Onshore Process Safety Engineer Jobs in Luanda
Job Description
Company: SPIE Global Services Energy
Location: Luanda
Company: SPIE Global Services Energy
Location: Luanda, Angola (Onshore – Block 3 occasional visits)
Job Type: Temporary Contract | Full-Time
Category: Process Safety, Oil & Gas Engineering, Industrial Safety Jobs
Posted: 2 May 2026
Job Overview
SPIE Global Services Energy is hiring an experienced Onshore Process Safety Engineer (M/F) to support major oil and gas engineering operations in Luanda. This role is ideal for senior professionals specializing in process safety engineering, risk analysis, and offshore/onshore oil & gas facility safety management.
The position is based onshore with a working rotation of 5 weeks onshore, 2 weeks remote, and 3 weeks rest, reporting directly to the Company Maintenance Manager.
Key Responsibilities
Process Safety & Risk Engineering
- Identify and execute process safety engineering activities for brownfield projects
- Ensure compliance with Level 1 and Level 2 safety reviews
- Conduct hazard identification studies (HAZID, HAZOP) and scenario-based risk assessments
- Perform semi-quantitative risk analysis using risk matrices
- Coordinate Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA) for complex systems
Safety Design & Engineering Controls
- Recommend and implement ALARP (As Low As Reasonably Practicable) mitigation measures
- Develop bow-tie analysis and other risk control methodologies
- Review process, utility, ESD, and Fire & Gas (F&G) systems for compliance
- Perform firewater demand and safety system calculations
- Prepare PFP (Passive Fire Protection) coverage drawings and safety documentation
Technical Review & Compliance
- Review and approve engineering safety documentation and designs
- Ensure compliance with company specifications, international codes, and industry standards
- Coordinate with process, instrumentation, and control engineering teams
- Validate safety integration in P&IDs, ESD logic diagrams, and design dossiers
Project Coordination & Reporting
- Supervise safety-related engineering activities from design to commissioning
- Coordinate with third-party contractors and subcontractors
- Attend technical meetings with vendors and equipment suppliers
- Ensure smooth handover to operations and safe project startup
- Prepare detailed safety reports, findings, and recommendations
Job Requirements
Experience
- Minimum 14 years in the petroleum/oil & gas industry
- At least 10 years of experience in Process Safety Engineering
Technical Skills
- Strong knowledge of oil and gas processing systems and installations
- Expertise in safety engineering tools and methodologies (HAZOP, HAZID, QRA, Bow-Tie)
- High proficiency in CMIMS / SAP R3 PM systems
- Familiarity with engineering design documentation and safety standards
Professional Skills
- Strong analytical and risk assessment capabilities
- Excellent coordination across multiple engineering disciplines
- Ability to manage complex industrial safety systems and compliance requirements
- Strong technical reporting and communication skills
Work Environment
- Onshore position in Luanda office with site visits to Block-3
- Collaboration with international oil & gas engineering teams
- Exposure to large-scale industrial safety systems and operations
Why Join SPIE Global Services Energy?
- Work with a global leader in oil, gas, and energy engineering services
- Gain exposure to high-risk, high-impact process safety projects
- Collaborate on international energy infrastructure projects
- Build expertise in advanced safety engineering and risk management systems
Career Opportunity
This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to major oil & gas safety systems, ensuring operational integrity, regulatory compliance, and safe energy production in high-complexity environments.
Posted: 2nd May 2026, 04:20
ONSHORE – Process Safety Engineer M/F
Contract type
Temporary work contract
Contractual hours
Full time
Contract duration
Unknown
Job description
Specific professional knowledge: CMIMS : SAP/R3 PM
Context and missions :
- 5W (Onshore) x 2W (remote) x 3W (rest)
- Position onshore in the offices of COMPANY with occasional visits to Block-3
- Reports Directly to COMPANY Maintenance Manager
Main activities:
- Identify the safety engineering activities applicable to individual brown field projects to ensure compliance with Level 1 and Level 2 Safety Reviews.
- Conduct hazard identification studies using scenario-based risk analysis methods (HAZOP, HAZID, etc.)
- Carry out risk assessments based on semi-quantitative analyses (i.e. through use of risk matrices) and coordinate detailed quantified risk analyses (QRAs).
- Identify and recommend ALARP mitigation measures using bow-tie or other analysis techniques, and propose acceptable technical solutions.
- Carry out reviews of existing or proposed process, utilities, ESD and F&G systems to assess residual risks and ensure compliance with Company General Specifications.
- Carry out and prepare basic safety engineering calculations and documents, e.g. firewater demand calculations, nozzle coverage area calculations, PFP coverage drawings, etc.
- Prepare and issue reports including main conclusions of safety studies and reviews conducted, explanations of the main findings, recommendations, and conclusions.
- Follow-up day-to-day progress of engineering activities (basic and detailed) to ensure recommendations from safety reviews are implemented into the design.
- Review and approve engineering documentation for safety discipline, ensuring compliance with Company General Specifications, international codes and standards, and industry best practice.
- Ensure close coordination with other disciplines (in particular process and process control/instrumentation) to avoid discrepancies and documentation recycling.
- Coordinate, review, and approve safety engineering activities carried out by third parties or subcontractors on behalf of Company.
- Ensure that engineering documentation, requisitions for procurement and suppliers bids evaluation be fully compliant with Design Dossier major documentation (safety concept, PIDs, ESD logic, diagrams…etc) and with Company General Specifications.
- Attend as necessary project and technical follow up meeting with suppliers for main packages/equipment for checking of relevant sizing / calculations notes of safety equipment / facilities.
- Ensure full and efficient coordination with Field Operations during engineering design, construction and commissioning with target of efficient start up / hand over to Operation
Profile
Profile :
The holder of this post must have the following qualifications:
- Professional experience of 14 years minimum in Petroleum industry. Previous process safety engineering experience of 10 years minimum
- A high level knowledge of CMIMS (SAP).
- A good knowledge of the process of oil and gas treatment, installations and a thorough knowledge of the equipment used in oil and gas treatment installations.
Working at spie
What can we offer you?
1. Work for an international Group with operations on every continent,
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• Outdoor networks and street lighting
• Information and communication systems
• Nuclear power
• Maintenance
• Oil and gas
• HVAC engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Mechanical engineering
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