Technical Safety Engineer

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Technical Safety Engineer – Oil and Gas, Chemical, Distillery and Alternative Energy – UK
Risktec is looking to recruit experienced (3 years +) technical safety consultants for both qualitative and quantitative risk and safety studies for Oil and Gas, Chemical, Distillery and Alternative Energy facilities. The role will be based at one of our UK offices (Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Warrington, London) and may involve travel around the UK and abroad.

Background
Risktec Solutions is an established, independent and specialist risk management consulting and training company, and is part of the TÜV Rheinland Group. We help clients to manage health, safety, security, environmental and business risk in sectors where the impact of loss is significant. Our people are high calibre professionals, with a strong focus on meeting clients’ expectations and we have offices across the UK and in the Netherlands, Dubai, Muscat, Houston and Calgary. Further information is available at (url removed).

Role Description
The successful candidate will be part of an energetic, expanding team, and will be expected to work effectively and collaboratively with colleagues on multiple projects in a supportive, progressive environment. Our core company values of teamwork, empowerment, integrity and solutions provide our cultural framework and encourage problem solving, decision making, flexibility and responsibility.
Depending on level of experience, the role will help deliver and possibly lead technical safety projects nationally and internationally. These projects cover a wide range of facilities and plant, processes and operations.

Key Skills
Applicants should have a relevant science or engineering degree, and possess strong analytical thinking, numerical skills, written and verbal communication skills. The candidate must have a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience. Candidates are not expected to have experience in all fields, but broad experience or a specialism is expected in the following:
• Safety Cases, HSE MS, ALARP, SIMOPS
• Hazard identification, assessment and evaluation techniques including HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA, Bowtie assessment, etc.
• Function safety including HAZOP, LOPA, FSA, FMECA, Fault Tree analysis
• Fire, explosion and toxic gas consequence and physical effects modelling using specialist software (e.g. PHAST, FRED)
• QRA and other technical safety studies (e.g. BRA, EERA, ESSA, FERA, Facility Siting Studies) using commercial software (e.g. SAFETI, SHEPHERD)
• Handling large-scale CFD projects using HPC and cloud computing
• Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) studies
• DSEAR, ATEX and Hazardous Areas Classification
• Human Factors, safety culture
• Project planning and management
• Writing proposals and coordinating bids

Our Offer
We have an established competence framework, with regular appraisals and a defined pathway for progression.
In addition, a competitive package of salary and benefits is offered for permanent staff, including:
• 33 days’ annual leave (including public holidays);
• Flexible working;
• Company-wide, inclusive profit share scheme;
• Private medical insurance;
• Life insurance;
• Up to 7.5% contribution into a pension scheme;
• Payment of subscription fees for membership of one professional body

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