Principal Process Safety Engineer

• Lead and continuously improve Bradken’s global Process Hazard Review framework, including standards, methodologies and assurance processes.
• Define and maintain Maximum Credible Event frameworks and site-specific high-consequence scenario libraries.
• Conduct or assure consequence modelling across risks such as thermal radiation, overpressure, blast, toxic dispersion, projectile or fragment hazards.
• Act as technical authority for high-risk process hazard studies, safeguard strategies, critical controls and significant process or design changes.
• Govern high-hazard Management of Change activity, ensuring changes are technically justified, risk-assessed and aligned with process safety standards.
• Build process safety capability across regions through coaching, competency frameworks and a network of trained facilitators and practitioners.
• Lead process safety assurance, including audits, field verification, critical control effectiveness and closure of systemic improvement actions.
• Support emergency planning, incident investigations, regulatory interactions, inspections and major hazard compliance activity.

• Extensive process safety experience in high-hazard industrial environments.
• Strong capability in process hazard analysis methods such as HAZOP, What-If and FMEA, with LOPA and Bowtie experience highly regarded.
• Experience with consequence modelling, risk quantification and major hazard regulatory environments.
• The ability to interpret PFDs, P&IDs and process or utility systems, then translate technical information into credible hazard scenarios and controls.
• Experience acting as a technical authority in high-risk decision-making environments.
• Strong stakeholder influence, with the ability to guide site leaders, technical teams and senior executives through complex risk-based decisions.
• A degree in Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent engineering discipline.
• Chartered or registered engineer status would be highly regarded.
• Experience with Safety Case, MHF or equivalent major hazard documentation would be highly desirable.
• Foundry, metallurgical process or molten metal hazard experience would be strongly valued.

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