
Wood Plc GCC
Senior Technical Safety Engineer
- Permanent
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 10 - 15 yrs
Job expiry date: 19/09/2025
Job overview
Date posted
05/08/2025
Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Comprehensive package + relocation
Experience
10 - 15 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
19/09/2025
Job description
This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Technical Safety Engineer experienced with a proven track record in ensuring compliance with safety regulations, assessing risks, and implementing measures to prevent incidents and safeguard processes in engineering projects for a high-profile client. The role supports major projects across the energy and materials sectors, especially within offshore and onshore oil & gas. Wood provides global opportunities, competitive benefits, and continued professional development within a diverse, inclusive organization.
Required skills
technical safety engineering
HAZOP
HAZID
SIL studies
QRA
FERA
EERA
PHAST
PIPENET
fire water PID
fire water demand calculation
hydraulic modelling
passive fire protection
fire and gas detection
safety equipment layout
emergency escape studies
MOC reviews
FEED
pre-FEED
ADNOC experience
Key responsibilities
- Fully responsible for engineering solutions to produce detailed design and specifications
- Review and approve of deliverables prepared by other HSE Engineers within the HSE group
- Being accountable for the quality of Technical Safety deliverables
- Supporting and supervising task delegation to team
- Participating in audits and incident investigations as required
- Ensure that all project Health, Safety and Environmental policies are complied with
- Ensure that design meets all Technical Safety requirements and maintains risks to as low as reasonably practicable
- Achieving project completion to the project specifications on schedule
- Participating in project HAZOP, HAZID, SIL studies, and other safety workshops when required and experience of coordinating HAZOP, HAZID, SIL Classification studies and other HSE workshops
- Management of third party HSE consultants in the execution of engineering delivery/HSE workshops
- Preparation of Tender Bid Evaluations and assessment of bids for procured fire and safety equipment, participate in vendor meetings
- Able to interrogate and review 3rd party HSE studies such as QRA, FERA, EERA etc., as required
- Able to perform Physical Hazard Effects (PHE) modelling using PHAST (or similar) as required
- Performance of Emergency Escape, Evacuation and Rescue Studies
- Fire Protection and Engineering Design experience including preparation of Fire Water PID's, Performance of Fire Water demand calculations, Performance of Fire Water Hydraulic modelling using PIPENET or similar, Performance of Passive Fire Protection studies and drawings, Preparation of Fire and Gas Detection layouts, Safety Equipment layouts, Safety Signage etc.
- Actively maintains own competence according to standards and pursues continuous professional development
- Self-awareness of relevant regulatory framework, legislation changes, initiatives and industry technology developments
- Expert knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of Technical Safety engineering methodologies, software systems, and design practices as they relate to FEED, Detail Design, Construction, Commissioning, and plant Start-up
- Expert knowledge of design deliverables associated with loss prevention scopes
- Experience of directing Management of Change (MOC) reviews
- Able to perform Physical Hazard Effects (PHE) modelling as required
- Supporting and supervising task delegation to team
- Executing assigned development objectives for team members
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of Technical Safety engineering methodologies, software systems, and design practices as they relate to FEED, Detail Design, Construction, Commissioning, and plant Start-up
- Provide assistance in Manhours estimation and scheduling for project proposals
- Strong commitment to safety
Experience & skills
- Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering / Loss Prevention/ Environmental or equivalent from an accredited university with a minimum of ten (10+) years of relevant experience in the Offshore/Onshore Oil & Gas industry, including minimum (5) years (preferred) in GCC region
- Must have at least five (5) years of experience in similar position in a mega Oil & Gas or Petrochemical projects, managing team of Specialists, Senior Engineers and Engineers
- Must have strong FEED, Pre-FEED experience in Offshore projects, whilst ADNOC experience is desired
- Chartered Engineer or recognized equivalent experience is an added advantage
- Expert in own discipline knowledge requirements to provide support to the business
- Experience of working on concept & FEED project phases
- Have involvement in Conceptual studies for Fields developments projects
- Experience in mega projects developments