Lead Process Safety Engineer (Offshore)📣 Job Ad
| Contract Type | Full-time | |
| Workplace type | On-site | |
| Location | Al Khobar |
About the Role
KBR, Inc. is seeking a Lead Process Safety Engineer (Offshore) to join their team in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position is responsible for leading and managing process safety activities across the entire project lifecycle for medium to large-scale offshore projects, from conceptualization through detailed design. The role requires a strong understanding of project and process safety engineering practices, economic principles, calculation methodologies, and adherence to international standards, codes, specifications, and procedures.
The successful candidate will be a proactive individual with excellent communication and technical presentation skills, capable of independent work and fostering a positive team environment. This engineer will serve as a key technical authority, ensuring the rigorous application of client, KBR, and international standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate process safety engineering activities for offshore projects, ensuring efficiency and quality.
- Develop and review calculations, data sheets, technical notes, requisitions, specifications, drawings, and other discipline-specific deliverables.
- Serve as the primary focal point for planning and supervising safety engineering tasks assigned to the project team.
- Conduct, organize, and facilitate workshops including PHA, HAZID, HAZOP, SIL, and LOPA, and follow up on recommendations and findings.
- Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of HAZIP and HAZOP workshops, hazard and risk management, fire and explosion analysis (including dispersion analysis), fire protection studies, formal safety assessments, compartmentation and emergency evacuation routes, design safety reviews/studies, layout, F&G systems, hazardous area classification, and active and passive fire protection design.
- Ensure complete integration with other project team members, including engineers, designers, and technical personnel.
- Provide technical leadership to ensure the correct application of applicable procedures and standards, including client, KBR, and international requirements.
- Familiarity with firewater demand calculations and equipment requirements, industrial drainage design and equipment, Saudi Aramco standards, and NFPA requirements is desirable.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Process Safety or a related engineering discipline from a government-recognized institution.
- A minimum of 15 years of experience in Offshore Process Safety.
- Proven experience in process safety activities within the offshore design environment, covering conceptual to detailed design stages.
- Demonstrated experience with project engineering practices, international codes, standards, procedures, and specifications.
- Proficiency in English, both oral and written.
- GCC experience, particularly with Saudi Aramco, will be highly preferred.
Required Skills and Expertise
- Process Safety
- Project Engineering Practices
- International Codes, Standards, Procedures, and Specifications
- PHA, HAZID, HAZOP, SIL, LOPA, HAZIP methodologies
- Hazard and Risk Management
- Fire and Explosion Analysis (including Dispersion Analysis)
- Fire Protection Related Studies
- Formal Safety Assessments
- Compartmentation and Emergency Evacuation Routes
- Design Safety Reviews/Studies
- Layout, F&G, and Hazardous Area Classification
- Active and Passive Fire Protection Design
- Firewater Demand Calculations
- Industrial Drainage Design
- Saudi Aramco Standards
- NFPA Requirements
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Excellent Technical Presentation Skills
Work Location and Type
This is a full-time position based in Al Khobar, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
Requirements
- Requires +10 Years experience
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