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Process Safety Manager / Functional Safety Lead: Hydrogen
Location: Sheffield
Salary: Competitive Salary
Overview
Are you an experienced Process Safety or Functional Safety Engineer looking to take technical ownership of safety within a rapidly developing hydrogen technology business? Our client is seeking a Process Safety Manager / Functional Safety Lead to provide technical safety leadership across our electrolyser product portfolio. This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of hydrogen production, electrolysis and clean energy, ensuring our products are safe, compliant and fit for deployment across international markets. You'll act as a key technical safety authority, leading process and functional safety activities from hazard identification and risk assessment through to design, verification, validation and close:out. You'll also lead and mentor a small team of safety engineers and work closely with Engineering, Design, Testing, Project Management, customers and regulators.
What you'll be doing
- Lead and facilitate Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) studies including HAZID, HAZOP and LOPA.
- Chair HAZOP and LOPA close:out meetings and ensure actions and recommendations are completed on time and to the required standard.
- Lead technical safety reviews across the company's electrolyser product portfolio.
- Develop and maintain Basis of Safety documentation and process safety frameworks.
- Develop and maintain Functional Safety Management (FSM) plans and support Functional Safety Assessments (FSA) throughout the product lifecycle.
- Apply IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 principles across analysis, design, implementation, operation and maintenance.
- Develop ALARP principles and calculations to support risk and LOPA assessments.
- Review Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) and proof:test procedures.
- Lead and review SIL verification and Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA), including Reliability Block Diagrams (RBD) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA).
- Provide technical guidance on hazardous area classification, ATEX, DSEAR and IEC 60079 requirements.
- Support the development of safety cases and compliance documentation.
- Lead and mentor a small Process Safety team, including regular training and competence reviews.
- Promote process and functional safety awareness across Engineering, Design, Testing and other functions.
- Support Management of Change (MOC) activities where required.
- Work with customers, suppliers and regulators as necessary.
- Provide technical safety input to projects and product development programmes.
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We're looking for an experienced safety professional with a strong background in process safety, functional safety and hazardous process environments.
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Essential Experience
- Degree in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or another relevant engineering discipline.
- At least 5 years professional experience in process safety and/or functional safety.
- Strong experience leading or chairing HAZOP, HAZID and LOPA studies.
- Strong knowledge of IEC 61508 and IEC 61511.
- Practical experience with SIL assessment and verification, QRA, FTA and/or RBD methodologies.
- Strong understanding of SIS / Safety Instrumented Systems and functional safety lifecycle requirements.
- Experience with hazardous area classification, ATEX, DSEAR and IEC 60079.
- Experience working with hydrogen and/or oxygen, industrial gases, chemicals or other hazardous process environments.
- Experience developing or reviewing safety cases, risk assessments or equivalent safety documentation.
- Ability to work within structured quality and management systems such as ISO 9001 and ISO 45001.
- Strong project execution, organisational and documentation skills.
- Ability to influence engineering and cross:functional teams and communicate technical safety matters to senior stakeholders.
Desirable experience
- TÃoV Certified Functional Safety Enginee
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