Senior Functional Safety Engineer
Netherlands, Rotterdam
Experience: > 10 Years
Education Level: Academic Bachelor
Conventional Energy
Introduction
Senior Engineer opportunity with a leading offshore energy company, supporting complex Oil & Gas projects. The role focuses on engineering design, technical ownership, systems engineering and functional safety, including SIL and LOPA.
What are you going to do
- Select engineering methods and procedures and optimize designs in line with specifications, international codes and company standards.
- Plan and deliver engineering activities and deliverables within agreed timeframes and budgets.
- Ensure effective management of system interfaces and coordination across disciplines.
- Ensure the assigned Scope of Work meets contractual and internal requirements.
- Apply lessons learned and assess the impact of changes across project system boundaries.
- Coordinate with vendors, subcontractors and third parties.
- Act as a Responsible Engineer for functional safety-related analyses and studies conducted by third parties, where required.
- Lead other engineers within an assigned scope of work.
- Act as Discipline Lead where required.
Essential skills and knowledge
- Engineering Degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
- 10-15 years of Oil & Gas industry experience.
- Strong engineering design and technical problem-solving skills.
- Experience with concept development and detailed engineering.
- Strong Systems Engineering and multidisciplinary interface experience.
- Demonstrable experience with Functional Safety, SIL and LOPA.
- Experience coordinating with vendors, subcontractors and third parties.
- Strong planning and organizational skills.
- Ability to take technical ownership and lead engineers within an assigned scope.
- Offshore or FPSO experience is highly desirable.
What we offer
- Opportunity to work on complex offshore energy projects.
- International and multidisciplinary working environment.
- Significant technical responsibility and ownership.
- Exposure to major Oil & Gas and offshore projects.
- Opportunity to work with experienced engineering teams and international stakeholders.
- Strong focus on safety, reliability and sustainability.
- Opportunities for professional and technical development.
Closing: 17 September 2026
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Process of your application
Application process & contact
We will now begin examining your application: We will take a close look at your application documents and ask you for additional information if necessary. If your qualifications match our requirements, we will invite you to meet us for the first time.
Project discussion with our customer
If the introductory meeting goes well for you and us, we will arrange a meeting with the customer who has the perfect project for you. This gives you the opportunity to find out more about the customer and the project.
The decision
If you enjoyed the project discussion and the customer is also convinced of your expertise, we will ask you the final and decisive question: Do you want to get started at Brunel?
Introductory conversation with Brunel
In an introductory meeting, we would like to find out more about your interests, ambitions and professional developments. At the same time, we report on working at Brunel and provide information about all career opportunities and prospects.
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