Overview
Job Title: Process Safety Engineer
Process Safety Engineer
Location: Anglia Water region wide (East Anglia)
Contract: Permanent
Salary: Circa £42,000
Help Shape a Safer Future at Anglian Water
Are you passionate about reducing risk and making high-hazard environments safer? Do you thrive in technically challenging roles that directly impact people, processes, and long-term performance? We’re looking for a skilled and driven Process Safety Engineer to help lead and embed world-class process safety across our organisation.
Working within the Chief Engineer’s team and reporting to the Group Process Safety Lead, you’ll play a critical role in supporting the delivery of our Process Safety strategy-helping to ensure that Anglian Water’s most complex assets remain safe, compliant, and future-ready.
This is a highly collaborative role, interfacing with engineering, operations, safety professionals, and regulators to ensure consistent application of risk management techniques and the highest safety standards.
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Process Safety Engineer, you’ll apply your expertise to help identify, evaluate, and reduce risk across a range of high-hazard processes. From supporting large infrastructure projects to conducting audits and delivering technical safety studies, your work will help shape the safety culture and practices of Anglian Water at a strategic level.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Helping shape and deliver Anglian Water’s Process Safety strategy alongside the Group Process Safety Lead
- Supporting operational teams with their understanding of process safety and to implement process safety improvements
- Supporting risk assessments under DSEAR and performing Hazardous Area Classifications
- Performing audits and inspections at high-risk sites
- Supporting engineering and design teams with technical input on process safety standards and improvements
- Developing and maintaining Bowtie risk assessments for high-risk processes
- Leading and facilitating Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) such as HAZID, HAZOP, and Bowtie workshops
- Performing consequence modelling using industry standard software
- Supporting Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA), SIL determination and verification, and Quantified Risk Assessment (QRA)
- Engaging with external regulators including HSE and EA, where required
About You
You’re a technically minded and detail-oriented professional with a background in engineering and/or operations and a passion for managing risk. You’re confident leading technical safety workshops and producing detailed reports, while also having the communication skills to work cross-functionally and influence key stakeholders.
To be successful in this role, you’ll need:
- Strong collaboration, critical thinking, and written communication skills
- Experience working in high-risk environments or regulated industries (minimum 2 years)
- A recognised qualification in Process Safety (or equivalent experience)
- A degree in Process or Mechanical Engineering
- Experience leading or supporting Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) methods such as HAZOP or Bowtie
- Strong understanding of process safety elements, regulations, and hazard identification techniques
- Familiarity with COMAH regulations, DSEAR assessments, and management of change principles
- Ability to travel to remote high-risk sites across the Anglian Water region
Training will be provided – so even if you don’t tick all the above, please don’t be put off from applying
Why Join Us?
At Anglian Water, we’re committed to delivering life’s essential services-safely, sustainably, and responsibly. Our values-led approach means you’ll be supported to make meaningful contributions, build your skills, and develop into a subject matter expert in a truly forward-thinking business.
You’ll benefit from:
Personal private health care
Company car allowance (based on 9,000 miles minimum requirement for role)
Life cover – 8x annual salary
26 days holiday plus bank holidays (with flexibility for religious holidays)
Flexible and hybrid working options
Competitive pension scheme – we double-match your contributions up to 6%
Annual bonus scheme and lifestyle benefits
Opportunities for professional growth and specialist training
Ready to Elevate Your Career?
If you’re looking for a role where you can apply your technical knowledge to influence safety outcomes and drive positive change, apply today to become our next Process Safety Engineer.
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