PMC Senior HSE Design Engineer

The Role This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced PMC Senior HSE Design Engineer having a proven track record in ensuring that Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) requirements are integrated into the engineering design of a project. The role focuses on identifying and mitigating safety, environmental, and operational risks during the design phase to ensure safe, compliant, and sustainable project execution for a high-profile client. The key objective for this role is: To ensure that Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) requirements are effectively integrated into engineering designs by identifying, assessing, and mitigating potential risks during all project phases, thereby ensuring safe, compliant, environmentally responsible, and sustainable project execution in accordance with client requirements, regulatory standards, and industry best practices. Wood is a global leader in consulting, engineering and operations for the energy and materials sectors. With 33,000 people in around 50 countries, Wood supports clients across the full asset lifecycle, delivering safe, predictable outcomes while enabling resilient operations and a lower carbon future. Wood forms the Energy & Materials pillar of Sidara - a global partnership uniting leading multidisciplinary engineering, design, and project management companies. www.woodgroup.com Expected: • Bachelor s degree in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, Safety Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or a related engineering discipline. • Typically 15+ years of experience in HSE Design, Technical Safety, Process Safety, Loss Prevention, or Risk Management within oil & gas, LNG, petrochemical, refinery, offshore, or energy projects. • Extensive experience in EPC, EPCM, or PMC project environments across FEED, detailed design, construction, commissioning, and start-up phases. • Strong knowledge of Process Safety Management (PSM), technical safety engineering, and loss prevention principles. • Lead the integration of Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) requirements into engineering design activities throughout the project lifecycle. • Conduct and facilitate HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA, SIL, QRA, Bow-Tie, and Fire Risk Assessment studies. • Identify design-related hazards and ensure effective risk mitigation measures are incorporated into project designs. • Apply and promote Safety-in-Design (SiD) and Inherently Safer Design (ISD) principles. • Review and approve technical safety deliverables, including safety philosophies, loss prevention philosophies, and risk assessment reports. • Review plant layouts, equipment arrangements, and facility siting studies to ensure compliance with safety requirements. • Evaluate fire protection systems, firewater networks, fire & gas detection systems, emergency shutdown (ESD) systems, and safety-critical elements. • Perform and review hazardous area classification studies and ensure compliance with applicable standards. • Conduct consequence modeling, dispersion analysis, thermal radiation studies, and ALARP assessments. • Ensure compliance with client specifications, international standards, and regulatory requirements. • Review engineering deliverables such as PFDs, P&IDs, Cause & Effect diagrams, plot plans, and safety studies. • Coordinate with process, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, civil, and operations teams to resolve safety-related design issues. • Lead technical safety reviews, design reviews, constructability reviews, and operational readiness assessments. • Review contractor and vendor technical safety documentation and provide specialist recommendations. • Support environmental risk assessments and ensure environmental considerations are incorporated into project designs. • Develop and maintain project risk registers, safety action trackers, and technical safety databases. • Participate in audits, regulatory reviews, safety workshops, and independent verification activities. • Monitor and ensure closure of recommendations arising from HAZOPs, risk assessments, audits, and safety studies. • Prepare technical safety reports, compliance assessments, management presentations, and project documentation. • Provide mentoring and technical guidance to junior HSE and Technical Safety Engineers. • Promote continuous improvement in process safety, loss prevention, asset integrity, and environmental performance. • Support commissioning, start-up, and operational handover activities from a technical safety perspective. Skills And Qualifications What makes you remarkable? At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world s most critical challenges. Expected: • Bachelor s degree in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, Safety Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or a related engineering discipline. • Typically 15+ years of experience in HSE Design, Technical Safety, Process Safety, Loss Prevention, or Risk Management within oil & gas, LNG, petrochemical, refinery, offshore, or energy projects. • Extensive experience in EPC, EPCM, or PMC project environments across FEED, detailed design, construction, commissioning, and start-up phases. • Strong knowledge of Process Safety Management (PSM), technical safety engineering, and loss prevention principles.