Technical Safety Engineer

NES Fircroft are working with a large oil and gas operator who are looking for a Technical Safety Engineer to work with them in their Norwich Offices. 

Technical Safety Engineer
12-month contract, Norwich
This unique opportunity is available in our UK subsidiary which is one of the largest gas operators in the Southern North Sea.
This role is an integral part of our QSHE team and is responsible for the provision of safety engineering support to our SNS operation. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with UK QSHE legislation, codes of practice, guidelines, industry standards and best practice.
This is a full-time role based at our Norwich office, working Monday to Friday.
Key Responsibilities include:
Carry out competent in-house safety studies in support of operations and projects including but not limited to following:
Chairing and facilitating safety studies such as Total Risk Management, HAZID, Bowtie, ALARP
Development of Barrier Diagrams (Bowties) 
Consequence modelling using DNV GL PHAST or FLARESIM software is mandatory 
Mini Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA) including Event and Fault Tree development 
Hazardous Area Classification 
Fire and Explosion Risk Assessment
Preparing Safety Case Material Changes
Conducting 5 yearly Thorough Reviews
Knowledge in COMAH regulations is desirable
Knowledge in Computational Fluid Dynamics Modelling is desirablePreparing the scope of requirements, commissioning, managing and reviewing technical safety studies from competent contractors in support of operations and projects including but not limited to following:
 QRA and Cost Benefit Analysis
Escape, Evacuation and Rescue Assessment 
Probabilistic Explosion Assessment 
Quantitative/Qualitative Safety Critical System Impairment Assessment 
Occupied Building Risk Assessment (Good knowledge of HAZOP, SIL and LOPA is desirable.) 
Provide safety engineering support for Management of Change process (MOC) and identify the appropriate safety studies that should be completed. 
Engage with operations and projects to ensure that all necessary regulatory requirements and approved codes of practice are identified, permits obtained, and conditions complied with. 
Provide coaching, guidance and advice to operations, engineering and other support teams to ensure compliance with applicable legislation such as OSDR/SCR, PFEER, DSEAR, DCR, PSR and PSSR.
Liaise with regulatory bodies on matters of HSE, understanding regulatory drivers and providing guidance to Perenco on matters of regulatory compliance. 
Maintain current in changes to HSE legislations, codes, guidelines and industry standards, Interpreting these. 
Provide support to others within the team to ensure requirements under Safety Case Regulations (SCR) are achieved, including maintenance of documentation up to date and providing support and input to the periodic reviews (i.e. SCR Thorough Review Programme). 
Identifying opportunities and efficiencies to improve overall QSHE standards and performance throughout the SNS OperationSafety & Environmentally Critical Tasks:
SNS Technical Safety Engineer 
SNS Management of Change - Technical Reviewer. 
Review Management of Change (MOC) proposals via the eMOC system, address technical queries, ensure compliance with technical standards within the Process discipline and provide access to specialist engineering advice.
SNS Operational Risk Assessment – ParticipantSafety & Environmentally Critical Courses:
FLARESIM (Flare Modelling)
Health & Safety Compliance (Inc. SECE) CBT PHA-Pro End User
Phast Advanced Discharge Modelling
Phast Advanced Dispersion and Toxic Modelling
Phast Advanced Flammable Modelling
Phast Software Introduction
Risk Management - Bowtie Method
Hazardous Area ClassificationKey Requirements:
Higher technical qualification within engineering field e.g. Process Safety, Chemical or Mechanical is mandatory. Chartered in mechanical, chemical/process engineering is desirable 
10+ years’ experience in Safety Engineering in Oil & Gas Industry. Experience in both design and operation is desirable. 
Software knowledge MS Office (Word/Excel mandatory), PHAST, PHA-Pro, BowTie XP, FLARESIM 
Ability to prepare technical reports and letters, work to deadlines, organised and methodical. Ability to interact with Senior Management and regulatory bodies. Technically confident.To apply for this position, please forward your updated CV.

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