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Senior / Principal Process Safety Engineer
Location: Edinburgh, (Hybrid working)
Role Overview
A leading engineering consultant operating across global markets is seeking a highly experienced Senior / Principal Process Safety Engineer to join their UK team.
The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering safe, compliant design and engineering solutions for a range of projects in high-hazard industries such as pharmaceuticals and food and other mission-critical sectors.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide expert process safety support across a variety of projects featuring diverse hazard types.
- Contribute within multi-discipline engineering teams and also support standalone process-safety consulting services.
- Perform and lead hazard and risk assessments, reviews and safety analyses (e.g. relevant hazard studies, risk assessments, compliance reviews).
- Develop, review and maintain process safety deliverables including process flow diagrams (PFDs), piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), equipment sizing, process calculations and other design documentation.
- Apply comprehensive knowledge of process safety legislation, codes of practice and standards relevant to UK and EU (and where needed, international) framework.
- Provide technical guidance, mentoring and coaching particularly for candidates who have strong fundamentals but may have gaps in some areas.
- Support multiple projects simultaneously with effective prioritisation, while maintaining a professional, organised approach.
- Foster a safety-centred, teamwork-focused attitude; contribute to a culture of safety excellence and continuous improvement.
Skills & Experience Required
- Bachelor's degree in Process / Chemical Engineering (or equivalent).
- Chartered Engineer status (or working towards chartered status) is highly desirable.
- Solid understanding of both process design and process safety engineering.
- Demonstrable knowledge across a range of process safety topics (e.g. hazardous-area classification, ATEX/DSEAR, risk assessments, COMAH/major hazard regulations, hazard studies, etc.).
- Strong process design background including experience producing and working with PFDs, P&IDs, process calculations, equipment sizing and process safety deliverables.
On Offer
- 70,000 - 90,000 depending on senior / principle level
- 25 x Day Holiday Entitlement
- up to 9% Pension Contribution
- Employee Share Option Scheme
- Bonus Plan (discretionary)
- Private Healthcare
- Life Assurance
- Professional Subscription
- Cycle to Work
- Business mileage
If you believe you have the relevant expertise and drive, we'd love to hear from you. Please send your CV to Iain Shanley
