Process Safety Leader

As a Process Safety Engineer, you will play a critical role in driving a 'safe working practices' strategy.Job PurposeThe key purpose of this role is to implement and embed process safety management across various sites, making industry best practice a reality.Accountabilities & ResponsibilitiesBUILDING RELATIONSHIPS: Build and maintain relationships with business leaders, managers, and employees to ensure the embedment of process safety management.TECHNICAL GUIDANCE: Provide process safety technical guidance, advice, and support to operational teams, asset management, maintenance, and engineering technical functions.RISK MANAGEMENT: Manage risks across high-hazard facilities through facilitating process hazard identification and review, consequence modelling, and subsequent risk assessments.INCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS: Lead on accident and incident investigations with the support of relevant managers and ensure root cause is identified and corrective and preventive measures tracked and communicated.TREND ANALYSIS: Pro-actively review and identify trends in Process Safety Performance through data trending and incident root causes, making proposals and advising senior leadership on a company response to these trends.Required Skills and QualificationsEXPERIENCE WORKING IN HIGH HAZARD ENVIRONMENTS:Experience working in High Hazard environments associated with explosive atmospheres and toxic gases.Methane, Hydrogen, and Toxic gases experience would be preferable.KNOWLEDGE OF PROCESS SAFETY PRINCIPLES:Knowledge of process safety principles, theory, and experience in application and implementation.H&S management systems and environmental regulatory requirements knowledge is essential.QUALIFICATIONS:Degree level educated (Engineering discipline preferred).Working towards or having recently obtained a post-graduate qualification (e.g. chartered status).Key RequirementsSME CONFIDENCE:Possess and be able to generate confidence internally and externally as a SME on regulatory and technical issues pertaining to process safety.LEADERSHIP SKILLS:Strong leadership and people management skills with the ability to influence and persuade strategic decisions at a senior level (including executive directors).EXTERNAL REGULATORS:Experience working with external regulators.

Created: 2025-09-07