Description
MAIN FUNCTIONS
Ensure compliance to applicable local / international regulations and company referentials:
Make input on safety engineering documents for facility design, operation, and abandonment in conformity with company, industry, and statutory requirements.
Provide Safety Engineering support on studies conducted internally and follow up Safety Engineering studies undertaken by Contractors during Basic/Detailed Engineering aengineering by hierarchy. Provide support to operated facilities.
Undertake periodic updates of the facility safety concept.
Review and make necessary inputs to all safety-related modifications and corresponding engineering documents to existing facilities (P&ID, ESD Logic, Fire and Gas Cause and Effects Matrix, Active and Passive fire protection, Fire
and Gas detection, Escape and evacuation routes, Hazardous Area Classification, safety layout, and Flare Radiation)
Undertake the development, review, and update of the Operational Safety Case in line with regulatory (NUPRC) requirements for operated sites in Nigeria.
Lead specific safety engineering studies/reviews in support of Request for Modification (RFM) process and Downgraded Situations (DGS)—HAZOP, HAZID, BowTie Assessment etc.
Support operational entities in derogation preparation.
Undertake flammable/toxic gas dispersion, fire and explosion consequence modelling using PHAST software, and
Interpret results for safe operation of oil and gas facilities.
Undertake the Safety Integrity Levels (SIL) assessment process and SIL assignment for Safety Instrumented Systems within oil and gas facilities. Facilitate Safety and Environmental Critical Element (SECE) identification workshops and the follow-up of Safety
Engineering responsibilities as specified in GS GR HSE 311.
Lead in major risk identification, develop risk reduction measures for managing technological risks, and monitor implementation in compliance with the group referential (GS GR HSE 312) for technological risk assessment (TRA).
Lead major risk awareness training and barrier verification exercises.
Promote Major Risk awareness within COMPANY via development of Process Safety Event articles for dissemination to operated asset.
Support major risk management implementation through the development of a dashboard for monitoring barrier status.
Provide process safety support to Engineering Construction & Projects (ECP) and Operational / Asset Operated by Others (AOBO) entities and partners on risk management issues.
TASK AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Work with critical contacts to maintain technological and operational risk assessment compliance
studies using company reference documents and methodology for all operating sites.
Safety Engineering: Facilitate safety studies and review to assist management of change requests. Perform effective
safety engineering design studies and proffer pragmatic solutions to challenges faced by sites and non-industrial
facilities.
Job Requirement
Qualifications & Experience
B.Sc. degree or equivalent in chemical, petroleum, or related engineering (an M.Sc. degree in safety engineering or similar is a plus).
Typically, 12 years of professional oil and gas industry experience of which at least 7 years in an equivalent position
as a process safety engineer, technical safety engineer, or loss prevention engineer.
Good knowledge of loss prevention standards and procedures and major hazard legislation.
Good knowledge of risk assessment techniques and management: Hazard Identification (HAZID), Hazard and Operability
review (HAZOP), Hazard Analysis (HAZAN), Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA), and other reviews.
Proficiency in consequence modelling software PHAST, firewater hydraulic network analysis (PIPENET), fire and gas detection mapping (DETECT-3D)
Possession of TUV Functional Safety Engineer certification is an added advantage.
Autonomous with investigation/observation skills, effective communication, and organizational capability.