Process Safety Engineer

Process Safety Engineer

Location: Anglia Water region wide (East Anglia)
Contract: Permanent
Salary: Circa £42,000

Help Shape a Safer Future at Anglian Water

Are you passionate about reducing risk and making high-hazard environments safer? Do you thrive in technically challenging roles that directly impact people, processes, and long-term performance? We’re looking for a skilled and driven Process Safety Engineer to help lead and embed world-class process safety across our organisation.

Working within the Health and Safety team and reporting to the Group Process Safety Lead, you’ll play a critical role in supporting the delivery of our Process Safety strategy—helping to ensure that Anglian Water’s most complex assets remain safe, compliant, and future-ready.

This is a highly collaborative role, interfacing with engineering, operations, safety professionals, and regulators to ensure consistent application of risk management techniques and the highest safety standards.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Process Safety Engineer, you’ll apply your expertise to help identify, evaluate, and reduce risk across a range of high-hazard processes. From supporting large infrastructure projects to conducting audits and delivering technical safety studies, your work will help shape the safety culture and practices of Anglian Water at a strategic level.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and facilitating Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) such as HAZID, HAZOP, and Bowtie workshops

• Supporting risk assessments under DSEAR and performing Hazardous Area Classifications

• Performing consequence modelling using industry standard software

• Supporting Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA), SIL determination and verification, and Quantified Risk Assessment (QRA)

• Developing and maintaining Bowtie risk assessments for high-risk processes

• Performing audits and inspections at high-risk sites

• Supporting engineering and design teams with technical input on process safety standards and improvements

• Helping shape and deliver Anglian Water’s Process Safety strategy alongside the Group Process Safety Lead

• Engaging with external regulators including HSE and EA, where required

About You

You're a technically minded and detail-oriented professional with a background in engineering and a passion for managing risk. You're confident leading technical safety workshops and producing detailed reports, while also having the communication skills to work cross-functionally and influence key stakeholders.

To be successful in this role, you’ll need:

✅ A degree in Process or Mechanical Engineering
✅ A recognised qualification in Process Safety (or equivalent experience)
✅ Experience leading or supporting Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) methods such as HAZOP or Bowtie
✅ Strong understanding of process safety elements, regulations, and hazard identification techniques
✅ Experience working in high-risk environments or regulated industries (minimum 2 years)
✅ Familiarity with COMAH regulations, DSEAR assessments, and management of change principles
✅ Strong collaboration, critical thinking, and written communication skills
✅ Ability to travel to remote high-risk sites across the Anglian Water region

Why Join Us?

At Anglian Water, we’re committed to delivering life’s essential services—safely, sustainably, and responsibly. Our values-led approach means you’ll be supported to make meaningful contributions, build your skills, and develop into a subject matter expert in a truly forward-thinking business.

You’ll benefit from:

Personal private health care

Company car or car allowance (based on 9,000 miles minimum requirement for role)
Life cover – 8x annual salary
26 days holiday plus bank holidays (with flexibility for religious holidays)
Flexible and hybrid working options
Competitive pension scheme – we double-match your contributions up to 6%
Annual bonus scheme and lifestyle benefits
Opportunities for professional growth and specialist training

Ready to Elevate Your Career?

If you're looking for a role where you can apply your technical knowledge to influence safety outcomes and drive positive change, apply today to become our next Process Safety Engineer.

Closing date: May 22nd