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Job title : Technical Safety Engineer (Cape Town)
Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town
Deadline : November 22, 2024
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Purpose
- The Technical Safety Engineer will fulfil a lead Process Safety Engineer (PSE) role and will be expected to execute process safety activities for multiple projects across different geographies, both locally and abroad
- Provides technical expertise to evaluate risks and cost-effectively resolve process safety issues, including recommendations from various reviews such as PHAs, HAZOPs, safety audits, and incident investigations.
- Facilitation of various safety and risk reviews for internal and external clients.
- Come join us and make a positive contribution to a more Sustainable World!
Requirements
- Facilitate Safety/Risk studies using an appropriate selection of methodologies and collate reports and findings – strong writing and oral skills is a MUST.
- Access quality cost-effective solutions during risk assessments to ensure optimum risk design within acceptable risk parameters.
- Analyse Major Hazard Installation (MHI) as per regulations and advise on compliance.
- Provide guidance and assurance on PSM aspects as well as Recognised and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices (ISA, NFPA; ISO; BS etc.)
- Provide input into the design, development, and maintenance of process safety management systems.
- Facilitate incident investigations and assist in the compilation of incident reports.
- Deliver quality engineering deliverables to clients and other disciplines.
- Ensure project schedules and work plans are adhered to.
- Work closely with other disciplines and aspire to support and achieve the goals of the Client.
- Ensure engineering innovation, optimisation and strategies are implemented and enforced to the advantage of our partners
Qualifications/Experience
Minimum Requirement:
- BSC Chemical Engineering degree – Similar engineering degree with a STRONG Process Safety background is also acceptable.
- Registered with ECSA – advantage.
- 7 to 10 years of Oil & Gas, Petrochemical and/or Energy Industry experience – at least 5 years in a senior position in process safety engineering/management.
- Strong background in Process Safety Management and the wider Health Safety and Environment (HSE) management – postgraduate qualification or proven experience will be an advantage.
- Formal HAZOP facilitation training through a reputable institution (eg. CAIA Risk Based Process Safety
- Management I and II OR IChemE HAZOP Leadership and Management).
- Experience in various process safety tools/methodologies including but not limited to: Layer of Protection
- Analysis (LOPA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA), Bowties etc.
- Consequence modelling experience – PHAST/In:Flux or similar.
- Likelihood assessment experience – Familiar with failure data, and event trees.
- Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) experience.
- Fire and Gas Mapping experience – wish.
Knowledge Requirements:
- Proficient in interpreting technical documents such as PFDs, P&IDs, Cause, and Effects charts, RAT lists etc., that is required for various process safety activities/studies.
- Technically proficient in all areas of Process Safety Management and relevant areas of loss prevention engineering.
- A good grounding in process safety and consequence analysis in a Major Hazard Installation (MHI) environment.
- Good knowledge of applicable local and international best practices, design codes, standards, and regulations.
- Strong knowledge of safety & protection systems applications and implementation (prevention and mitigation).
- Facilitator (e.g. HAZOP, HAZID, SIL, and LOPA).
- Fluent knowledge of English – Intermediate knowledge of the local language preferred.
Personal attributes
- Excellent communication skills
- Team-player
- Ability to time management and prioritise tasks into different reporting structures (line vs project)
- Quality and detail driven
- Self-starter and able to work independently.
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to work under pressure.
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