Lead Technical Safety Engineer

Wood


Date: 4 days ago
City: Sharjah
Contract type: Full time
Job Description

Wood is currently looking for a Technical Safety Engineer to join our team in Sharjah, UAE

Responsibilities

Contributing to the delivery of Engineering excellence through:

  • Achieving project completion to the project specifications on schedule.
  • Being accountable for the quality of Technical Safety deliverables.
  • Providing Technical Safety guidance to the team
  • Supporting and supervising task delegation to the team.
  • Participating in audits and incident investigations as required
  • Executing assigned scopes of work.
  • Supporting and supervising task delegation to the team.
  • Providing discipline expertise to the business.
  • Participating and if required Chair project HAZOP, HAZID, SIL studies, and other safety workshops when required.
  • Providing sound technical advice and solutions to various 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 the site as required.
  • Lead and manage the Technical Safety discipline team.
  • Foster a culture of lateral learning and knowledge sharing within the project.
  • Develop and execute team development objectives.
  • Ensure compliance with project Health, Safety, and Environmental policies.
  • Verify design meets Technical Safety requirements, minimizing risks.
  • Participate in audits, incident investigations, and Management of Change (MOC) reviews.
  • Maintain expertise in Technical Safety engineering methodologies, software, and design practices.
  • Stay updated on regulatory frameworks, legislation, and industry developments.
  • Provide expert knowledge of international codes and standards (e.g., API, ASME, NFPA).
  • Ability to Chair HAZOP, HAZID workshops
  • Coordinate SIL Classification studies, and Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA).
  • Perform Physical Hazard Effects (PHE) modelling as required.
  • Perform Hazard Assessment and what if analysis.
  • Provide planning, cost, and schedule data as required.
  • Supervise task delegation to team members.
  • Manage third-party suppliers for engineering delivery.
  • Flexible and adaptable
  • Strong commitment to safety

Subject Matter Expertise

  • Maintain expertise in Technical Safety engineering methodologies, software, and design practices.
  • Stay updated on regulatory frameworks, legislation, and industry developments.
  • Provide expert knowledge of international codes and standards (e.g., API, ASME, NFPA).
  • Ability to Chair HAZOP, HAZID workshops
  • Coordinate SIL Classification studies, and Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA).
  • Perform Physical Hazard Effects (PHE) modelling as required.
  • Perform Hazard Assessment and what if analysis.

Qualifications

  • BSc, BEng or equivalent with extensive relevant experience.
  • Chartered Engineer or recognized equivalent experience
  • Experience working on the concept, FEED and Executing project phases
  • Demonstrable balance of industrial experience at a relevant level and position
  • Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience in the oil and gas industry with Proven capability in Technical Safety “Design Engineering”
  • 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

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