Safety and Risk Consultant

Risktec currently has vacancies in our Edinburgh office for consultants experienced in risk management and process safety for industries such as oil, gas, chemical, distillery and renewables. The role will be based full time in Edinburgh and will involve travel around the UK and abroad.
Risktec Solutions is an established, independent and specialist risk management consulting and training company, and is part of the TÜV Rheinland Group. We assist clients in major hazard industries including oil and gas, chemical, nuclear and transportation as well as commercial and public sectors to manage health, safety, security, environmental and business risk. Our people are high calibre professionals, with a strong focus on meeting clients’ expectations and we have offices across the UK and in the Netherlands, Dubai, Muscat, Houston and Calgary. Further information is available on our Risktec Website.

Role Description

You will be part of an energetic and driven team, and will be expected to work effectively and collaboratively with colleagues on multiple projects in a supportive, progressive environment. Our core company values of teamwork, empowerment, integrity and solutions provide our cultural framework and encourage problem solving, decision making, flexibility and responsibility. We have an established competence framework, with regular appraisals and a defined pathway for progression.

Depending on level of experience, the role will help deliver and possibly lead technical safety projects nationally and internationally. These projects cover a wide range of facilities and plant, processes and operations, for example:

- Distilleries
- Civil nuclear
- On/offshore oil and gas exploration, production, decommissioning.
- Renewable energy

The role would involve travel to UK and world-wide locations to meet project requirements, applicants must therefore hold a valid passport and licence that allows for driving in the UK.

Key Skills
- Facilitating hazard identification workshops such as HAZOP, PHA and/or HAZID
- Certification of HAZOP Leader training via a recognized body, e.g. TUV Rheinland, IChemE, etc.
- Bowtie analysis and the derivation of Safety Critical Equipment
- DSEAR Risk Assessment and Hazardous Area Classification
- Fire risk management
- Performance Standards
- SIL, LOPA and RAM studies
- Functional Safety
- COMAH Safety Report and/or Safety Case development

Applicants should have a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in some or all of the following areas:

- Scoping new work and preparing or co-ordinating competitive bids
- Planning and managing the delivery of projects from proposal to successful delivery and project closure
- Devising key Safety Case and risk management arguments - hazard identification, risk analysis, designation of proportionate safety measures and ALARP demonstration
- Technical report writing, communicating effectively and managing interfaces with stakeholders (internally and externally)