Daiik Engineering is a diversified engineering, company in the Oil, Gas, Petro-chemical, Power, food, beverages and other industries. We have in our group a team of varied experienced managers, engineers, and other skilled workers drawn from the various disciplines that can handle projects of diverse complexity and magnitude to single line responsibility in engineering, and construction projects requiring tens of thousands man hours.Job Summary
The Principal Technical Safety Engineer (Adv 3) is a senior, office-based role responsible for overseeing technical safety and loss prevention.
You will champion facility integrity, conduct safety workshops, and ensure hazards are reduced to ALARP (As Low As Reasonably Practicable) to protect personnel, the environment, and assets.
Key Responsibilities
Safety Studies & Assessments: Facilitate and review critical technical safety studies, including HAZOP, HAZID, SIL/LOPA, QRA (Quantitative Risk Assessment), FEHA (Fire and Explosion Hazard Assessment), and EERA (Escape, Evacuation and Rescue Assessment).
Loss Prevention Engineering: Review and approve design documents regarding passive and active fire protection, hazardous area classification, dropped object studies, and fire & gas (F&G) mapping.
Safety Cases & ALARP Demonstration: Author and update formal Safety Cases, Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) philosophies, and Performance Standards for Safety-Critical Elements (SCE) to meet regulatory compliances.
Mentorship & Quality Assurance: Lead the Technical Safety division by mentoring junior engineers, conducting peer reviews of deliverables, and managing project hours budgets.
Cross-Discipline Collaboration: Work with process, mechanical, and layout engineers to eliminate hazards at the source. Provide office-based support to site teams, fabrication yards, and various operational assets.
Qualifications & Experience
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical, or Process Engineering, or a related STEM discipline. A Master’s degree in Safety and Risk Management is highly advantageous.
Experience: Minimum of 10+ years of progressive technical safety, risk management, and loss prevention experience, specifically within highly regulated, hazardous industries (e.g., Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Energy, or EPCI projects)
Software Proficiency: Strong working knowledge of industry-standard modeling tools (e.g., PHAST, BowTieXP, PHA-Pro), and deep familiarity with international design codes (API, OSHA, NFPA, etc.).
Core Competencies: Ability to drive time-critical decisions, excellent stakeholder management, and strong communication skills to act as the primary interface with clients and regulatory bodies.
Benefits
Work Arrangement: 100% office-based, potentially offering hybrid working models depending on organizational policies.
Environment: A collaborative corporate engineering environment, heavily reliant on software simulations, documentation reviews, and cross-functional meetings.