Kintec Recruitment Limited
Job description – Principal Safety
Job Title: Principal Safety & Risk Engineer
Location: Office-based, Doha, Qatar
Contract Type: 1-Year Secondment Contract (Extendable)
Work Pattern: 5 days on / 2 days off, 8-10 hours per day
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Principal Safety & Risk Engineer to join a high-profile project within the petrochemical sector. This role offers exposure to the full project lifecycle and requires a technical leader with deep expertise across safety and risk disciplines.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead and contribute to safety and risk assessments across all project phases: feasibility studies, concept development, FEED, detailed engineering, and execution.
• Conduct and review hazard and risk management activities, including HAZID, HAZOP, Inherent Safety Reviews, Concept Option Selection, and Formal Safety Assessments.
• Perform Fire and Explosion Analysis, Fire Protection Studies (active and passive systems), and Fire & Gas Detection System design.
• Develop Safety Critical Elements, Performance Standards, and Safety Cases for both onshore and offshore facilities.
• Facilitate HAZOP and HAZID workshops, ensuring comprehensive hazard identification and risk evaluation.
• Conduct Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA), Safety Case development, Reliability Studies (including FMEA, RAM), and SIL Assessments.
• Apply Safety Management principles to risk assessments ensuring regulatory compliance and best practice standards.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary engineering teams to deliver detailed design and FEED packages.
Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from a recognised university.
• Minimum 17 years’ experience in safety and risk engineering within the oil, gas, or petrochemical industries.
• Proven experience across all phases of the project lifecycle including FEED, detailed design, and EPIC execution.
• In-depth expertise in safety & risk engineering disciplines including:
• Active and Passive Fire Protection Design
• Fire and Gas Detection System Design
• Hazardous Area Classification
• Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA)
• Fire and Explosion Risk Assessment (FERA)
• Reliability/Availability Studies (RAM, FMEA)
• Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Assessments
• Strong facilitation skills for conducting HAZOP and HAZID sessions.
• Experience preparing Safety Cases for complex offshore and onshore projects.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively within multi-discipline teams.
This is an urgent requirement offering a fixed hourly rate. Immediate availability is highly desirable.
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