Technical Safety Engineer Full Time

Job Description

Wood has been awarded a major project with ADNOC and, we are looking to hire a Technical Safety Engineer to be based at our Abu Dhabi Engineering Center.




Responsibilities

T he job requires excellent design safety expertise to carry out HSE-related activities for oil & gas projects. The Technical Safety Engineer will be expected to take complete technical responsibility for their design and guide the team of designers in the day-to-day execution of the project activities.

• Fully responsible for engineering solutions to produce detailed designs and specifications.
• Being accountable for the quality of Technical Safety deliverables.
• Ensure that all project Health, Safety and Environmental policies are complied with.
• Ensure that the design meets all Technical Safety requirements and maintains risks to as low as reasonably practicable.
• Achieving project completion to the project specifications on schedule.
• Participating in project HAZOP, HAZID, SIL studies, and other safety workshops when required and experience in coordinating HAZOP, HAZID, SIL Classification studies and other HSE workshops.
• Defining safety philosophies and fire, spill & gas detection philosophies.
• Firewater and foam demand calculations.
• Performance of Fire Water Hydraulic modelling using PIPENET or similar
• Firewater and foam network design, including siting of hydrants and monitors.
• Active fire protection system design (deluge system & foam system) for hazardous equipment.
• Hydraulic analysis of firewater and foam network.
• Preparation of Fire Fighting System P&IDs.
• Hazardous area Classification.
• Defining Fire Proofing requirements for critical structures, equipment supports & pipe racks in the plant.
• Performing layout Analysis and defining the Inter-distance requirement between equipment.
• Preparation of Escape route, safety signs and safety Equipment Layout.
• Preparation & Coordination of Vendor related activities such as Supply Specifications, RFQ, MTOs, and datasheets for safety, life-saving and firefighting equipment.
• Actively maintains own competence according to standards and pursues continuous professional development.
• Self-awareness of relevant regulatory framework, legislation changes, initiatives, and industry technology development
• Strong commitment to safety

Qualifications

• Bachelor or equivalent degree in Chemical / loss prevention / environmental
• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in the oil and gas industry
• Experience of working on concept, FEED and EPC project phases
• Experience of working with multi-national and multi-cultural project teams is strongly preferred
• Expert knowledge of regulatory framework and associated legislation, international codes and standards
• Previous experience of working in the Middle East would be an advantage