Senior Industrial Process Safety Engineer​/Consultant

Senior Industrial Process Safety Engineer / Consultant

Remote (U.S. Based) Full Time

HGI is a leading fire protection engineering and consulting firm helping industrial and manufacturing clients manage the risks posed by combustible dust, chemical processes, and hazardous materials. We are seeking a Senior Industrial Process Safety Engineer or Consultant to serve as a technical authority within our growing Industrial Process Safety practice, leading complex engagements, resolving contested technical positions with authorities and insurers, and mentoring the next generation of engineers and consultants
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This position is offered under two titles:
Industrial Process Safety Engineer, held by candidates with a P.E. license, or Industrial Process Safety Consultant, held by all other candidates.

You will build and maintain trusted client relationships, serving as the principal technical point of contact on assigned engagements. You will advise client leadership on process safety risk posture and lead engagement with Authorities Having Jurisdiction (“AHJs”) and insurers, negotiating acceptance of alternative methods and equivalencies.

You will lead and facilitate Dust Hazard Analyses (“DHAs”) in accordance with NFPA 660, 652, 654, 61, 484, and 664, direct process hazard evaluations, and review the work of junior staff. You will also develop alternative methods of code compliance and negotiate its acceptance with AHJs and insurers.

You will establish the recommended Best Total Solution among competing protection options based on cost/benefit analysis and client needs and direct and review design tasks and calculations for systems such as deflagration venting, explosion suppression, isolation, containment, and detection.

You will train and mentor junior process safety engineers and consultants, provide technical reviews of their work, and help establish the standards, templates, and procedures that shape the quality of our growing Industrial Process Safety practice.

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with client personnel, serving as a principal technical point of contact on complex projects
• Lead client communications and expectations on complex or multi-site projects, and advise client leadership on process safety risk posture and recommended solutions
• Lead engagement with AHJs, insurers, and project stakeholders, and negotiate acceptance of alternative methods and equivalencies
• Establish material classification and hazard level determinations from chemical inventories, safety data sheets (“SDS”), and material test reports
• Lead and facilitate Dust Hazard Analyses (“DHAs”) in accordance with applicable standards, including NFPA 660, 652, 654, 61, 484, and 664, and review DHAs prepared by others
• Review process flow diagrams (“PFDs”), piping and instrumentation diagrams (“P&IDs”), and engineering drawings to evaluate process operations and controls and resolve conflicts among them
• Direct process hazard evaluations, and review engineering calculations to determine hazard severity and the adequacy of proposed protection options
• Direct and review design tasks and calculations for fire and explosion protection systems, including deflagration venting, explosion suppression, isolation, containment, and detection
• Render code interpretations, and develop alternative methods of code compliance, negotiating their acceptance with AHJs and insurers
• Lead field surveys, direct system inspections and acceptance testing, and lead post-incident evaluations and responses to regulatory and insurance inquiries
• Train and mentor junior engineers and consultants, provide technical review of their work, and help establish…