statutory documentation is submitted in a timely manner.
11. Reviewing relevant industry standards against asset integrity procedures and identify any upgrades or policy impacts.
12. Liaising with Clients in order to resolve any process safety related issues identified during the rig acceptance process, and in operation.
13. Supporting the integration of human factors into our management system.
14. Managing external consultancy relationships where expert guidance is required.

Suitable applicants should ideally have:

1. Experience in a similar role within the oil and gas industry.
2. Bachelor or Engineering Degree or equivalent.
3. Sound knowledge of offshore safety legislation, guidance, and associated industry standards.
4. Knowledge of offshore drilling operations and associated equipment.

What’s in it for me?

1. Half-day Fridays.
2. Hybrid working.
3. Private medical coverage.
4. Enhanced pension contributions.
5. Subsidised canteen.
6. Free gym access.
7. Bonus.