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Work Pattern
Onshore with offshore risk assessment and audit visits
Reports To
Risk Engineering Manager / Process Safety Director
Position Overview
The Risk Assessment Engineer specializes in the identification, evaluation, and management of risks across oil and gas operations, using structured quantitative and qualitative risk assessment methodologies. This role supports decision-making by providing robust risk analysis for major accident hazards, operational risks, and project risks, ensuring that risks are managed to ALARP and that risk-informed decisions are made throughout the asset lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA) for offshore and onshore oil and gas facilities including frequency analysis, consequence modelling, and risk summation
- Perform fire, explosion, and gas dispersion consequence modelling using PHAST, SAFETI, EFFECTS, or FLACS
- Develop and maintain Major Accident Hazard (MAH) registers and risk matrices
- Facilitate and participate in structured hazard identification workshops (HAZID, ENVID, SWIFT)
- Conduct LOPA (Layer of Protection Analysis) and contribute to SIL determination studies
- Perform escalation analysis for fire and explosion scenarios including domino effect assessment
- Develop and review escape, evacuation, and rescue (EER) analysis for offshore installations
- Conduct Dropped Object Risk Assessment (DORA) for offshore crane and lifting operations
- Perform ship collision and drifting object risk assessments for offshore installations
- Support ALARP demonstration through cost-benefit analysis and gross disproportion tests
- Develop risk assessment input for Safety Cases and Formal Safety Assessments
- Review and benchmark risk criteria against industry standards and regulatory expectations
Qualifications
Required
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or related technical discipline (Master's preferred)
- Certifications: OPITO BOSIET/FOET; TÜV FSEng or equivalent functional safety qualification; NEBOSH IGC or Diploma
- Experience: Minimum 8 years in risk assessment engineering within oil and gas, with demonstrated QRA experience
- Technical Skills: QRA methodology (frequency and consequence analysis), consequence modelling tools (PHAST/SAFETI/EFFECTS/FLACS), LOPA, HAZID facilitation, EER analysis, dropped object analysis, ship collision risk, ALARP demonstration, statistical analysis
Preferred
- Experience with CFD modelling for gas dispersion and explosion analysis (FLACS, Kameleon)
- Knowledge of human reliability analysis (HRA) methods
- Experience with asset integrity risk assessment
- Familiarity with multiple regulatory risk criteria and frameworks
Market Intelligence
$900–1,350/day
Shortage Level: High
Key Skills Gap: Risk assessment engineers who can perform genuine quantitative risk analysis (not just qualitative workshops) with hands-on consequence modelling capability. CFD modelling experience is a particularly scarce and valued skill.
Regions in Highest Demand: North Sea (UK/Norway), Middle East, Australia, West Africa, Southeast Asia
Demand Drivers: Safety Case regulatory requirements, major project risk assessment needs, aging infrastructure requiring reassessment, energy transition creating new risk profiles (hydrogen, CCUS), post-incident risk reassessment, insurance-driven risk quantification
Document prepared by IntelliS Global — Subsea/Offshore Talent Intelligence
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Day rate ranges are indicative based on market intelligence as of Q3 2025 and may vary by region, project type, and individual experience.
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