Process Safety Manager

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Group Head Of Qhse

Role Description

Key Tasks & Responsibilities

• Own and improve Group process safety policies, work instructions, job aids, tools and minimum expectations. Align documents with corporate risk criteria, legal requirements and relevant industry practice.
• Lead or peer review HAZOP, What If, LOPA, QRA, fault tree, consequence modelling, building siting, in plant risk and public risk studies.
• Act as functional owner for selected process safety standards, tools and work processes. Lead changes to Group standards and promote common application across countries.
• Provide consultation on asset integrity, pressure systems, relief devices, safety critical equipment, alarm management and other critical barriers.
• Lead or peer review SIL assessments, SIS analysis, safeguard effectiveness and related action plans.
• Support and challenge MOC quality for plant, process, equipment, product, technology, organisation and operational changes.
• Lead or support Pre startup Safety Reviews and operation readiness inspections for new plants, modified assets and restart of high risk operations.
• Plan and support process safety audits, gap assessments and follow up reviews. Track action quality and verify closure evidence.
• Develop and deliver process safety training for leaders, engineers, operations, maintenance and site teams. Coach process safety focal points.
• Provide technical support for high potential process incidents, challenge root cause quality and ensure learning is translated into stronger controls.
• Represent Gulf Cryo in process safety forums, industry associations and standards discussions where required. Act as the single point of contact for non engineering functions on process safety matters.
• Contribute to process safety metrics, leading indicators, critical action tracking and improvement programs.

Technical Scope

• The role covers process safety support across existing and new client operations, including but not limited to:
• Air Separation Units and cryogenic production systems
• CO2 recovery, purification, storage and distribution interfaces
• Hydrogen production, storage, filling and customer supply systems
• Package gases, filling operations and product changeover processes
• Gasification, rare gas separation and non core or new technologies
• Plant modifications, retrofit projects, acquisitions and customer engineering interfaces

Qualifications

• Minimum bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering. Minor or formal study in Process Safety is a plus. Advanced degree will be considered an advantage.
• Minimum 15 years of work experience in gas, petrochemical, chemical or related industries in process engineering or plant engineering.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in process safety as a primary role or major responsibility.
• Current or former industrial gas experience in process engineering or plant engineering is strongly preferred, especially Air Separation and Steam Methane Reforming experience.
• Operations or plant support experience is preferred to ensure practical understanding of site realities.
• External safety certification such as, CCPSC, CFSP or similar is preferred.
• Familiar with significant industry standards applicable to industrial gases and process safety, including CGA, EIGA, MEGA and relevant local regulations.

Skills

• Hazard review leadership, including HAZOP, What If and checklist based reviews
• Qualitative risk analysis and risk ranking for process hazards
• Quantitative risk analysis, including LOPA, fault tree, consequence modelling, building siting, in plant risk and public risk
• Safety Instrumented System analysis and SIL assessment peer review
• Mechanical integrity consultation for pressure systems, rotating equipment, relief devices and safety critical equipment
• Process Safety Management system development and implementation
• Management of Change review and operational readiness inspection
• Process safety audit, compliance review and corrective action verification
• Training design and delivery for technical and non technical audiences
• Technical mentoring for engineering, process systems, operations and QHSE teams
• Strong experience in air separation engineering, CO2, hydrogen or similar high hazard process technologies
• Ability to translate complex studies into clear actions for country and site teams
• Strong field credibility with operations, maintenance, engineering and leadership teams
• Experience leading process safety improvement programs across multiple countries or sites
• Ability to work independently while keeping Group QHSE, countries and leadership aligned
• Comfortable with travel and hands on site engagement
• Interested candidates matches criteria to send their CVs with reference to [email protected] not later than 10th July 2026.