About Us
Risktec Solutions is an established, independent and specialist risk management consulting and training company, and is part of the TÜV Rheinland Group. We assist clients in major hazard industries including oil and gas, clean energy, nuclear and transportation, as well as commercial and public sectors, to manage health, safety, security, environmental and business risk. Our people are high calibre professionals, with a strong focus on meeting clients’ expectations. Further information is available at www.risktec.tuv.com.

We are looking to recruit experienced Technical Safety Consultants (3+ years experienc) for both qualitative and quantitative risk and safety studies for Oil and Gas, Chemical, Distillery and Alternative Energy facilities. The role will be based at one of our UK offices (Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Warrington, London) and may involve travel around the UK and abroad.

Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will be part of an energetic, expanding team, and will be expected to work effectively and collaboratively with colleagues on multiple projects in a supportive, progressive environment. Our core company values of teamwork, empowerment, integrity and solutions provide our cultural framework and encourage problem solving, decision making, flexibility and responsibility.
Depending on level of experience, the role will help deliver and possibly lead technical safety projects nationally and internationally. These projects cover a wide range of facilities and plant, processes and operations.

Requirements
Applicants should have a relevant science or engineering degree, and possess strong analytical thinking, numerical skills, written and verbal communication skills.

The candidate must have a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience. Candidates are not expected to have experience in all fields, but broad experience or a specialism is expected in the following:

• Safety Cases, HSE MS, ALARP, SIMOPS
• Hazard identification, assessment and evaluation techniques including HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA, Bowtie assessment, etc.
• Function safety including HAZOP, LOPA, FSA, FMECA, Fault Tree analysis
• Fire, explosion and toxic gas consequence and physical effects modelling using specialist software (e.g. PHAST, FRED)
• QRA and other technical safety studies (e.g. BRA, EERA, ESSA, FERA, Facility Siting Studies) using commercial software (e.g. SAFETI, SHEPHERD)
• Handling large-scale CFD projects using HPC and cloud computing
• Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) studies
• DSEAR, ATEX and Hazardous Areas Classification
• Human Factors, safety culture
• Project planning and management
• Writing proposals and coordinating bids

What We Offer?
A competitive package of salary and benefits is offered for permanent staff this includes the following.

• Car allowance (dependent on grade).
• Profit share.
• Company pension contributions.
• Flexible and hybrid working.
• Private medical insurance.
• Health and wellbeing – digital GP, access to wellbeing app and support.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
• Sustainable benefits such as salary sacrifice electric vehicles and cycle to work schemes.
• Training and development:
  • Access to certified CPD courses and a university postgraduate education programme, delivered in partnership with Liverpool John Moores University, including the opportunity to enrol on the MSc in Risk and Safety Management.
  • Support to individuals working towards Chartership including company mentor scheme and institution fees reimbursed.