Principal Process Safety Engineer

Why Black and Veatch

Recognized by Glassdoor as a 2023 Top 100 place to work and winner of the Newsweek’s 2023 America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity, Black & Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity’s biggest challenges in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities. We offer competitive compensation; 401K match and benefits that start day one. Our hybrid environment allows you to balance your work and personal life.   

 

At Black & Veatch, you own your career with purpose and meaning. You are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities at every step of your career journey. Bring your big ideas knowing you are safe to be who you are and speak up with concerns or questions and put your diverse talents and perspectives to use. #LI-TF1

The Opportunity

In this role, you will have the opportunity to: 

• Plan, schedule, conduct, and coordinate process safety work for a global business unit delivering FEED and EPC projects in the traditional oil & gas industry as well as new energy process solutions such as hydrogen and carbon capture.
• Perform work that involves conventional engineering practice, but may include solving complex risk and safety design issues.
• Support multiple projects as a subject matter expert. 
• Review and provide design recommendations for new projects and proposed facility modifications to ensure conformance with process safety and loss prevention codes, standards, and procedures. 
• Prepare and/or assist in the preparation of conceptual and design safety studies for projects.   
• Provide process safety consultation and guidance to project teams for scope of work documents, schedules, activities, and milestones. 
• Provide technical and thought leadership on process safety technologies and strategies. 
• Review lower-level engineering work or assignments as well as the process safety design and strategy implemented on major projects.    
• Contribute to proposal reviews to ensure safety protocol alignment between BV and subcontractors, assists in the preparation of cost estimates, quantity take-offs and staffing requirements for proposals. 
• Contribute to a work culture that fosters communication and teamwork. 

 

This is a hybrid opportunity which allows our employees to work two days a week from other locations outside the office (3 days in office per week). This role may require up to 20% travel, including international. Preference for candidates located or willing to relocate to Kansas City (Black & Veatch World Headquarters) or Houston.

The Team

As part of BV Operations, your skills will be aligned to projects that support our 3 market sectors- Governments & Environment, Energy & Process Industries, and Connectivity & Commercial. In roles like Engineers, Technicians, and Skilled Specialists you will be engaged with exciting projects across the globe. From small community improvements to grand-scale Mega Projects, you will be Building a World of Difference through infrastructure growth and development while learning and focusing on your own individual development. The foundation of BV Operations provides the ability to move where your skills are needed and allows for a collaborative and innovative culture offering greater challenges and career development opportunities.  

Management Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing.
• Minimum of 15 years related work experience.
• All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Process Safety Professional in accordance with the Center for Chemical Process Safety or equivalent.
• Professional Engineer (PE) License. 
• Proven skills in the analysis of process safety on a variety of process projects including LNG, FLNG, ammonia, hydrogen generation, carbon capture and sustainable fuels. 
• Ability to determine the appropriate safety studies that should be applied to a variety of process projects. 
• Ability to write safety philosophy for a variety of process projects. 
• In-depth experience and capability to direct and manage the following process safety activities, including the ability to write and administer consulting agreements for: 
  • Facility siting study. 
  • Fire water system design including fire w