Jonathan Lee Recruitment
Process Safety Manager
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Sheffield
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Occupational safety
- Posted
Skills
Nice to have
- TÜV Certified Functional Safety Engineer or equivalent certification.
- Direct experience within the hydrogen, electrolyser, hydrogen production or renewable energy sector.
- Knowledge of ISO 22734 for hydrogen generators using water electrolysis.
- Experience with PHAST, Quadvent or similar consequence modelling tools.
- Chartered Engineer status or active progression towards chartership through IChemE, IET or another recognised professional body.
- Experience developing DSEAR, ATEX, IECEx or equivalent safety cases.
- Experience managing or mentoring a team of safety engineers.
- Experience working with customers, notified bodies, regulators or other external stakeholders.
Full description
Process Safety Manager / Functional Safety Lead – Hydrogen Location: SheffieldSalary: Competitive SalaryOverview:
- 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.
- You'll 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.
- You'll also lead and mentor a small team of safety engineers and work closely with Engineering, Design, Testing, Project Management, customers and regulators.
What you'll 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 we're looking for
We're looking for an experienced safety professional with a strong background in process safety, functional safety and hazardous process environments.