We have a requirement for a Lead Safety Design Engineer; the position is based in Lagos Nigeria, with an immediate start and expected duration of four years.

Duties Include:

  • Assure engineering input and quality for safety studies (safety concept, safety case, EIA input, QRA, specialist safety studies). Ensure, by appropriate project team liaison that these studies, address, as necessary issues arising from other Package activities (eg.hazards associated with UFR, SPS and drilling and completions packages are to be addressed in the QRA)
  • Assure adequate engineering input and quality of key HSE drawings (eg fire and gas detection layouts, ESD logigrams, F&G logigrams, cause and effect matrices, escape route layouts, safety signage, safety equpiment layouts, firewater & P&IDs)
  • Ensure that the hazard identification studies are performed by the contractor in a timely manner
  • Ensure that HSE policy and reference documents are understood and applied (HSE directives, rules, specifications and procedures)
  • Take part in HSE meetings, as required, either by company or by FPSO contractor
  • Participate in actions for identifying and minimising risks, and the impact of activities, especially for the simultaneous operations or in downgraded situations.
  • Liaise as required with respect to any company HSE visits to the FPSO sites (eg.PTRs or audits)
  • Ensure that HSE studies and risk assessments undertaken for the design of installations properly permit the safe execution of operational activities and facilitate eventual abandonment
  • Perform the studies needed prior to start-up of activities as part of compilation of dossiers (eg.derogations) for obtaining authorisations either from the company of from the Nigerian authorities
  • Keep track of changed in relevant HSE regulations and plans for new regulations bearing in mind the contractual constraints
  • Contribute to performance improvement and associated monitoring.

Experience required:

  • Mechanical / Chemical Engingeering degree
  • 15 to 20 years of HSE & Quality experience within the exploration-production environment (Engineering & Operations)

Please respond at your earliest convenience, as we wish to submit candidate details to our client immediately. Please forward all current CV submissions to: admin@browninghenderson.com quoting job reference as stated above.

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Contact: James Schwier