Role Overview
The Technical Safety Engineer will provide specialist technical safety input for offshore, FPSO, and marine interface projects, supporting APL’s role as a package owner and technical authority. The role focuses on risk-based safety engineering, verification, and assurance of safety-critical systems rather than site HSE operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform technical safety studies for offshore and FPSO projects, including: HAZID, HAZOP, ENVID, SIL, FERA, EERA, QRA
- Develop and review safety philosophies, design basis, and technical safety deliverables
- Perform and review fire, explosion, and dispersion analyses for offshore facilities
- Support safety-critical element (SCE) identification, verification, and performance standards
- Interface with structural, piping, E&I, and process disciplines on safety-related design issues
- Review and comment on EPC / vendor technical safety deliverables as package owner
- Support brownfield modifications, risk assessments, and MOC-related safety studies
- Participate in design reviews, risk workshops, and client technical discussions
- Ensure alignment with offshore codes, class rules, and international standards
Requirements
- Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Safety, or equivalent)
- Strong experience in technical safety engineering for offshore / FPSO facilities
- Hands-on experience with safety studies such as HAZOP, QRA, FERA, SIL
- Familiar with offshore regulatory and industry standards (API, ISO, IEC, DNV, UKOOA)
- Experience working in FEED, detailed design, or verification scopes
- Comfortable operating in a technical authority / package-owner environment
- EPC-only site HSE backgrounds are not suitable for this role
Preferred Experience
- FPSO / FSO / offshore terminal projects
- Brownfield modification and life-extension projects
- Interface with class societies and third-party verifiers
- Experience supporting marine interface or safety-critical offshore systems