{"id":3557188,"url":"https://alion.io/job/wood-pmc-specialist-technical-safety-engineer","title":"PMC Specialist Technical Safety Engineer","company":{"id":98243,"name":"Wood","domain":"woodplc.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/wood-kss","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Oracle","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":118,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.983,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":30,"computed_at":"2026-11-04T06:34:25Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"staff","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates"],"countries":["AE"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":44000,"max_usd":103000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":1702},"experience_years_min":15,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-05T13:36:12Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-05","last_verified_at":"2026-11-04T18:59:39Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":30,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":30},"description":"The Role\nThis is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Technical Safety Specialist with extensive experience working on high profile middle east offshore projects.\nOur Clients and Projects\nDesigning the future. Transforming the world.\nWood's Oil, Gas & New Energies business is built on a strong legacy of delivering large and complex projects for national and international energy companies across the globe. We have experienced teams, a proven delivery model and a strong reputation.\nWe are the market-leading provider of integrated and innovative solutions that challenge the status-quo in the oil and gas upstream and midstream, onshore and offshore, gas to liquids and decarbonisation and electrification markets. We pride ourselves in steady and predictable delivery, setting our sights on an exciting growth trajectory.\nEnergy security, transition and supply have never been more important. You, our enabling teams, are at the very forefront of transformative projects that are providing sustainable power to generations to come. We are the ones to bring low-carbon concepts to reality.\nWhat we can offer\nMeaningful and interesting projects: Delivered to high profile clients across the Energy Sector\nCommitment to Diversity and Inclusion: We are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business \nCompetitive renumeration package: With regular reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market \nMedical Insurance: Ensures inpatient, and outpatient medical care is available should you require treatment\nGroup Life and Personal Accident Insurance: The company provides Life Assurance cover \nEnd of Service Gratuity: In line with UAE Labor Law, all employees are eligible for an End of Service benefit\nThe Employee Share Plan: Gives you the opportunity to purchase Wood shares and receive a match from the company\nLong Service Award: Wood values the commitment and loyalty of our people. Celebrating Long Service provides an opportunity for the business to demonstrate their appreciation of the hard work, dedication and many years’ service of our employees at 5 year service milestones\nCommitment to continued professional development: Development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests \nGlobal connections: Join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession \nEnergy Transition Academy: Join a community of experts sharing your knowledge and gaining more exposure to a variety of existing and emerging energy systems - delivered by experts in their field\nThe key objectives for this role are:\nThe PMC Specialist Technical Safety Engineer is responsible for providing technical safety engineering expertise throughout the design, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness phases of major offshore or onshore projects under a Project Management Consultancy (PMC) framework. The role ensures that process safety, technical safety, loss prevention, and risk management requirements are effectively implemented in accordance with client specifications, approved engineering documents, regulatory requirements, international standards, and project objectives.\n Lead and coordinate technical safety and loss prevention activities across all project phases, ensuring compliance with approved project requirements, schedules, budgets, and execution strategies\nAct as the primary PMC focal point for technical safety matters between the client, EPC contractor, engineering disciplines, operations team, commissioning team, and regulatory authorities\nReview and verify the implementation of technical safety requirements in engineering design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and start-up activities\nDevelop, review, and approve technical safety philosophies, design basis documents, specifications, studies, calculations, and engineering deliverables\nLead or participate in hazard identification and risk assessment activities, including HAZID, HAZOP, SIL assessment, LOPA, Bowtie analysis, fire and explosion risk assessment, and emergency response studies\nReview and assess fire and gas detection, fire protection, hazardous area classification, escape and evacuation, passive fire protection, blast protection, deluge, ventilation, and emergency shutdown systems\nEnsure that technical safety requirements are incorporated into layouts, plot plans, equipment specifications, piping and instrumentation diagrams, cause-and-effect charts, and control system documentation\nReview contractor technical safety deliverables, design submissions, calculations, drawings, specifications, and safety studies for compliance with project and client requirements\nMonitor the implementation of safety-critical elements and performance standards throughout engineering, construction, installation, commissioning, and handover\nProvide technical guidance on risk reduction measures, inherently safer design principles, ALARP demonstrations, and mitigation of major