Lead Technical Safety Engineer

Wood

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Ref: SP124-2024

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Wood is currently recruiting for a Lead Technical Safety Engineer with extensive experience in the oil and gas industry to join Abu Dhabi engineering team for permanent staff position.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Participating in project HAZOP, HAZID, SIL studies, and other safety workshops when require
- Providing sound technical advice and solutions to a diversity of technical problems within the discipline
- Preparation of Loss Prevention / Fire Protection / Fire & Gas Detection Philosophies
- Able to perform Physical Hazard Effects (PHE) modelling using PHAST (or similar) as required.
- Performance of Emergency Escape, Evacuation and Rescue Studies
- Fire Protection and Engineering Design experience including preparation of Fire Water PID's Performance of Fire Water demand calculations, Performance of Fire Water Hydraulic modelling using PIPENET or similar, Performance of Passive Fire Protection studies and drawings, Preparation of Fire and Gas Detection layouts, Safety Equipment layouts, Safety Signage
- Preparation of Tender Bid Evaluations and assessment of bids for procured fire and safety equipment.
- Participate in vendor meetings.
- Producing and reviewing specifications, data sheets, schedules, study reports, and design calculations; ensuring that they conform to engineering quality, competence, and project management systems.
- Co-ordinating with other disciplines during all stages of design development, construction, pre-commissioning, and start-up
- Attend client meetings and communicate issues with lead engineer as required.
- Interact with team members in a positive and professional manner at all times.
- Adhere to and comply with relevant discipline specific procedures and provide feedback for continuous improvement.
- Participate in internal audits.
- Actively maintains own competence according to standards and pursues continuous professional development.
- Ensure self-awareness of relevant regulatory framework, legislation changes, initiatives and industry technology developments
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of Technical Safety engineering methodologies, software systems, and design practices as they relate to FEED, Detail Design, Construction, Commissioning, and plant Start-up.
- Thorough awareness of international codes and standards
- Able to interrogate and review Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA) as required.
- Deputizing for lead engineer where required
- Management of third party suppliers in the execution of engineering delivery

Requirements:

QUALIFICATIONS
- BEng in Chemical Engineering
- Experience of Concept / FEED / Detailed Design project phases
- Minimum of 15 years relevant experience in the oil and gas industry
- Minimum of 6 years proven capability in an EPC company
- Experience in gas processing FEED projects is mandatory

About the Company

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people.

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