Process Engineer- Safety

Job Description

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Costain Manchester offices have an exciting opportunity for a Process Safety Engineer to join our in-house team of Design HSE engineers. The Engineer will have the opportunity to produce technical safety deliverables and undertake related activities across a wide range of industries including Hydrogen production and storage, Oil & Gas, Nuclear, Water, and other sectors, working across the full project lifecycle on concept studies, front end engineering design (FEED) and Detail Design/EPCm projects within the UK.
This role requires a minimum 3 days per week in either Costain's Manchester office.
Responsibilities To act as a project Design HSE Engineer on those projects which are assigned by the Chief Design HSE Engineer and to carry out Design HSE design work on such projects.
To work in a collaborative multi-disciplinary project delivery team, through proactive liaison with other disciplines and to ensure integration of Design HSE into the overall engineering design.
To be responsible for checking and approval of design work in accordance with Company Procedures when so authorised.
To support the business development and work winning departments and act as proposals Design HSE Engineer on proposals which are assigned by the Chief Design HSE Engineer and to carry out design work for such proposals.
To support Construction and Commissioning departments through responding to technical queries in a timely manner.
To report recommendations for improvements in organisational performance, policy and procedures and removal of constraints that are preventing performance
To work collaboratively with and offer advice and support to colleagues including graduate engineers.
Qualifications First degree in Chemical Engineering (Mandatory) with Masters in Chemical Engineering or Process Safety Management preferred.
Good knowledge of UK Regulatory environment including COMAH compliance
Experience of risk identification & management
Fire, explosion & toxic gas consequence modelling (preferably using PHAST)
Preparation of scopes of work for external consultants including QRA, Noise, Environmental Impact
Knowledge of environmental management and BAT assessment
Good understanding of tolerable risk criteria
Experience of Hazardous area classification and DSEAR
Basic understanding of Human Factors Management
Basic understanding of specifying Active and Passive Fire protection
Working towards Chartership
The candidate should have 3+ years' experience in process contracting; preferably in the oil & gas sector (although chemicals and nuclear experience may also be applicable) with the majority of that time in Process/Process Safety/Technical Safety/Design HSE roles.
The candidate should ideally have experience of working on small to medium FEED and EPC/EPCM brownfield projects in the Onshore Oil & Gas or Energy Transition Sectors. Experience of other sectors for example water, nuclear, pharmaceuticals or offshore projects is desirable but not essential.
About Us
Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
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