Associate Process Safety Consultant in Leeds

SLR’s Process Safety team offers a diverse range of process safety, engineering and management consultancy advice across the industrial, chemical manufacturing and related sectors. Centred around our Manchester office, we are growing and developing our business and technical services. We are looking to appoint an Associate Grade Process Safety Consultant with site experience in process safety.

The successful candidate will participate in and manage a range of client and internal projects focused on improving the design, operation and maintenance of hazardous processing facilities on client sites. The role is ideally suited to a chemical or process engineer with demonstrable experience in chemical-based manufacturing installations who wishes to broaden their knowledge and expertise in process safety across a wider range of sectors. Training and development aligned with CPD requirements will support chartership of the relevant professional body.

The role is customer facing, with the opportunity to work on several projects simultaneously (individually and as a team) across a wide variety of high hazard sites, including chemical manufacturing, onshore bulk storage facilities and warehousing, across sectors such as chemicals, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, explosives, waste to energy, and industries where hydrogen is generated, stored or used in relation to decarbonisation of the energy sector. The role can be placed at any SLR UK office, but work may involve client sites across the UK, including periods at sites UK wide for a day to a week or more as required.

Typical duties will include:

• Development of process engineering standards, manuals, methodologies, work processes, procedures and enabling tools and systems for clients.
• Audits and authoritative reviews of practices and procedures at client sites to verify actual methods of operation against documented procedures.
• Interfacing with relevant functional groups (e.g. site management, engineering, operations, health and safety) and leading or conducting studies to resolve process safety risk management issues.
• On-site surveys of chemical process plant (vessels, tanks, pipework, structures, etc.) to ensure documentation is complete and accurate, producing as-built documents where appropriate.
• Hazard identification and risk assessment studies, including HAZID, HAZOP and LOPA.
• Provision of process engineering expertise in support of engineering and EHS studies, design reviews and projects.
• Consultancy work related to DSEAR.
• Contributing to clients’ sustainability and growth by identifying cost-effective solutions.
• Ensuring client needs and expectations continue to be met in relation to quality, cost and delivery.
• Delivery of client projects to deadlines and budgets.
• Delivery of agreed strategic development projects.

Additional Duties / Areas For Development Include:

• Preparation of COMAH Safety Reports.
• Preparation of [semi-]quantitative risk assessments including: ‘Predictive’ submissions under the COMAH Regulations, including representative set development / validation.
• Occupied Buildings Risk Assessment (OBRA), including toxic refuge siting / condition reviews.
• Standalone consequence modelling studies, including development and implementation of spreadsheet-based models where required.
• Use of existing methodologies to provide bespoke offerings, such as: ‘ALARP’ workshops (further measures studies and past accident reviews).
• Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA).

SLR are global leaders in Sustainability Solutions, helping our clients achieve their sustainability goals. We are a consultancy with 4000+ employees across 6 regions in over 125 countries. Our ‘one team’ culture is at the heart of our business, providing a collaborative and supportive environment for professional development. Along with competitive salaries, our staff enjoy a comprehensive benefits package with a company pension plus excellent healthcare offering, travel and life insurance and a structured career framework with regular reviews offering outstanding opportunities for progression. Alongside 25 days of annual leave, with additional flexible bank holidays, we offer flexible, agile and hybrid working which enables staff to tailor hours worked around core hours, with family-friendly policies to balance the needs of professional and home life.

If you are interested in this opportunity, we’d love to hear from you. In order to successfully undertake the role, we envisage that you would be able to demonstrate the following:

• A degree in Chemical or Process Engineering, and demonstrable experience within the Chemical Manufacturing industry (including design principles, process and standards for process plant); strong knowledge of relevant UK legislation in this sector (e.g. COMAH, DSEAR and related codes/standards).
• Communication Skills - Excellent verbal and written communication skills and a proven ability to communicate effectively with clients and colleagues.
• Team Player – Ability to develop good personal relationships with work colleagues and to contribute constructively and effectively to projects as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• A high degree of personal integrity and sound judgment.

We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer. Through our Regional C&I Committees, Global Council and Employee Networks, we foster an inclusive environment where all people regardless of their background can thrive. We welcome applications from all individuals, including those from groups that are currently under-represented at SLR, such as people identifying as 2SLGBTQI+, Indigenous peoples, ethnic minority groups, women, and people with visible or invisible disabilities, including those who are neurodivergent.