Senior Process Safety Engineer

Wood is currently recruiting for a Senior Process Safety Engineer to support complex energy and industrial projects across our Projects Canada portfolio. This role will contribute across the full project lifecycle, including conceptual studies, FEED, and detailed engineering. The successful candidate will provide technical safety leadership, ensuring that process safety, fire protection, and risk management principles are embedded into design and execution. We are seeking experienced professionals with strong technical expertise, stakeholder engagement capabilities, and the ability to influence safe and compliant project outcomes across multidisciplinary teams. #LI-Hybrid The Role The Senior Process Safety Engineer will act as a subject matter expert in process safety and fire protection, supporting multiple projects and clients. You will lead hazard identification and risk assessment activities, develop safety design philosophies, and ensure compliance with regulatory and industry standards. This role requires a combination of technical depth, leadership in safety studies, and the ability to guide engineering teams and clients in implementing effective risk mitigation strategies. Our Clients and Projects Designing the future. Transforming the world. Wood’s Projects Canada business delivers engineering, procurement, and project services across energy, petrochemical, and industrial sectors. Our teams execute complex, multi-phase projects spanning upstream, midstream, downstream, and energy transition developments, with a strong focus on safety, regulatory compliance, and technical excellence. What We Can Offer Opportunity to lead process safety on major Canadian projects Hybrid working arrangements Competitive compensation with regular market reviews Flexible benefits package Exposure to a wide range of industries including energy transition Collaborative and multidisciplinary project environment A culture committed to safety, innovation, and technical excellence Wood is a global leader in consulting, engineering and operations for the energy and materials sectors. With 33,000 people in around 50 countries, Wood supports clients across the full asset lifecycle, delivering safe, predictable outcomes while enabling resilient operations and a lower carbon future. Wood forms the Energy & Materials pillar of Sidara - a global partnership uniting leading multidisciplinary engineering, design, and project management companies. www.woodgroup.com Diversity Statement We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.

The Senior Process Safety Engineer will provide technical safety leadership and act as a subject matter expert across the full project lifecycle. Responsibilities include leading hazard identification and risk assessment activities while ensuring compliance with regulatory and industry standards.

Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and have a minimum of 10 years of process safety engineering experience. Registration or eligibility for registration with APEGA is required, along with strong expertise in midstream and downstream projects.

• Competitive compensation • Flexible benefits package • Hybrid working arrangements

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• Process safety engineering
• Fire protection
• Risk management
• Hazard identification
• HAZOP
• HAZID
• LOPA
• SIL
• Technical safety leadership
• Stakeholder engagement
• Regulatory compliance
• Process engineering
• Midstream projects
• Downstream projects
• Engineering design
• Project lifecycle management

Minimum education

Bachelor’s degree

Minimum experience

10+ years