Lead HSE Design Engineer - f/m

Be part of the solution at Technip Energies and embark on a one-of-a-kind journey. You will be helping to develop cutting-edge solutions to solve real-world energy problems.

We are currently seeking a LEAD HSE DESIGN ENGINEER for the Chemical Process Engineering Department, reporting directly to Process Safety Department Manager to join our Process&Technology team based in Nanterre, Paris, France.

About us:

Technip Energies is a global technology and engineering powerhouse. With leadership positions in LNG, hydrogen, ethylene, sustainable chemistry, and CO2 management, we are contributing to the development of critical markets such as energy, energy derivatives, decarbonization, and circularity. Our complementary business segments, Technology, Products and Services (TPS) and Project Delivery, turn innovation into scalable and industrial reality.

Through collaboration and excellence in execution, our 17,000+ employees across 34 countries are fully committed to bridging prosperity with sustainability for a world designed to last.

The HSE Design Department (HSED) covers four different disciplines: Safety Engineering, Risk Quantification, Environment & Occupational Health, Acoustic & Vibration.

You will integrate into a team of HSE Design engineers focussed on one of the Technip Energies (T.EN) projects (oil and gas (onshore/offshore), petrochemical, energy transition, mining, pharmacy) as HSED Lead. You will report to the HSED Heads of Department and the Engineering Manager of the project you are involved in. You will manage a team of HSED engineers including organisation of the team and checking of deliverables/activities. You will be responsible for the schedule and the budget of HSED activities. 

On Project, you will interface with the Client, the Partners, the Third parties/ Classification & Certification societies, the Project Management Team and the other disciplines like Process, Piping, Civil, Instrumentation, etc.

You will be assisted by four discipline Leads (Safety Lead, Risk Quantification Lead, Environmental Lead, Acoustic Lead), and supported by experts and engineers having well-established experience on similar projects.

Your principal duties will be to:

• Identify, analyze and quantify the risks and the HSE impacts
• Recommend the measures to decrease the risk at an acceptable level,
• Design and implement prevention, control, mitigation, and protection measures/ safety systems
• Provide safe design which ensure to protect Personnel, Environment and Assets,

by managing the HSED team carrying-out the following activities and associated deliverables:

• Preliminary risk analysis, 
• Safety reviews participation (HAZID, HAZOP, SIL, LOPA, etc.),
• Plot plan reviews, and 3D model reviews
• Identification of Safety Critical Elements (SCEs) & associated Criticality rating 
• Hazardous area classification,
• Passive fire-protection,
• Cold spill protection,
• Active fire-protection (firewater pumps station design, fire-fighting network and deluge systems studies, hydraulic balance calculations),
• Flammable gas, toxic gas and fire detection,
• Personnel protection,
• Escape, Evacuation & Rescue,
• Specification and requisition for firefighting and personnel protection equipment, technical bid evaluation and vendor follow-up,
• Consequence (physical effects) modelling to assess Safety distances and Design accidental loads,
• Quantitative Risk Assessment and other Safety studies (FERA, EERA, DOS, etc.) follow-up,
• RAM (Reliabilty, Availability, Maintainability) Studies follow-up,
• Environmental and health impact studies (air and marine dispersion studies, noise and vibration studies, spill pollution control, waste management, etc.).
• You and your team are expected to develop deliverables of good quality considering the Project constraints (e.g. contractual requirements, budget & schedule).
• In parallel, your background and project feedback must be formalized and shared by mentoring and training young engineers, and by participating in facilitation of trainings & technical presentations, development of R&D subjects, and writing project close-out report. 
• Career development within the HSE Design entity will be offered to you: HSE Design Lead of large-scaled EPC, Expert, Head of Department.

About you:

We love to hear from you and how you match with this position. To be successful in this mission you should consider the following requirements:

• Chartered Engineer (Chemical Engineering background, Process Engineering background or Safety Engineering), you have :
• Around 15 or more years of experience in HSED engineering in oil and gas industries, petrochemical, energy transition, mining and/or pharmacy,
• Well-established knowledge of International Codes & Standards (NFPA standards, API practices, IP codes, EN, ISO, etc.) and Major COMPANY HSE Specifications,
• Sound judgment in technical matters with good skills in plant design optimization/modification,
• Already managed a team.
• You are an easy-going teammate to evolve and assert yourself in a multicultural environment. You listen and share knowledge. You have the following qualities: energy, proactivity, strictness (including traceability of source, comments & modifications), good self-organization, ability to interface inside and outside the HSED team, ability to easily communicate, ability to analyse/ solve problems and arbitrate technical choices, leadership. 
• Your English is fluent. 
• Business trips abroad are to be foreseen, but are not recurrent.