About this role
Summary
- We are seeking a Process Safety Senior Engineer to join our team in Houston, TX. This role reports to the Director, Process Safety and will be responsible for ensuring that operations are conducted safely, efficiently, and effectively.
Required experience
- Provide technical and engineering leadership on all process safety management elements such as MOC, PSSR, PHA, building siting, process design.
- Provide process safety and engineering guidance to communicate and evaluate process safety risks.
- Develop and deliver fire protection engineering designs, studies, specifications, calculations, and drawings across applicable project phases.
- Prepare and support fire protection system deliverables, including P&IDs, fire and detection layouts, equipment location plans, fire exposed envelopes, and related engineering documentation.
- Ability to recommend and implement process safety improvement opportunities by staying abreast of industry trends and technology.
- Responsible for management/leadership on PHA/LOPA teams, including review and approval of associated action items.
- Provide technical expertise in fire protection engineering and process safety, where applicable.
- Responsible for providing technical assurance on overall operational risk. These processes include:
Car sealing
- Procedures – initial start-up and SOP and red line revisions
- Process Safety Event Reporting
- Permit to Work
- SIMOPs
- Inhibits / Bypasses
- Safety Critical Element management
- Pre-startup Safety Reviews
- Monitoring process safety metrics and analyzing data to identify trends and outliers and to make recommendations as needed.
- Participate in Pre-Start-Up / Readiness Reviews for major equipment commissioning activities.
- Ability to interface with Contractor CSU team, engineering, and operations departments.
- Ability to influence the culture of process safety.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Chemical/Process or Mechanical Engineering. Based on experience, other Engineering disciplines will be considered.
- 7-15 years of experience with preference in oil and gas. Other industry experience will be considered.
- Experience in design, implementation and management of safety systems and fire protection processes.
- Strong understanding of safety regulations and best industry practices/codes with demonstrated application.
- Maintain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card in good standing status (optional)
Key Characteristics
- Forward thinking with the ability to identify improvement opportunities, proactively engaging all sites.
- Asks targeted questions to ensure that the right solutions are discussed and implemented.
- Detail oriented and results driven.
- Clear communicator – ability to provide clear guidance and expectations.
- Ability to communicate the process safety message in a respectful manner, taking into consideration ideas from others.
- Ability to mentor and coach junior engineers.
About Novetus Engineering LLC
Novetus is unsurpassed in our commitment to achieving our objectives as efficiently as possible. From a piping modification or pump upgrade project to helping to manage a multi-billion-dollar international development, Novetus will field the right team and the right systems to get the work done quickly and fit for the purpose. Novetus combines engineering workflow automation expertise with an experienced team of engineers and project managers to execute projects with exceptional efficiency. An engineering company focused on the oil, gas, and petrochemical industry, Novetus is based in Houston, Texas and is privately held.