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Principal Technical Safety Engineer Jobs in Doha, Qatar at Wood
Principal Technical Safety Engineer – Qatar
Wood has an opportunity for a Principal Technical Safety Engineer to join our team in Qatar on a staff basis. This is a key role within the Wood Doha office delivering across study, FEED, EPC and PMC scopes of work.
Responsibilities
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of Technical Safety & Loss Prevention engineering methodologies, software systems, and design practices as they relate to FEED, Detail Design, Construction, Commissioning, and plant Start‑up.
- Perform Safety screening of project scopes.
- Able to analyse existing safety systems to establish adequacy and identify gaps.
- Hands‑on experience of conducting Hazardous Area Classification, Safety layout Assessment, Emergency escape route assessment.
- Experience in Fire engineering activities like Fire Zone determination, Firewater demand calculations and Firewater network hydraulics.
- Preparation of third‑party scope of work, bid evaluation, and post‑award coordination to ensure smooth progress of safety and environmental workshops.
- Participate and prepare reports for project HAZOP, HAZID, SIL studies, and other safety workshops when required.
- Able to perform Physical Hazard Effects (PHE) modelling and review Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA).
- Experience in conducting F&G mapping.
- Co‑ordinate with other disciplines during all stages of design development, construction, pre‑commissioning, and start‑up.
- Provide technical support to site as required.
- Produce and review specifications, data sheets, schedules, study reports, and design calculations; ensure they conform to engineering quality, competence, and project management systems.
- Present a client‑facing leadership role, build confidence and maintain communication with client through formal and informal meetings.
- Be focused on delivery and maintain progress in line with project schedules.
- Lead and mentor junior engineers.
- Demonstrate full ownership of technical safety related scope.
- Ensure self‑awareness of relevant regulatory framework, legislation changes, initiatives, and industry technology developments.
- Be thoroughly aware of international codes and standards. Proficiency with Shell DEP is highly desirable.
- Actively maintain own competence according to standards and pursue continuous professional development.
Qualifications
- Degree qualification in Chemical Engineering, and preferably a member of a relevant professional body or institution.
- Minimum 15 years’ experience in Oil & Gas post‑graduation.
- Experience of working in a variety of projects and phases, including greenfield and brownfield, onshore and offshore, concept through to EPC, with a focus on upstream.
- A self‑motivated, proactive individual with high achievement drive and initiative, excellent verbal and written communication skills and good organisational awareness.
- Ability to impact and influence fellow workers.
- Demonstrated customer focus and ability to respond to customer needs whilst achieving project and corporate objectives.
- Display analytical and innovation skills to manage new technology.
- Experience of leading/chairing HAZID/HAZOP reviews for small projects will be an advantage.
Benefits
- Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across oil and gas and emerging energy sectors.
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice.
- Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market.
- Life Insurance; provides payment of 2 × Base Salary (up to a maximum of QAR 1 million) upon death.
- End of Service Gratuity; in line with Qatar Labour Law, upon completion of 1 year’s service employees are eligible for an End of Service benefit of three weeks for every year of service.
- Medical Insurance: ensures cover (up to a maximum of QAR 250 000 per person, per year) is available should you require treatment. Pre‑existing and/or chronic conditions are covered up to QAR 10 000.
- Employee Assistance Programme: allows you to feel comfortable knowing that you or your immediate family…
Title: Principal Technical Safety Engineer
Company: Wood
Location: Doha, Qatar
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