Senior Technical Safety Consultants

We help customers navigate the complex transition to a decarbonized and more sustainable energy future. We do this by assuring that energy systems work safely and effectively, using solutions that are increasingly digital. We also help industries and governments to navigate the many complex, interrelated transitions taking place globally and regionally, in the energy industry.

As a Senior Technical Safety Consultant, you'll be part of our overall Risk Advisory department, a growing team of approximately 150 specialists, located across Aberdeen, Loughborough, Stockport and London, providing a wide range of safety and integrity engineering and risk management services to the onshore and offshore energy industry.

Within this, our dedicated Aberdeen Upstream Technical Safety team is a long-standing trusted advisor to the offshore and wider energy industry, delivering consequence and risk assessments, reliability, RBI, ALARP justification, regulatory and risk-based decision support on behalf of operators and their contractors. We utilise a comprehensive range of tools for consequence modelling and risk analysis, typically developed and validated through large/full scale experiments performed at our major hazards testing and research facility in Spadeadam.

Our Opportunity:

As a Senior Consultant reporting to a Team Lead in Aberdeen, you'll be responsible for helping balance the competing demands of delivering high quality work, with optimizing chargeable time and providing opportunities for personal development, through the delivery of a wide variety of technical safety projects.

You'll be predominantly based out of our modern offices located at the Aberdeen International Business Park in Dyce. While we support flexible and hybrid/home working arrangements where possible, given the nature of the role, you will need to be in our Aberdeen office on average 3 days a week to collaborate with colleagues and support the development of others in the team.

The work undertaken will cover a broad range of technical safety scopes, depending on client needs, but will likely include some, or all, of the following: safety case updates/thorough reviews, ALARP justifications, HAZID/HAZOP, EERA, QRA and consequence modelling.

The role includes interaction with customers and colleagues across the business to collaborate on technical problems and develop solutions. Development support will be available to enhance technical knowledge, project management and sales skills, through on the job training, mentoring and technical training courses.

If you're an experienced technical safety professional and have a passion for safety, we'd love to hear from you. This is an excellent opportunity to build on and enhance your existing knowledge in a challenging and rewarding environment, developing and sharing knowledge with junior engineers and helping to shape the future of the energy industry towards net zero.

We offer a flexible and supportive work environment, a comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities for individual development. Join our team today and make a positive impact on the industry and beyond!

We place great value on all our people and the contribution they make to our business, so it's important that our rewards make us all feel valued here. That's why we recognise individual needs and offer a flexible reward and benefits package that puts you first, including:

• Fantastic career progression opportunities, with the resources to support your development, and the freedom to satisfy your curiosity and desire to learn.
• Non-contractual profit share scheme.
• Lifestyle benefits: 26 days annual leave + bank holidays, opportunity for up to 10 days unpaid leave, sabbatical leave, flexible working options.
• Wellbeing benefits: Private Medical, Dental Insurance, Health Assessments, Gym allowance. Company contribution towards eye tests and glasses (for computer/laptop users), and Flu Vaccinations. Also, our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provides free and confidential support for issues including work, family, relationships, money and health.
• Financial Benefits: including a Pension Scheme with employer pension contributions up to 9%, Life Assurance and Income Protection.
• Travel benefits: Season Ticket Loan, Cycle to Work Scheme, Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme (for personal use).
• Re-imbursement of relevant Professional Membership Fees (up to £570).
• Access to employee retail discount site for high street and online shopping.

DNV is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be part of this diversity.

Our team brings with them a variety of experience and skills, to provide a diverse multi-disciplinary team. There are a few things that we do look for though in our Senior Consultants:

• A proven Technical Safety specialist with demonstrable consulting experience, gained within either the energy industry or a similar technical/engineering industry.
• Experience in Safety case updates/reviews, ALARP justifications, HAZID/HAZOP, EERA, QRA and consequence modelling.
• Degree in either Chemical or Mechanical Engineering, or in a relevant STEM discipline such as Physics or Mathematics.
• Comfortable in engaging with customers, demonstrating exceptional ability to understand and analyse complex problems, create logical solutions and communicate these effectively in written and verbal reports, presentations and/or proposals.
• Takes ownership of project management, showing initiative and taking responsibility in driving teamwork (e.g. driving others) to completion at required quality within agreed schedule and budget.