Chief Risk Safety and Environmental Engineer (Ref: 43354)

Salary / Rate:

GBP 1.00-2.00 

Location:

Surrey 

Rate:

Hourly 

Job Type:

Permanent 

Sector:

Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals 

Date Posted:

05/06/2008 

Reference:

43354 

Chief Risk Safety and Environmental Engineer: South East
Our client is a major engineering company, working in the Oil & Gas industry globally. A vacancy has arisen for a Chief Risk Safety and Environmental engineer to be located in their South east offices on a permanent or contract basis.

This role is a highly responsible position and you must have extensive knowledge and skills in Technical safety in the Oil & Gas industry, being responsible for delivery of an effective and timely integrated technical HSE programme for a major project. This role will require excellent communication skills both within the RSE group and with other engineering disciplines, project managers and Clients.
You will be required to assist and direct members of the Project RSE group in executing RSE engineering and assessment tasks in support of engineering projects. Also, you will have worked in a Lead Engineer position previously with proven experience in leading large teams of engineers.
You must be familiar with the principles of HSE management issues during FEED and EPC phases, being able to provide safety input to scopes of work, schedules and manhour estimates. An ability to chair HAZOP and/or Safety Integrity Level (SIL) workshops is desirable, but primary role on projects will be to ensure that these reviews are performed and followed up effectively and efficiently. You will have understanding of environmental issues and environmental engineering activities relevant to oil and gas projects. You need to be familiar with the principles, design and suitability of Fire and Gas detection systems, active and passive fire protection engineering, systems design and specifications, hazardous area classification, also with QRA work and its influence and impact upon engineering design.