Job title: Senior Safety Engineer Job at Zigma Limited
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Job description: Zigma Limited is an independent, indigenous energy company in Nigeria. Zigma’s mission, under its CEO Funmi Ogbue, is to become the first female-led ‘mini-major’ with interests in the upstream, midstream and downstream energy sectors, first in Nigeria and then in Africa more widely. Aligning with Funmi’s passion for improving local communities, Zigma will place Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) policies at the heart of its operations and aims to become a champion for the responsible development of African energy projects–at the same time as delivering significant value to its investors and partners.Too often, women and children in Africa suffer the worst from the over-zealous exploitation of energy resources. Zigma believes this should stop. Join us on our journey. Use the menu below to find out more about becoming a partner, an investor or a team member. You can find out more about our current projects and partners by using the links here. Together, we will show that responsible, thoughtful behaviour can make a difference. And deliver long term economic benefits to our investors, countries and our communities.We are recruiting to fill the position below:Job Position: Senior Safety EngineerJob Location: Port Harcourt, RiversActivities
Ensure compliance to applicable local / international regulations and Company referential:
- Make input on Technical Safety documents for facilities /assets design, operation and abandonment, in conformity with Group, Industry and Statutory requirements.
- Provide Safety Engineering support on studies conducted internally and follow up Safety Engineering studies undertaken by Contractors as assigned by hierarchy.
Provide support to operated facilities:
- Undertake periodic update of facility Safety Concept.
- Review and make necessary inputs to all safety-related modifications and corresponding engineering documents to existing facilities (P&ID, ESD Logic, Fire and Gas Cause and effects charts, Active and passive firefighting, fire and gas detection, escape and evacuation route, Hazardous area classification, Safety layout, flare radiation)
- ? Undertake the development, review and update of Operational Safety Case in line with regulatory (NUPRC) requirement for operated sites in Nigeria.
Risk Assessment:
- Lead specific Safety Engineering studies / reviews in support of Request for Modification (RFM) process and Downgraded Situations (DGS) – HAZOP, HAZID, BowTie Assessment etc.
- Support operational entities in Derogation preparation.
- Undertake flammable/toxic gas dispersion, fire and explosion consequence modelling using PHAST software, and interpret result for safe operation of oil and gas facilities.
- Undertake Safety Integrity Levels (SIL) assessment process and SIL assignment for Safety Instrumented Systems within oil and gas facilities in line with GS GR HSE 306.
Major Risk Management:
- Facilitate Safety and Environmental Critical Element (SECE) identification workshops and the follow up of Safety Engineering responsibilities as specified in GS GR HSE 311.
- Lead in major risk identification, develop risk reduction measures for managing technological risks, and monitor implementation in compliance with the group referential (GS GR HSE 312) for technological risk assessment (TRA).
- Lead Major Risk awareness training and barrier verification exercises.
- Promote Major Risk awareness within CLIENT via development of Process Safety Event articles for dissemination to operated asset.
- Support Major Risk management implementation through development of dashboard for monitoring barrier status.
- Provide process safety support to Engineering Construction & P
Qualifications
- BSc Degree or equivalent in Chemical, Petroleum or related Engineering (an M.Sc. Degree in Safety Engineering or similar is a plus.
- Typically, 10 years of oil and gas industry professional experience of which at least 5 years in an equivalent position as Safety & Loss Prevention Engineer.
- Good knowledge of Loss Prevention standards and procedure and major hazard legislation.
- Good knowledge of risk assessment techniques and management (HAZOP, HAZID, HAZAN, QRA) and other reviews.
- Autonomous with investigation/observation skills, effective communication and organizational capability.
Method of Application
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Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers State
Job date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 06:53:16 GMT