Lead Technical Safety Engineer

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Job Description

Overview / Responsibilities: Wood is currently looking for a Lead Technical Safety Engineer to join our team in Dubai, UAE.
Please note that at this stage, applications for this role are invited as an Expression of Interest (EOI) whilst opportunities are being fully determined.

  • Accountable for the quality of Technical Safety deliverables
  • Providing Technical Safety guidance to the team
  • Supporting and supervising task delegation to team
  • Participating in audits and incident investigations as required
  • Executing assigned scopes of work
  • 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
  • Manage Technical Safety discipline team
  • Ensure that all project Health, Safety and Environmental policies are complied with
  • Ensure that design meets all Technical Safety requirements and maintains risks to as low as reasonably practicable
  • Participate in audits and incident investigations as required
  • Actively maintains own competence according to standards and pursues continuous professional development
  • Self-awareness of relevant regulatory framework, legislation changes, initiatives and industry technology developments
  • Expert 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
  • Expert awareness of international codes and standards
  • Expert knowledge 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 and review and perform Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA) as required
  • Technical Assurance (engineering quality assurance and control)
  • Resource management
  • Standardization and replication across the Contract
  • Contributing to the delivery of Engineering excellence through achieving project completion to the project specifications on schedule
Skills / Qualifications:
  • Degree in Chemical Engineering (B.Sc./B.Eng./M.Sc.)
  • Membership of a recognised professional institute preferred
  • Minimum of 15 years experience in the oil and gas industry
  • Minimum of 6 years proven capability in an engineering design company
  • Experience working with multi-national and multi-cultural project teams is strongly preferred
  • Previous experience of working in the Middle East would be an advantage
  • Thorough knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of process safety design and analysis
  • Thorough awareness of relevant international codes and standards
  • Experience of participation in HAZOP, HAZID and SIL Rating studies
Company Overview:
Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world\xe2\x80\x99s most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people. www.woodplc.com Diversity Statement:
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1487591
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Education
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