Process Safety Engineer- Operations

Job Description

Job Description

Aurex Group is recruiting a Process Safety Engineer to support safe operations at a major energy facility in South Texas.

Embedded within the production shift team, you will provide practical operational risk advice, assess impaired safety barriers and help operations and maintenance teams implement effective risk controls.

Key responsibilities

• Facilitate risk assessments for simultaneous operations (SIMOPS), high-risk work, operating procedure deviations and impaired safety barriers.
• Assess risks associated with deferred safety-critical maintenance, inhibits and overrides, temporary operating instructions and emergency management of change (MOC).
• Review permit-to-work risk assessments and isolation arrangements, ensuring appropriate mitigations and approvals are in place.
• Work with operations, maintenance, engineering and process safety teams to manage impaired safety-critical equipment and monitor cumulative operational risk.
• Conduct field verification, participate in toolbox talks and confirm agreed controls are implemented.
• Support audits of alarm management, isolation practices, overrides and operating procedures.
• Contribute to incident investigations and coach shift teams on risk assessment and process safety practices.

Experience and qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation Engineering or a closely related discipline.
• At least five years’ experience in oil and gas, chemical or petrochemical facilities.
• Demonstrated experience in operational risk assessment, barrier management and bowtie methodologies.
• Working understanding of process safety management and safe systems of work.
• Experience monitoring and reporting safety or operational performance indicators.
• Ability to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC).

Experience with LNG operations, cryogenic hazards, safety cases and emergency response planning would be advantageous.

Location and working pattern

This position requires relocation to the South Texas area and regular attendance at the facility. The schedule is 12-hour shifts, seven consecutive days on followed by seven days off , with days, nights, weekends and holidays as scheduled.

To express interest, submit your résumé and confirm your willingness to relocate and work the stated shift pattern. Further client and location details will be discussed confidentially.