ASC - Technical Safety (Process Safety)

Our Client operates in the Oil and Energy industry, with its headquarters rooted strongly in Saudi Arabia. It has its branches spread to more than 50 countries, providing employment to more than 68,500 people all over the world. They fall under the Fortune 500 Companies. They are one of the world’s largest oil producers. They are constantly growing by creating new technologies through its Research and Development efforts and branch into new business lines through Investments and Acquisitions.

Role Description:

• We are seeking a Technical Safety (Process Safety) Engineer to join the Loss Prevention organization (LP), which is the corporate safety organization.
• We provide both day-to-day in-field occupational and process safety support to operations, as well as centralized technical support and consulting function.
• Our field offices are located in Abqaiq, Riyadh, Ras Tanura, Dhahran, Udhailiyah, Jeddah (including Yanbu and Jazan), and Tanajib. Through these offices, LP provides its services to all facilities and departments that are located throughout the Kingdom.
• Your primary role as a Technical Safety Engineer is to work with key stakeholder organizations to provide technical guidance on facility design requirements pertaining to fire prevention and process safety engineering areas, including but not limited to firewater systems, fireproofing, emergency shutdown systems, drainage systems, tank designs, electrical classifications, pipeline design factors, equipment access and layout, spacing, risk areas.

Responsibilities:

• As the successful candidate, you will have the requisite knowledge, skills, and experience to:
• Provide technical guidance and develop procedures for all company organizations on fire prevention and process safety engineering in facilities design and related operational requirements, including company and international standards (e.g., NFPA, API).
• Review all new projects to ensure conformance to company and international engineering standards; represent LP at project proposal meetings, and provide continuing guidance through design, construction, and commissioning.
• Provide company-wide technical guidance and assistance during design-related surveys of facilities for adequacy of design, operations and maintenance.
• Analyze fires and process safety incidents both in the industry and to determine causes and whether company standards or other requirements require update or changes, or whether other remedial measures should be considered.
• Initiate and participate in studies to resolve specific problems outside currently available technology.
• Develop training programs in the field of process safety and fire prevention engineering and provide training assistance as required.
• Use risk analysis techniques to identify corporate risk exposure and develop cost-effective solutions.
• Assist in surveys of operations by insurance, Government, and other outside agencies, and act as the Company expert on fire prevention engineering standard requirements.
• Mentor other LP personnel.

Requirements:

• As the successful candidate, you will hold a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering or fire protection engineering, and ten years of relevant industry experience in the oil and gas, petrochemicals, or related industries, five of which focused on addressing technical safety and fire prevention engineering issues.
• Professional Engineering licensing/certification/registration in Fire Protection Engineering, or an advanced degree is highly desirable.
• You will have an excellent ability to communicate in English with peers as well as members of management and be able to produce clear and concise oral and written reports in English.

Working Environment:

• Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.
• Our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none.
• And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.
• We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades.
• Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.