Process Safety Engineer

Job Description

<p><h3>Overview</h3><p>Our client, a major Oil and Gas company, is looking for a Process Safety Engineer to join their team on a 1-year contract in the Fort McMurray area. This will be fly in/fly out with flights from Calgary or Edmonton.</p><h3>Key Accountabilities</h3><ul><li>Support team of Process Safety Engineers to promote and provide technical support for Process Safety Management (PSM) in oil sands operations.</li><li>Accountable to develop effective working relationships with all business units to foster the efficient delivery of the Process Safety Engineering discipline.</li><li>Accountable to implement Process Safety requirements in a compliant, effective and efficient manner.</li><li>Lead or oversee incident investigations into significant process safety events. Apply root cause analysis techniques to ensure the root causes of the incidents are identified and addressed.</li><li>Oversee Process Hazard Assessments (PHA) and revalidations for the business units. Assist with hazard identification, evaluation and mitigation as part of capital project.</li><li>Support the application of the Operational Risk Assessment process at the site.</li><li>Participate in the review of corporate Process Safety Engineering Specifications and Standards.</li><li>Ensure annual testing of firewater systems, deluge firewater pump performance and flow capacity tests are complete.</li><li>Support commissioning of fire protection assets in capital projects.</li><li>Oversee facility siting analysis of people occupied buildings (permanent and/or temporary) and/or critical infrastructure in relation to process hazards including vapour cloud explosion, fire or toxic exposures.</li><li>Ensure industry recognized and accepted standards for Process Safety and Fire Protection are followed on site through the application of internal standards, as well as a sound knowledge of industry practices and standards.</li></ul><h3>Skills & Qualifications</h3><ul><li>10+ years of engineering experience directly supporting a large process facility</li><li>Strong communication and facilitation skills are a requirement in this role.</li><li>Experience with Process Safety Management Systems in facility operations</li><li>Demonstrated ability to influence and persuade managers and leaders in delivering team goals.</li><li>Registration or eligibility to register with APEGA</li><li>Experience in applying a variety of process safety risk management and hazard analysis techniques in an operating environment</li><li>A solid foundation in process engineering with a strong safeguarding and loss prevention background would be an asset in this role</li></ul></p> #J-18808-Ljbffr