Senior Functional Safety Consultant

Job Location	Mere, Knutsford
Education	Not Mentioned
Salary	55,000 - 70,000 per annum
Industry	Not Mentioned
Functional Area	Not Mentioned
Job Type	Permanent , full-time

Job Description

If you have a passion in supporting others to help their transition to net zero, then there has never been a better time to join Stopford.Stopford has a truly exciting opportunity for a Senior Functional Safety Consultant to join the team on a full-time, permanent basis to help our clients to transition to net zero as we expand our operations in the UK and internationally.This is a fantastic opportunity to join us as a Senior Functional Safety Consultant and work with highly skilled professionals who are constantly striving to deliver excellence and best practice.The Senior Functional Safety Consultant Position The role of Senior Functional Safety Consultant is within the Consultancy Group and will involve leading Stopfords EC&I function with focus on Functional Safety services, providing support internally to Stopford Projects group and externallyto new and existing clients.The services will be across many industrial sectors from chemical to the low carbon sector, such as plastics to oil and hydrogen.Key Responsibilities as ourSenior Functional Safety Consultant include:

Being responsible to deliver assignments and projects on time, to cost and to the required quality
Undertaking EC&I engineering duties and advise the EC&I team members
Liaising competently with all Stakeholders, providing leadership, advice, feedback and representing the company at all times
Being involved in LOPA studies, undertaking Fault tree analysis
Bring able to perform SIL verification using tools such as ABBs SafetyInsight TM
Developing reliability block diagrams
Undertaking FSAs through the project lifecycle

The Company Stopford is an international multi-disciplinary consultancy, engineering design, and project management services company founded in the UK in 1982. We work with companies around the world in emerging and existing industries, our ambition is to lead the wayin engineering a sustainable world towards a low carbon economy.We have ambitious plans for future growth over the next three to five years supporting our key clients in the renewables and green energies sector and commercialising Stopfords green technology portfolio. We have a significant opportunity to expand ouroperations in the UK and internationally and the role Senior Functional Safety Consultant will support this growth.Your time will primarily be based at our office in Knutsford occasional visits to Client sites.Employment at Stopford brings many benefits including:

Competitive salary
Profit related bonus scheme
Pension
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Private medical insurance
Employee assistance programme
Free on-site parking
Reimbursement of professional membership fees
Targeted professional development
Mentoring scheme

To be successful in the role of Senior Functional Safety Consultant you will be/have:

Ideally educated to a degree level.
TUV FS Engineer Certification is essential
Have significant experience in high hazard industries preferably petrochemicals and/or renewable energy industries.
Have significant experience of working in a design and engineering environment across electrical, control and instrumentation.
Experienced in safety systems design and validation (BS EN 61508 & BS EN 61511).
In-depth knowledge of DSEAR/ATEX, hazardous area classification equipment/design and CompEx requirements.
Able to perform accurate design calculations and complete cost estimates.
An ability to think strategically and develop long range plans, understanding the implication of changes to contract scope.
An ability to work collaboratively with all engineering design and construction disciplines.
Chartered status preferred

A full UK driving licence is essential for this position.Please go to our website for a full job description to familiarise yourself with all the responsibilities, skills, and experience required before you apply.We look forward to receiving your CV for the role of Senior Functional Safety ConsultantPlease note that we do not accept applications from agencies, and you must be eligible to live and work in the UK.Closing date: 28 June 2022Stopford reserves the right to bring forward the closing date if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we would recommend that you apply as soon as possible.Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unfortunately not able to respond to each applicant. If you have not been called for an interview within 3 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that on this occasion your applicationhas been unsuccessful.

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