Lead Technical Safety Engineer

Job description / Role

Responsibilities

Contributing to the delivery of engineering excellence through:

• Achieving project completion to the project specifications on schedule.
• Being accountable for the quality of technical safety deliverables.
• Providing technical safety guidance to the team.
• Supporting and supervising task delegation to the team.
• Participating in audits and incident investigations as required.
• Executing assigned scopes of work.
• Providing discipline expertise to the business.
• Participating and, if required, chairing project HAZOP, HAZID, SIL studies, and other safety workshops when required.
• Providing sound technical advice and solutions to various technical problems within the discipline.
• Coordinating with other disciplines during all stages of design development, construction, pre-commissioning, and start-up.
• Providing technical support to the site as required.
• Leading and managing the technical safety discipline team.
• Fostering a culture of lateral learning and knowledge sharing within the project.
• Developing and executing team development objectives.
• Ensuring compliance with project health, safety, and environmental policies.
• Verifying design meets technical safety requirements, minimizing risks.
• Participating in audits, incident investigations, and management of change (MOC) reviews.
• Maintaining expertise in technical safety engineering methodologies, software, and design practices.
• Staying updated on regulatory frameworks, legislation, and industry developments.
• Providing expert knowledge of international codes and standards (e.g., API, ASME, NFPA).
• Ability to chair HAZOP, HAZID workshops.
• Coordinating SIL classification studies and quantitative risk assessments (QRA).
• Performing physical hazard effects (PHE) modeling as required.
• Performing hazard assessment and what-if analysis.
• Providing planning, cost, and schedule data as required.
• Supervising task delegation to team members.
• Managing third-party suppliers for engineering delivery.
• Being flexible and adaptable.
• Having a strong commitment to safety.

Subject Matter Expertise

• Maintaining expertise in technical safety engineering methodologies, software, and design practices.
• Staying updated on regulatory frameworks, legislation, and industry developments.
• Providing expert knowledge of international codes and standards (e.g., API, ASME, NFPA).
• Ability to chair HAZOP, HAZID workshops.
• Coordinating SIL classification studies and quantitative risk assessments (QRA).
• Performing physical hazard effects (PHE) modeling as required.
• Performing hazard assessment and what-if analysis.

Qualifications

• BSc, BEng or equivalent with extensive relevant experience.
• Chartered engineer or recognized equivalent experience.
• Experience working on the concept, FEED, and executing project phases.
• Demonstrable balance of industrial experience at a relevant level and position.
• Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience in the oil and gas industry with proven capability in technical safety design engineering.
• Previous experience of site-based project work involving field engineering, construction, commissioning, operations, or maintenance would be an advantage.
• Experience of working with multinational and multicultural project teams is strongly preferred.
• Previous experience of working in the Middle East would be an advantage.

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.