Job Description
SLR’s Safety Advisory team offers a diverse range of process safety, engineering and management consultancy advice across the industrial, chemical manufacturing and associated sectors. Centred around our Manchester office, we are currently working actively to grow and develop our business and to enhance the technical services we offer to our existing clients. To that end, we are looking to take on a Senior Process Safety Consultant with good experience within quantified risk assessment.
You will have the opportunity to participate in, and manage, a range of client and internal projects focused on provision of services to improve the design, operation and maintenance of hazardous processing facilities on client sites; and the role would therefore be ideally suited to a chemical or process engineer with demonstrable experience of working within chemical based manufacturing installations wishing to apply and grow their knowledge and expertise in process safety across a wider range of sectors. You will receive training and development aligned with CPD requirements to support them in gaining chartership of their relevant professional body.
About us
SLR are global leaders in environmental and advisory solutions helping our clients achieve their sustainability goals. We are a consultancy with over 3,000 employees across 6 regions – including over 1,000 staff across Europe. SLR’s ‘one team’ culture is at the heart of our business; providing a collaborative and supportive environment for professional development.
Along with competitive salaries, our staff enjoy a comprehensive benefits package with a company pension plus excellent healthcare offering, travel and life insurance, critical illness cover and a structured career framework with regular reviews offering outstanding opportunities for progression. Alongside 25 days' annual leave, SLR offer flexible, agile and hybrid working which enables staff to tailor hours worked around core hours, and our family friendly policies help balance the needs of professional and family life.
The role
Within this customer facing role, you can look forward to working on several projects simultaneously (both individually and as a team) across a wide variety of high hazard sites, including chemical manufacturing, onshore bulk storage facilities, warehousing etc and across a range of sectors – chemicals, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, explosives, waste to energy and industries where hydrogen is being generated, stored or used in relation to the decarbonisation of the energy sector etc. Although based in Manchester, the role involves working on client sites across the UK, and may include working on these sites UK wide for periods of a day to a week or more as required.
Typical duties will include:
• Development of process engineering standards, manuals, methodologies, work processes, procedures and enabling tools and systems for clients.
• Audits and authoritative reviews of practices and procedures in place at client sites to confirm whether actual methods of operation match documented procedures.
• Interfacing with relevant functional groups, including leading or conducting studies to help resolve issues related to management of process safety risks
• On-site surveys of chemical process plant (vessels, tanks, pipework, structures, etc.) to ensure that documentation is complete and accurate, producing as-built documents where appropriate
• Hazard identification and risk assessment studies, including HAZID, HAZOP and LOPA
• Provision of process engineering expertise in support of engineering and EHS studies, design reviews and projects
• Consultancy work related to DSEAR
• Contribute to clients’ sustainability and growth by identifying cost effective solutions to problems
• Ensure client needs and expectations continue to be met in relation to quality, cost and delivery
• Delivery of client projects to deadlines and budgets
Additional duties or areas for development may include:
• Preparation of COMAH Safety Reports
• Preparation of [semi-]quantitative risk assessments including:
• ‘Predictive’ submissions under the COMAH Regulations, including representative set development / validation
• Occupied Buildings Risk Assessment (OBRA), including toxic refuge siting / condition reviews
• Standalone consequence modelling studies, including development and implementation of spreadsheet-based models where required
• Use of existing methodologies to provide bespoke offerings
About you
We are looking for someone with strong experience in a similar position, so this vacancy would suit a current senior consultant looking to move to a growth-focussed organisation who have been expanding rapidly and can provide a wide range of interesting projects, or someone at project level looking to take the next step in their career.
We would like to see the following:
* Degree in Chemical or Process Engineering
* Good experience within the Chemical Manufacturing industry (including design principles, process and standards for process plant)
* Strong knowledge of relevant UK legislation in this sector (e.g. COMAH, DSEAR and related codes/standards)
* Ability to develop good personal relationships with work colleagues and to contribute constructively and effectively to projects as a part of a multi-disciplinary team
* Client management and business development skills
Due to travel requirements, the ability to drive would be advantageous for this position.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
SLR Consulting is committed to being an equal opportunities employer, and our expectations go beyond purely complying with legislation. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) are at the core of who we are and who we choose to be. We embrace diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences within and outside our organisation. We respect and celebrate difference to ensure SLR is a place where everyone feels included, is encouraged to be their authentic self and has opportunities to grow.
Across Europe, our DE&I agenda is driven forward through our DE&I Committee, which actively promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion across both our internal processes and our client work. Globally, our Global Culture & Diversity Council brings together representatives from across our regions to share ideas and best practice that can be incorporated into our global policies, enabling greater transparency and supporting the development of an inclusive culture, inclusive approaches to policies and practices, and to personal behaviours.