Process Safety Manager

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.
• Youll 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.
• Youll also lead and mentor a small team of safety engineers and work closely with Engineering, Design, Testing, Project Management, customers and regulators.
  
  

What youll 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 companies 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.
  
  

What were looking for

Were looking for an experienced safety professional with a strong background in process safety, functional safety and hazardous process environments.

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