accident hazards\nCoordinate technical safety interfaces between process, mechanical, piping, electrical, instrumentation, civil, structural, marine, operations, and commissioning disciplines\nReview technical safety aspects of temporary facilities, construction activities, lifting operations, SIMOPS, brownfield modifications, shutdowns, tie-ins, and commissioning activities\nVerify that emergency response plans, escape routes, muster arrangements, evacuation systems, rescue facilities, and emergency equipment are suitable and compliant with project requirements\nParticipate in design reviews, model reviews, constructability reviews, safety workshops, site inspections, audits, and technical assurance activities\nMonitor contractor performance and identify deviations, nonconformities, technical queries, and potential safety risks, ensuring timely corrective actions and close-out\nReview and approve technical safety-related method statements, risk assessments, inspection and test plans, commissioning procedures, and operating philosophies\nEnsure effective management of technical safety actions, recommendations, assumptions, deviations, and risk registers throughout the project lifecycle\nSupport incident investigations, root cause analyses, lessons-learned reviews, and implementation of preventive and corrective measures where required\nProvide regular technical safety progress reports, performance updates, risk summaries, and recommendations to project leadership and the client\nSupport system completion, pre-commissioning, commissioning, start-up, handover, and close-out activities, ensuring all technical safety requirements and documentation are completed\nPromote a strong process safety, technical assurance, and risk management culture across the PMC, client, EPC contractor, and project teams\n What makes you remarkable?\nAt Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.\nExpected:\nBachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Process, Safety, or a related Engineering discipline\nMinimum 15 years of experience in technical safety, process safety, loss prevention, or fire and safety engineering within the oil and gas, petrochemical, refining, or energy industries\nProven experience in a specialist technical safety engineering role within a PMC, EPC contractor, operator, or engineering consultancy environment\nExtensive experience in major offshore and onshore projects, including greenfield developments, brownfield modifications, shutdowns, tie-ins, commissioning, and operational readiness\nStrong knowledge of technical safety engineering principles, process safety management, major accident hazard control, and risk-based design\nDemonstrated experience leading or participating in HAZID, HAZOP, SIL, LOPA, QRA, fire and explosion risk assessments, escape and evacuation studies, and other safety studies\nStrong understanding of fire and gas systems, fire protection, passive fire protection, hazardous area classification, emergency shutdown systems, blast protection, ventilation, and safety-critical elements\nKnowledge of international codes, standards, and regulations, including API, NFPA, IEC, ISO, NORSOK, and applicable client and regulatory requirements\nExperience reviewing engineering deliverables, technical specifications, layouts, P&IDs, cause-and-effect diagrams, safety studies, and contractor documentation\nDemonstrated ability to manage technical safety interfaces across multidisciplinary engineering, construction, commissioning, and operations teams\nStrong understanding of ALARP principles, risk registers, safety performance standards, barrier management, and technical assurance processes\nProfessional certification such as Chartered Engineer, Certified Safety Professional, Functional Safety Engineer, or equivalent is preferred\nStrong analytical, communication, coordination, reporting, and stakeholder management skills\nAbility to work under pressure, manage multiple priorities, and provide sound technical judgment in complex project environments\nOffshore certifications such as BOSIET, H2S, and valid offshore medical may be required for offshore assignments\nExperience in Middle East projects and familiarity with major operator standards is an advantage.","description_format":"text","description_chars":9564,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":15,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Health insurance","Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Energy & Utilities","Engineering Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-31T01:31:38Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":45,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.597,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":29,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:4","stale_co","velocity","win:late","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-04T06:34:25Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/wood-pmc-specialist-technical-safety-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/wood-pmc-specialist-technical-safety-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-04T23:12:31Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":58,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-05T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":98243},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=98243"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fwood-pmc-specialist-technical-safety-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fwood-pmc-specialist-technical-safety-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fwood-pmc-specialist-technical-safety-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/wood-pmc-specialist-technical-safety-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fwood-pmc-specialist-technical-safety-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3557188}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"woodplc.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3557188},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}