Arup
Dangerous Goods / Process Safety Senior Consultant
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The Opportunity
Senior Consultant (Dangerous Goods / Process Safety) in Arup’s Safety Risk and Reliability team, located globally. This role will suit an experienced consultant specialising in process safety, dangerous goods, fire and explosion risk, and regulatory compliance, working across complex projects in energy, infrastructure, transport, industry, and the built environment.
About the Role
Joining Arup allows you to provide UK and EU safety advice, helping clients navigate regulatory requirements by delivering a clear, proportionate approach to risk management. The role spans the full asset lifecycle, from strategy and design through construction, commissioning, operation, and modification. You’ll lead a multi-disciplinary team across projects including:
- Dangerous goods storage and handling
- DSEAR and ATEX compliance (including hazardous area classification and explosion risk management)
- COMAH and Seveso-type major hazard safety cases
- Process safety assessments
Your expertise will contribute to growing Arup’s UK and European capability in these critical areas.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead dangerous goods and process safety advice on UK and European projects
- Deliver DSEAR and ATEX assessments, including hazardous area classification and explosion risk management
- Support major hazard safety cases and COMAH/Seveso reports
- Lead or support quantitative consequence assessments for dispersion, fire, and explosion risks
- Advise on UK and EU legislation, standards, and guidance
- Plan and facilitate safety workshops (e.g., HAZID, HAZOP, bow-tie studies)
- Provide technically robust, proportionate safety advice requiring sound engineering judgment
- Collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams to embed safety into design and project delivery
- Offer technical reviews, quality assurance, and peer support across projects
- Support regulatory engagement with UK/EU approving bodies and independent assessors
- Contribute to bids, proposals, and client discussions across the UK and EU
- Mentor junior team members and grow Arup’s capability in dangerous goods fields
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Arup’s Commitment to You
Working at Arup means joining a purpose-driven collective where individuality flourishes. You’ll tackle socially meaningful challenges, shape meaningful careers, and contribute to impactful outcomes for our clients and communities.
Reasons to Join Us
Collective Ownership and Purpose – Ownership structure allows agility and purposeful direction, enabling you to shape meaningful work aligned to Arup’s legacy.
Competitive Benefits
- Profit Share (key part of total rewards, sharing in collective success)
- Personalised reward packages reflecting contribution
- Access to flexible health and wellbeing support (private medical insurance, life/income protection, mental health coverage)
- Flexible benefits to support work-life balance
Career Growth & Development Ongoing learning opportunities and pathways to thrive
Diversity and Inclusion Equal opportunity employer with actively nurtured diverse and inclusive culture. Values all backgrounds and reinforce equitable spaces via:
- Internal employee networks (age, gender equity, disability, LGBTQ+, race, ethno-cultural)
- UN Sustainability Development Goals alignment and triangular employee pride
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Requirements
- Degree in a relevant field (engineering, science, mathematics). A postgraduate qualification is desirable.
- Chartered status (e.g., IChemE, IOSH, IMechE)
- Strong process safety or major hazard risk expertise (consulting, operation, regulatory sectors)
- Familiarity with dangerous goods, hazardous substances, and related risk assessments
- Proficiency in DSEAR/ATEX, fire and explosion studies, and compliance
- Deep knowledge of UK/EU process safety legislation
- COMAH, Seveso-type regimes (EU experience, or engagement with European regulators preferred)
- Ability to disseminate complex technical concepts across teams, regulators, and clients
- Organisational strength, flexibility for multijurisdictional projects, commercial awareness, and mentorship capability
- Desirable: DGSA certification or demonstrated ADR/RID/ADN interfaces work experience
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