The key responsibilities of the Principal Safety Engineer are:

Planning and implementation of the Safety aspects of a Project to ensure that deliverables are issued on schedule, project milestone dates are met, and given tasks are completed within the allowed budget.

Technical and administrative management of the engineers / designers / draftsmen team, and Assignment and co ordination of activities within the team to execute the design / procurement related activities of assigned projects .  Defining the safety/ loss prevention requirements for a project in accordance with client's and codes requirements and ensuring that it is implemented by providing relevant inputs to key disciplines.

Development / review of safety designs such as hazardous area classifications, fire gas detection system layout, and safety equipment drawings

Generation / review of specifications for firefighting and safety equipment

Design / review of active fire protection systems specifications such as fire water system, total flooding type systems, etc.

Performance / review of safety studies such as QRA, FRA, HAZOP, HAZID, flare radiation and dispersion studies, CFD explosion studies, Noise studies, HSECES Performance Standards and Written Scheme of Examination etc. as per project requirement or to assist management in decision making for safety related issues

Develop performance-based F&G layouts by performing F&G Mapping studies.

Coordination with Project Managers / Lead Engineers from other Disciplines for the inter-disciplinary tasks.

Coordination / review with the specialist consultant and various disciplines for sub contracted studies such as Safety, HSE, noise and environment-related studies.

Co-ordination with Project and client, subcontractors and/or suppliers

Providing support to site engineers on technical query issues

Facilitate HAZOP / HAZID review sessions

Performs or undertakes a review of:

Technical evaluation of vendor bids and technical bid tabulation

Safety-related items

Requisitions for safety-related items

Mentor young engineers in the team.

Minimum Qualifications:

University or Higher Education:

• Bachelor's in chemical or Mechanical Engineering
• Master's in chemical / Petroleum or Mechanical Engineering /Loss Prevention Engineering

Computer Skills

• MS Office, Advanced knowledge of: PHAST, FLARESIM, F&G Mapping, HAZOP Software, PIPENET, SAFETI

Minimum Time of Related Experience:

• 15 Years+ of relevant Technical Safety /HSE design/ Loss prevention engineering experience in International Oil and Gas Design Consultancy for Offshore, Upstream onshore and Petrochemical facilities.
• Candidate should have experience of acting as a Lead Safety Engineer for major FEED and EPC projects for at least 5 years.
• Experience of working on ADNOC Group projects is essential. Experience in projects handling High H2S and Hydrogen will be an added advantage.