Principal Technical Safety Engineer (ADV 3)

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Employment Type: Contract

Job Summary

• You will champion facility integrity, conduct safety workshops, and ensure hazards are reduced to ALARP (As Low As Reasonably Practicable) to protect personnel, the environment, and assets.
• The Principal Technical Safety Engineer (Adv 3) is a senior, office-based role responsible for overseeing technical safety and loss prevention.

Key Responsibilities

• Safety Studies & Assessments: Facilitate and review critical technical safety studies, including HAZOP, HAZID, SIL/LOPA, QRA (Quantitative Risk Assessment), FEHA (Fire and Explosion Hazard Assessment), and EERA (Escape, Evacuation and Rescue Assessment).
• Loss Prevention Engineering: Review and approve design documents regarding passive and active fire protection, hazardous area classification, dropped object studies, and fire & gas (F&G) mapping.
• Cross-Discipline Collaboration: Work with process, mechanical, and layout engineers to eliminate hazards at the source. Provide office-based support to site teams, fabrication yards, and various operational assets.
• Safety Cases & ALARP Demonstration: Author and update formal Safety Cases, Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) philosophies, and Performance Standards for Safety-Critical Elements (SCE) to meet regulatory compliances.
• Mentorship & Quality Assurance: Lead the Technical Safety division by mentoring junior engineers, conducting peer reviews of deliverables, and managing project hours budgets.

Qualifications & Experience

• Software Proficiency: Strong working knowledge of industry-standard modeling tools (e.g., PHAST, BowTieXP, PHA-Pro), and deep familiarity with international design codes (API, OSHA, NFPA, etc.).
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical, or Process Engineering, or a related STEM discipline. A Master's degree in Safety and Risk Management is highly advantageous.
• Core Competencies: Ability to drive time-critical decisions, excellent stakeholder management, and strong communication skills to act as the primary interface with clients and regulatory bodies.
• Experience: Minimum of 10+ years of progressive technical safety, risk management, and loss prevention experience, specifically within highly regulated, hazardous industries (e.g., Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Energy, or EPCI projects)

Benefits

• Work Arrangement: 100% office-based, potentially offering hybrid working models depending on organizational policies.
• Environment: A collaborative corporate engineering environment, heavily reliant on software simulations, documentation reviews, and cross-functional meetings.