Safety and Integrity Engineer

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The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) is hiring a Safety and Integrity Engineer to ensure the reliability, availability, and safe operation of EACOP’s assets. The role focuses on managing technological risks, ensuring critical safety barriers are effective, and preventing major accidents across pipeline installations and associated facilities.

In accordance with EACOP’ policies and procedures, the Safety and Integrity Engineer is responsible to:

Provide effective technical support and troubleshooting capability to the overall EACOP’ scope for technological risk and integrity management

Monitor fits for purpose status of Critical Barriers and related SECE

Coordinate the SECE guarantor network

Technical integrity audits and verification of SECEs across all installations, ensuring that all findings having a potential major consequence are reviewed and classified as Major Integrity Threat and monitored as required.

Support and supervise all ORAs, RCAs and failure investigation on systems and equipment, as required

Coordinate with OSL the DGS resolution process

Provide support to ensure all safety studies (HAZID, HAZOP, HAZAN, TRA, FERA etc.) and design activities are completed according to EACOP requirements

Manage technical interfaces with project teams (Site modification) to ensure safety design harmonized and follows EACOP’ rules and standards

Act as a guarantor of risk analysis and safety engineering aspects related to site modifications

Provide timely and accurate reports to the Major Risks and Integrity Team Leader

Assist the Major Risks and Integrity Lead in Budget preparation, monthly updates

Development and Monitoring KPIs and provision of regular reporting for technical integrity and major risks

Co-ordinate and participate in periodic plant and equipment history reviews to maximize plant availability

Skills and Qualifications:

A relevant engineering degree preferably in Process Engineering, Safety Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering

Minimum 5 years of specific experience in Oil and Gas industry with experience covering operations, inspection and maintenance

Thorough understanding of Technological risks management process, Barriers models and their application

Knowledge of related standards / regulatory requirements: ISO31000, IEC61508, IEC61511 etc.

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