Lead Process Safety Engineer

Our client is a world-leading industrial gases company focused on serving energy, environmental, and emerging markets. Due to continued growth they are now looking to recruit a Lead Process Safety Engineer to work as part of a project team and be responsible for leading Process Safety activities on new capital projects.
You will provide Process Safety deliverables, technical leadership, and engineering guidance in support of the project design. This will start during the proposal phase through basic and detailed engineering until commissioning and startup of the plant.
 
Responsibilities

• Lead and/or facilitate Process Hazard Reviews for projects and operating facilities to ensure adequate safeguards and recommend additional safeguards as required to meet safety targets.
• Perform consequence modeling for facility siting, atmospheric vents and flares. This will include dispersion analysis, thermal radiation studies, and pool fire scenarios analysis.
• Prepare occupied building siting reports
• Prepare SIL assessments
• Prepare Hazardous Area Electrical Classification schedule following applicable regional codes
• Prepare fire protection deliverables including fire hazard analysis, firewater demand basis, fireproofing schedule, and Fire & Gas Detector location plans.
• Help develop site plot plan layout with proper equipment separation distances.
• Help resolve emergency response requirements.
• Participate in site reviews to evaluate third party exposure and perform Site Vulnerability Assessment for projects.
• Travel to site in support of commissioning and start-up may be required. Typical travel time is 10%

 
Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Degree in Chemical Engineering
• Significant experience working as a Process Safety Engineer for an EPC or design function of an operating company.
• Experience with Ammonia synthesis, Syngas generation (Steam methane reforming, Autothermal reformers, Partial oxidation reactors), Hydrogen separation/liquefaction, Electrolysis, CO2 capture/purification, or Cryogenic Air Separation experience preferred.
• Experience in process safety management (PSM), hazard identification techniques, quantitative risk analysis, facility siting and regional regulatory codes & standards.
• Experience leading/facilitating hazard review and LOPA studies.
• Experience using software tools such as DNV PHAST & PHAWorks.
• Experience in safety monitoring equipment, instrumentation, process control, HVAC, and electrical design is a plus.
• Experience supervising, training and developing more junior team members.

 

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