Specialist Technical HSE – Offshore Water Injection Project

About the role

The Specialist Technical HSE is responsible for providing technical Health, Safety, Environment, and Process Safety expertise throughout the lifecycle of the Offshore Water Injection Project. The role focuses on identifying and mitigating risks associated with engineering design, construction, commissioning, startup, and operations while ensuring compliance with ADNOC requirements, international standards, and project HSE objectives.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical HSE support during FEED, detailed engineering, construction, and commissioning phases.
• Lead and facilitate HAZID, HAZOP, Bow‑Tie, SIMOPS, ENVID, SIL, and risk assessment workshops.
• Review and verify process safety design requirements and safety‑critical elements.
• Develop and maintain project risk registers related to HSE and process safety.
• Conduct offshore site assessments, safety audits, and support safe integration of new water injection facilities.
• Ensure compliance with ADNOC, UAE regulatory requirements and ISO 45001/14001 standards.
• Evaluate contractor HSE plans, monitor compliance, and support safety performance improvements.
• Participate in incident investigations, root‑cause analysis and drive corrective actions.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Occupational Health & Safety, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering or related discipline.
• NEBOSH International Diploma or equivalent professional HSE qualification.
• 15‑18 years of HSE experience in the oil & gas industry, with at least 5 years in technical HSE, process safety or loss prevention roles.
• Strong experience in offshore EPC and brownfield modification projects.
• Extensive involvement in HAZOP, QRA, SIL, EERA and fire & gas studies.
• Experience supporting offshore water injection, production and utility systems; ADNOC offshore and Middle East project experience preferred.

Required skills

• Process Safety Management (PSM)
• HAZID
• HAZOP
• SIL Assessment
• Bow‑Tie Analysis
• LOPA
• Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA)
• ALARP Demonstration
• Safety Critical Elements (SCE) Management
• Loss Prevention
• Fire & Gas Detection Systems
• Fire Protection Systems
• Explosion Risk Assessment
• Emergency Shutdown (ESD) Systems
• Emergency Response Planning
• Escape, Evacuation & Rescue Analysis (EERA)
• HSE Management
• Incident Investigation
• Root Cause Analysis
• Contractor HSE Management
• SIMOPS Management
• Management of Change (MOC)
• Audit & Compliance Programs
• PHAST
• SAFETI
• PHPro
• BowTieXP
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Power BI