Principal HSE Engineer

Overview

In this role you lead process safety for LNG and onshore low carbon fuel projects, providing technical authority on hazard identification, risk assessment, and consequence evaluation to support risk-informed design. You drive consistent application of safety methodologies and ensure study outputs are robust and integrated into engineering decisions. You also contribute to environmental assessments as a supporting discipline to enable safe, compliant project delivery. This position offers impact across multidisciplinary teams in a mission-driven, safety-focused environment.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the Safety Engineering Basis including methodologies, standards, and acceptance criteria for process safety studies and risk management
• Lead and deliver process safety studies (HAZID, HAZOP, Fire and Explosion Analysis, QRA, ALARP) with robust outputs applied project-wide
• Guide consequence modelling for fire, explosion, and hazardous release scenarios to support decision-making
• Integrate process safety outcomes into engineering design, influencing plant layout, safeguards, and risk reduction strategies
• Develop Fire & Gas detection philosophies and detector mapping aligned with hazard scenarios
• Define fire protection requirements from a process safety perspective to mitigate major accident scenarios
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure consistent process safety application across design deliverables
• Support risk management activities with identification, assessment, and tracking of key process safety risks to resolution
• Provide technical guidance to promote consistency, quality, and continuous improvement in process safety delivery
• Contribute to environmental studies (GHG emissions, flaring and venting, energy efficiency) as part of project sustainability objectives
• Engage in client engagements, technical assurance reviews, and regulatory discussions as the process safety SME

Key requirements

• Degree in Engineering or equivalent
• Proven capability in leading process safety studies (HAZID, HAZOP, QRA)
• Strong understanding of fire/explosion hazards, dispersion analysis, and quantitative risk assessment
• Experience with consequence and risk modelling software (e.g., PHAST, FLACS) is preferred
• Experience integrating process safety into engineering design and influencing technical decisions
• Exposure to environmental assessments (emissions, flaring, venting, energy efficiency)
• Familiarity with international codes, standards, and regulatory frameworks for LNG and low carbon fuels
• Strong communication, coordination, and influencing skills across multidisciplinary teams

• Strong communication and influencing abilities
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Decision-making and stakeholder engagement
• PHAST
• FLACS
• HAZID

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