Jensen Hughes - Director, Process Safety

Remote - Working alongside senior colleagues across the UK, Ireland2w ago

Remote Director EMEA Asset Management Director of Security Civil Engineer Governance Risk Management Team Leadership Business Development Mentoring

Requirements

• We are looking for an established industry expert who brings the credibility, commercial judgement and leadership presence to grow a strategically important service area. You are likely to bring: • A degree in a relevant engineering discipline. • Chartered Engineer status, or equivalent professional standing. • Extensive experience in process safety, fire engineering or industrial risk management. • Recognised subject matter expertise in fire and gas systems, hazard analysis and safety studies. • Strong commercial acumen, with a proven ability to win and develop business. • An established industry reputation and professional network. • Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams. • Credibility with operators, regulators and senior industry stakeholders. • Key Strengths • Strategic leadership and commercial judgement. • Business development, client management and relationship building. • Technical authority, governance and quality oversight. • Consultative influencing skills with senior stakeholders. • Market insight and industry presence. • Team leadership, mentoring and capability development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of a specialist process safety capability across the UK & Ireland. • Provide senior technical input on fire and gas detection strategy, gas dispersion modelling, hazard analysis, mitigation system design, facility siting, risk-based design and safety engineering. • Advise clients on existing facility modifications, ageing asset management and energy transition risks, including hydrogen and battery energy storage systems. • Build and maintain senior client relationships across relevant industry sectors. • Convert technical expertise and market insight into commercially successful workstreams. • Lead and support proposal development, fee generation and strategic growth planning. • Represent Jensen Hughes through industry committees, standards bodies, technical forums, thought leadership, publications and conference activity. • Collaborate with colleagues across process safety, fire engineering, industrial safety and adjacent technical disciplines. • Mentor technical teams and support knowledge sharing, quality and capability growth.

Benefits

• A senior platform to build, lead and influence a strategically important growth area. • The opportunity to work on complex, high-impact projects with clients operating in technically demanding environments. • Collaboration with recognised specialists across fire engineering, process safety, industrial risk, security and resilience. • A culture that supports professional development, technical excellence and long-term career progression. • The chance to contribute to a purpose-led business focused on making the built and industrial environment safer, more secure and more resilient. • We know that people do their best work when they feel trusted, respected and supported. At Jensen Hughes, we are committed to building an inclusive culture where different experiences, perspectives and working styles are valued, and where colleagues can contribute with confidence. • We support flexible and hybrid working arrangements where these align with client, team and project needs. We are also committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in the workplace, so that candidates and colleagues have the support they need to perform at their best.