Job Title: Lead Technical Risk & Safety Engineer
Reporting To: Regional Operations Manager / Head of Risk & Safety
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE (base) — projects across GCC / MENA
Job Type: Full-time
Start Date: Immediate
Industry: Energy / Oil & Gas / Petrochemical
Job Summary
We are looking for a Lead Technical Risk & Safety Engineer to provide expert technical safety and risk support across EPC projects and proposals in the Oil & Gas / Energy sector. The role covers end-to-end process safety studies and risk assessments from FEED through detailed design, construction, commissioning, and start-up, including workshop facilitation, technical deliverables, modelling, and reporting.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Safety & Risk Studies
Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) and lead/participate in safety and risk studies/workshops including HAZOP, HAZID, SIL, PHSER, ALARP, PHA/LOPA.
Conduct qualitative and quantitative risk assessments: scenario development, frequency analysis (Event Tree / Fault Tree), risk presentation, and reporting.
Perform and/or review major safety deliverables such as Safety Case, Design HSE Case, HSEIA, and related technical safety documentation.
Perform/Review FERA, QRA, EERA, ESSA and Performance Standards reports.
Conduct Hazardous Area Classification assessments and SIL verification/validation activities.
Engineering & Design Support
Review and interpret engineering documentation including P&IDs, PFDs, HMB, plant layouts, operating procedures, drawings, and documentation.
Support multi-disciplinary design reviews/verifications and ensure technical safety requirements are integrated.
Prepare/validate Fire Water Demand Calculations, Fire & Gas detection layouts, and Cause & Effect for fire detection & suppression systems.
Develop safety equipment layouts and prepare technical specifications for safety equipment.
Execute Escape, Evacuation, Rescue, Recovery (EERR) assessments.
Leadership, Delivery & Stakeholder Management
Lead the team for successful completion of HSEIA process.
Serve as lead engineer on projects/proposals: review contract requirements, plan delivery, organize and manage document submissions.
Lead client interface meetings and coordination required by the client.
Coach/mentor junior engineers and support their technical safety deliverables.
Develop and deliver training; create training materials for HAZOP/PHA/HAZID/SIL.
Desirable Exposure
SIMOPS, MOPO, Constructability Reviews.
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