Engineer, Safety Systems

**Engineer, Safety Systems**:
**Jubail, Saudi Arabia**:
**Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics**

The role operates as a Global Engineering expert towards continuous improvement in reducing operational risks, increasing revenue and optimizing cost across all sites worldwide, through:

- Expertise in deployment for Safety Systems and Functional Safety solutions &
improvements
- Development and deployment of world-class practices and functional expertise
- Identifying and implementing improvement opportunities through internal and external
networks, systems, benchmarks and assessments
- Networking & knowledge management and providing training

**Responsibilities**:
**Technical Leadership**
- Identify, evaluate and recommend improvement needs for Safety Systems and Functional Safety systems aspects.
- Identify, evaluate and develop engineering Best Practices (BP) related to Functional Safety and Safety Systems
- Monitor the market for new ideas, innovations and identify novel solutions for life cycle management of Functional Safety.
- Engage with key OEMs to address design issues affecting asset reliability and to maintain knowledge of upcoming technological improvements.
- Lead/participate in Functional Safety Expert Group.
- Lead technical global initiatives/project in his area of expertise.

**Strategy and Planning**
- Support to develop and manage the Functional Safety annual and five-year work plans with specific deliverables for this area of expertise.
- Conduct regular Performance Killer analysis based on actual production loss data and
RCA's to generate Resolution Plans (PKRP) that recommend specific actions to mitigate
common failure modes.

**Technical Support and Engagement**
- Provides technical support to the Functional Safety and Safety Systems Expert group.
and recommend the best feasible Functional Safety technologies to sites.
- Evaluate outputs of study, compare with observed behavior and offer resolution to Functional Safety issues.
- Provide technical support & consultation to resolve chronic failures/issues.
- Support Manufacturing in technical audits/assessments/cold eye reviews and remaining
life assessment initiatives.
- Participate in failure analysis and support RCA of actual/potential incidents with C1/C2 classifications.
- Provide expert knowledge on safety and reliability-related programs

**Knowledge and Network Management**
- Lead internal and participate in and/or lead external technical networks, forums, conferences and committees that have considerable Functional Safety content.
- Manage the Functional Safety Expert Group.
- Assure the change management of developed Best Practices, solutions and recommendations.

**Competency Development, Mentoring and Coaching**
- Develop and deliver specialized, quality training to manufacturing engineers.
- Develop, maintain and retain top-quality Functional Safety expertise through effective training, mentoring and coaching.

**Must-Haves**:

- ** Masters Degree in Engineering** preferred, with extended education and experience in the expertise area.
- ** Manufacturing Experience** (Technical engineering, Maintenance Management, Reliability
and Project Management).
- At least 15 years of experience with at least 7 years in **Petrochemical and Oil and Gas industry**.
- Global expert on Functional Safety as demonstrated by significant accomplishments and contributions acquired over a period of a minimum 15 years (BS/MS).
- Experience areas shall include **c**ost/benefit analysis, technical design, implementation,**
**commissioning, start-up, maintenance, sustainability, trouble shooting, failure analyzing**
and overhaul dedicated to** Functional Safety systems,** with proven experience in project
execution, operation and maintenance related to:

- Safety Instrumented Systems
- Burner Management Systems
- Machinery safety
- Emergency Shutdown Systems
- Fire and Gas Systems
- Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems,
- Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC),
- Functional Safety Life cycle management