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Senior Safety Engineer Process Safety & Fire Protection

Worley


Job Location:

Houston, MS - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 29 September 2026 (Yesterday)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About us

Worley is a global company of energy chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting engineering procurement and construction across the project lifecycle with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet todays needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

This is a contract position for a specified duration.

The Senior Safety Engineer is responsible for providing technical leadership and engineering support in the areas of process safety loss prevention and fire protection for process facilities and projects. The position applies engineering principles industry standards regulatory requirements and risk-based methodologies to identify hazards evaluate risk and develop practical engineering solutions that protect personnel assets the environment and business continuity.

The successful candidate will have a minimum of 12 years of relevant engineering experience with demonstrated expertise in process safety and fire protection within the oil and gas refining petrochemical chemical LNG hydrogen energy or related process industries.

This position serves as a senior technical resource and is expected to independently execute complex engineering assignments lead safety studies develop engineering deliverables interface with clients and multidisciplinary engineering teams and provide
technical guidance to other engineers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Lead and participate in process hazard analyses and risk assessments including
    HAZID HAZOP What-If/Checklist LOPA and other qualitative and semi- quantitative risk assessments.
  • Evaluate process hazards involving flammable combustible toxic reactive and
    high-energy materials and processes.
  • Develop and review process safety philosophies design criteria specifications and
    engineering studies.
  • Evaluate safeguards independent protection layers mitigation systems and risk-
    reduction measures.
  • Perform or review consequence analyses involving flammable and toxic releases
    dispersion fires explosions and other major accident scenarios.
  • Support facility siting occupied building risk assessments equipment spacing
    hazardous area considerations and escalation assessments.
  • Participate in Management of Change Pre-Startup Safety Reviews incident
    investigations and other process safety management activities as required.
  • Review process and engineering documentation including PFDs P&IDs equipment
    data sheets plot plans cause-and-effect diagrams and control narratives from a process safety perspective.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Fire Protection Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline from an accredited university.
  • Responsible engineering experience with substantial experience in process safety fire protection loss prevention or risk
    engineering.
  • Demonstrated experience supporting industrial process facilities such as oil and
    gas refining petrochemical chemical LNG hydrogen power energy transition or similar facilities.
  • Strong working knowledge of process safety principles and major accident hazards.
  • Strong working knowledge of industrial fire protection principles and systems.
  • Demonstrated ability to interpret and apply NFPA API OSHA IFC IBC and other applicable engineering requirements.
  • Experience participating in and/or facilitating process hazard analyses and multidisciplinary safety reviews.
  • Ability to independently develop engineering studies calculations specifications reports and technical recommendations.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary engineering and project teams.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain professional registration.
  • Advanced degree in engineering safety fire protection or related technical discipline.
  • Certified Functional Safety Professional Certified Safety Professional or other relevant professional certification.
  • Consulting EPC owner/operator or multidisciplinary engineering experience.
  • Field experience involving operating facilities construction commissioning or startup.

Moving forward together

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging connection and innovation. Were building a diverse inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong can be themselves and are heard.

And were not just talking about it; were doing it. Were reskilling our people leveraging transferable skills and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in todays low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition theres a path for you here.

And theres no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons explore diverse opportunities and be part of delivering sustainable change.


Required Experience:

Senior IC


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