About this role
Job Title: Senior Technical Safety Engineer
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Job type: Full-time
Job Description
- We are seeking a highly experienced and technically proficient Senior Technical Safety Engineer to join our team.
- The successful candidate will provide technical leadership in process safety and technical safety engineering activities, ensuring that engineering designs and project execution comply with applicable safety standards, regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate technical safety engineering activities across assigned projects.
- Develop, review and approve safety engineering deliverables, including Safety Philosophies, Fire and Gas Detection Philosophies and Hazardous Area Classification documents.
- Facilitate and participate in HAZID, HAZOP, SIL, LOPA and other process safety studies.
- Conduct and review quantitative risk assessments (QRA), fire and explosion risk assessments and consequence modelling.
- Perform and review fire protection, gas detection and emergency response design requirements.
- Ensure compliance with relevant international safety codes, standards and regulatory requirements.
- Identify potential safety risks and recommend appropriate mitigation measures.
- Provide technical support during engineering design, procurement, construction, commissioning and project execution.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary engineering teams, clients and project stakeholders.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Safety Engineering or a related discipline.
- Minimum of 5–12 years of relevant technical safety engineering experience, preferably within the Oil & Gas industry.
- Strong knowledge of process safety engineering principles, risk assessment methodologies and safety studies.
- Experience in HAZID, HAZOP, SIL assessment, LOPA and QRA.
- Knowledge of fire protection systems, gas detection systems and hazardous area classification.
- Familiarity with international standards such as API, NFPA, IEC and relevant ISO standards.
- Proficiency in relevant safety engineering and risk assessment software.
- Strong analytical, leadership, communication and problem-solving skills.
Application Closing Date
30th November, 2026.