Centrica • United Kingdom

Senior Process Safety Engineer

Employment type:  Full time

Remote-first

A little flex time

Job Description

We are Centrica! We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising a cleaner, greener future. Working here is #MoreThanACareer - we’re powered by purpose. Together we can make an impact that will truly change tomorrow. Whether you’re developing cutting-edge green tech, helping customers on the front line or simplifying operations behind the scenes.

Your work here isn’t just a job – it’s a mission. We all play a vital role in energising a greener, fairer future.

Centrica Energy Storage (CES) is a key Business Unit within the Centrica group and operates large scale natural gas storage and production facilities in East Yorkshire, across its sites at Easington and an offshore platform in the North Sea. CES has energy transition ambitions, looking to create an integrated energy hub, not only to meet our own net zero ambition, but to provide infrastructure which supports UK energy security and regulatory energy transition commitments. It’s an exciting time to join us to help us with our ambitions.

Location - Hessle, Hull

The Lead Process Safety Engineer will be primarily responsible for delivery of the Process Safety Improvement Plan. The plan includes key regulatory requirements of maintaining and submitting the Offshore Safety Case and Onshore COMAH report to the Competent Authority when the appropriate revisions are required by the business.

The Lead Process Safety Engineer will develop and maintain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders in the business, including Technical Authorities, Onshore/Offshore Management and Operational teams, project teams as well as the Senior Leadership team. The Lead Process Safety Engineer will have excellent interpersonal and leadership skills and the ability to lead through influencing others.

Accountabilities

  • Management of the Offshore Safety Case and Onshore COMAH report and ensuring that material changes are submitted to the Competent Authority in line with the business needs. Should manage external studies as and when required to support the reports.
  • Delivery of elements of the Process Safety Improvement plan as agreed with the HSES & Technical Director.
  • Support of site personnel with the development and ongoing management of Operational Risk Assessments.
  • Management of the CSL Management of Change system.
  • Support the Process Engineering studies of HAZID, HAZOP, SIL where appropriate and to support the thorough reviews of the relevant regulatory safety cases and COMAH reports.
  • Provide the key point of contact for Technical Authorities and site operational teams for Process safety matters.
  • Delivery of Process safety training to site operational teams.
  • Manage a small team of process safety professionals

Experience

  • Previous experience of working in major accident hazard industries.
  • Knowledge of key regulatory requirements and best practices for major accident hazard sites (onshore and offshore).
  • Chartered Member or working towards membership of a relevant professional body.
  • Valid Offshore Medical.
  • Offshore BOSIET.

At Centrica we embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. To build a more sustainable future, we need the best team – a team with a diverse mix of people and skills, where everyone feels welcome and able to succeed. We are dedicated in helping to close the diversity gap and would love to see more females, people of colour and LGBTQ+ employees, as well as those from a variety of cultures and ethnicity to veterans and the differently abled. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a big part of who we are, we are not looking for people to fit into our culture but to add to it!


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Company benefits

Adoption leave
Open to part-time employees
Enhanced sick days
Flexible working week
Enhanced sick pay
Gym membership
Health insurance
Mental health platform access
Compassionate leave
Dental coverage
Fertility treatment leave
Season ticket loan
Buy or sell annual leave
Optional unpaid leave
Shared parental leave
Enhanced maternity leave
Carer’s leave
Enhanced paternity leave
Pregnancy loss leave
Cycle to work scheme
Pension match/increase
Equity packages
Life insurance
Annual pay rises
Share options
Financial coaching
Employee discounts
Volunteer days
Company car
Location
96%
Employees are very happy with their working location freedom
Hours
92%
Employees are very happy with the flexibility in the hours they work
Benefits
82%
Employees are very happy with the benefits their company offers
Work-life balance
79%
Employees feel that they can switch off quite easily from work
Role modelling
83%
Employees feel that flexible working is part of the culture
Autonomy
88%
Employees feel they have complete autonomy over getting their work done

Additional employee ratings
(these do not contribute to the FlexScore®)

Diversity
80%
Employees feel that the diversity is good and there are continued efforts to improve it
Inclusion
82%
Employees feel like the company culture is brilliantly inclusive and equitable
Culture
84%
Employees feel like it is a really great environment to work in
Mission
85%
Employees feel very excited about and aligned with the company mission
Salary
72%
Employees feel that their salary is good and matches the value they bring

Working at Centrica

Company employees

20,000

Gender diversity (male:female)

68:32

Office locations

Windsor, London, Cardiff, Leicester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, Dublin, Stockport, Staines, Hampton, Aberdeen, Barrow, Hull

Hiring Countries

Belgium

Denmark

Ireland

United Kingdom

Awards & Achievements

2nd – Large companies

2nd – Large companies

Flexa100 2024
3rd – Consumer Goods

3rd – Consumer Goods

Industry awards 2023

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