Hiring Now – Senior PSM Specialist for Oil & Gas Operating Company in Kuwait !!!

Job location: Ahmadi, Kuwait

Contract Duration: 4 yrs. Renewable / Permanent

Contract Type: Secondment to Oil & Gas operating company in Kuwait

Salary & Benefits: Excellent monthly salary

Qualification and Experience:

• Sc. in Mechanical/ Metallurgical / Chemical/ Petroleum / Electrical/ Instrument Engineering or equivalent.
• 15 years professional experience required within an O&G operating company.
• The PSM Specialist shall have a high level of knowledge and understanding of the following technical aspects (as a minimum):
• Technical Safety Project documentation such as Technical Safety Project documentation (e.g. TSE philosophies, Asset Integrity - Process Safety (Al-PS) principles, Project Specification, TSE documentation)
• Leak Path Reduction
• Layout Optimization
• Hazardous Area Classification
• Toxic Facility Classification Analysis
• Fire Protection Analysis
• Active Fire Protection Design
• Passive Fire Protection Design
• Fire Safety Assessment
• Flare Radiation, Toxic and Noise Assessment
• Design aspects like fire protection escalation mitigation, atmospheric relief (vents at safe location) and flare, Hazardous area classification, noise mitigation, F&G detector location, Cause and Effects, safeguarding memorandum, 3-D Model reviews.
• Safety Critical Elements Identification, and Design Performance Standards
• ALARP Demonstration process
• Technical Pre-Start-Up Safety Reviews (PSSR)
• PHSER
• Safe work practices and procedures: PTW, JSA; Management of Change, human error; human factors
• Fires and explosions: fundamentals; hazard evaluation, prevention and mitigation; codes and standards
• Alarm Management and Rationalization
• Hazardous Material Management
• PSM Communication

Job Description:

• Implementation of Process Safety Management (PSM), including safety culture
• Implementation of Technical Safety Project documentation such as TSE philosophies, Asset Integrity - Process Safety (AI-PS) principles, Project Specification, TSE documentation
• Design, technical support and troubleshooting for upstream oil & gas operations
• Safety in design and engineering practices, with emphasis on inherently safer design, and the relevant industry standards (e.g. AP!, BS, !EC, NFPA).
• Perform appropriate analysis techniques, including but not limited to:
• Hazard Identification HAZID facilitation and Risk Register
• Hazard Analyses using Bow-Tie, HAZOP & LOPA methodologies
• Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA), including the use of PHAST Risk software, and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software.
• Frequency analysis methodologies such as FTA, FMEA, & ETA

• Perform Emergency preparedness, including scenario development, prevention; preparedness; response; recovery
• Perform Major Hazard Incident Investigation (involving fire or explosion).
• Participate in preparing PSM communication tools and requirement such as e-mails, magazines newsletters /articles, awareness presentations, videos, posters, screen savers, campaigns etc....
• Participate in Safety Critical Elements Identification, and Design & Develop Performance Standards