The Recruitment Co are looking on behalf of one of our esteemed clients in the Manufacturing industry for a Process Safety Engineer.

The Process Safety Engineer role is a fantastic opportunity for someone with the skills below to develop within a specialist environment and grow with the company.

This is a permanent position with opportunities to learn and develop with the role and the company.

Process Safety Engineer
Reporting to Senior Process Safety Engineer

Hours of Work

8am – 4pm Monday to Friday

The main purpose of the Process Safety Engineer is the control of all equipment on both sites to ensure they always run safely and efficiently, and to maintain and control an
effective system.

Duties will include:

  • Working with process chemicals and control engineers to ensure the production plant is set up to provide maximum output and efficient running of the production facility
  • Designing plant and equipment configuration so that they can be readily adapted to suit the product range and the process technologies involved, taking environmental and economic aspects into account
  • Instituting scale-up and scale down processes including appropriate changes to equipment design and configuration
  • Assessing options for plant expansion or reconfiguration by developing and testing process simulation models
  • Designing, installing, and commissioning new production machinery, including monitoring development and troubleshooting
  • Optimising production by analysing processes and compiling de-bottleneck studies
  • Apply new technologies
  • Ensuring that potential safety issues related to the project operator, the environment, the process, and the product are considered at all stages
  • Organise and chair hazard studies
  • Coordinate preparation of major hazard risk assessments
  • Provide functional safety expertise to the engineering department.

Skills and Experience required:

  • Minimum of 5 years chemical experience
  • Chemical/Mechanical Engineering degree or equivalent qualification
  • Working knowledge around H&S and knowledge of working on a COMAH site.
  • Proficient with Office package
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Knowledge of manufacturing improvement strategies.
  • Technically proficient in all areas of process safety and loss of prevention e.g. HAZOP, PHA etc
  • Understand Layers of Protection Analysis LOPA

Benefits include:

  • Salary – £50,000 – £60,000 DOE
  • Free Parking
  • Pension contribution
  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays
  • BUPA cover (after 6 months probation).

If you feel this role is something you would consider or for more information please apply within.

The Recruitment Co are an equal opportunities employer.

The Recruitment Co. is an equal opportunities employer and we’re committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.