Deputy Manager - HSE Design

Job description / Role

About Petrofac

Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world's leading energy companies.

We design, build, manage, and maintain infrastructure for our clients. We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability. We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination.

The world is re-thinking its energy supply and energy security needs; planning for a phased transition to alternative energy sources. We are here to help our clients meet these evolving energy needs.

This is an exciting time to join us on this journey.

We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most of our office-based roles. We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week.

Are you ready to bring the right energy to Petrofac and help us deliver a better future for everyone?

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for deliverables such as HSE design basis, philosophies, study reports (FERA, CFD, EERA, QRA, RAM, Thermal Plume), equipment specifications, P&ID, layouts, datasheets, hazardous area schedule, fire and gas detector layout, performing firewater hydraulics, sizing fire water pump, designing deluge/spray system, procuring gas suppression system, etc.
• Organize and participate in workshops such as HAZID, ENVID, HAZOP, FMECA, RAM, SIL, Bow-Tie, SCE PS, ALARP.
• Provide inputs related to spacing, fire rating, blast requirement, stack/vent height.
• Prepare/review inquiry requisitions, technical bid evaluations, and purchase requisitions for specialist studies as well as safety and fire fighting equipment.
• Responsible for coordination with clients, regulatory authorities, consultants, who are assigned to perform specialized studies, third-party certifying agencies, consortium partners, subcontractors, other discipline engineers, and project team.
• Prepare and monitor the schedule and ensure the project design activities complete within the allotted manhours and schedule.
• Arrange/participate in FAT, SAT, HAT, and offshore commissioning of fire protection and safety systems.
• Support the fabrication and commissioning field queries with justification note and calculations.
• Review and approve vendor drawings and ensure the timely delivery of the documents.
• Participate in cross-functional and inter-office meetings to provide design inputs to the engineering team.

Essential Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor's degree in engineering with over 12 years of technical safety and loss prevention experience in offshore projects, gained through engineering companies or safety consulting firms.
• Knowledgeable in DNV and VdS standards and their requirements.
• Familiar with offshore regulations in Germany and the Netherlands.
• Experience with HVDC/HVAC projects.
• Practical understanding of offshore life-saving equipment, such as lifeboats and life rafts.
• Strong presentation, training, and communication abilities for engaging both internal and external stakeholders.
• Fluent in both written and spoken English; proficiency in German or Dutch is preferred.

About the Company

Petrofac is an international provider of facilities solutions to the oil & gas production and processing industries.

Petrofac delivers services through seven business units: Engineering & Construction, Engineering & Construction Ventures, Engineering Services, Offshore Engineering & Operations, Training, Production Solutions and Energy Developments.

Through these businesses, Petrofac designs and builds oil & gas facilities; operates, maintains and manages facilities and trains personnel; enhances production; and, where it can leverage its service capability, develops and co-invests in upstream and infrastructure projects.

Petrofac’s range of services meets its customers’ needs across the full life cycle of oil & gas assets.