Graduate Process Safety Engineer 2025

Finding solutions to climate change is the priority of the 21st century, and means switching to low-carbon energy. At Assystem, our mission is to accelerate the energy transition worldwide. To achieve this, our 7,500 Switchers combine their historical engineering expertise and project management with digital technologies.

In our 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Asia) of operation, we are working on the production and distribution of low-carbon electricity, through the development of nuclear and renewable energies. We are also supporting the modernisation and development of energy grids, managing the setup and siting for new transmission and distribution networks, and using hydrogen to decarbonise the transport and industry sectors.

About our Graduate Programme

As a graduate at Assystem, from Day 1 you will be welcomed to the Assystem family, we will focus on getting you up to speed on what we do, our values, and what you can look forward to on our 2-year experience. You will have the opportunity to work with customers on live projects, bring value from the start and learn new skills.

As part of the programme, you will have access to Mentors, benefit from peer-to-peer learning through our Graduate Forums, identify and develop skills through our upskilling framework, and the opportunity to work across different industries and customers.

Job description

At Assystem, our work sees us supporting a range of sectors and industries including Nuclear, Defence, Transport, Oil and Gas, Utilities and Government. You could work on process projects in both upstream and downstream industries in extraction, processing, and distribution.

As a Graduate Process Safety Engineer, your responsibilities will build up towards satisfying the following:

• Develop / Assist in development safety and environmental management systems to ensure compliance to COMAH and the site Environmental permit.
• Able to advocate for inherent process safety design and an understanding of risk and consequences.
• Manage visiting contractors undertaking periodic maintenance and improvements to on-site safety and environmental equipment.
• Data analysis of process operations, safety system demands site energy use and emissions.
• Able to converse with highly technical professionals from a wide assortment of industry sectors and present technical solutions to non-technical personnel effectively.
• Attend and contribute to process safety hazard analysis studies including HAZID, ENVID, HAZOP, LOPA, Human Reliability Analysis, FMECA and others.
• Attend lean production meetings on site to facilitate reduction of waste in business processes. Develop and manage key performance indicators for KPI development.
• Support the project teams with safety and environmental queries and readiness tasks.
• Where assigned, to manage and close HAZOP, LOPA, and safety study actions.
• Field on site safety and environmental engineering queries

My profile

Essential

• BSc or BEng (Hons) degree in a STEM subject
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong problem-solving ability.
• High level of IT proficiency, computer literacy, MS Office Suite
• Ability to think intuitively and creatively.
• Good written output and presentation skills

Desirable

• A passion for the Process sector both in older and new technologies
• Understanding / appreciation of the need for regulation of process safety
• Experience identifying safeguards against hazards, failures and faults.
• A keen interest in safety-led design principles
• Ability to apply mathematical principles and statistics to solve problems.
• Technical and problem-solving skills along with reasoning ability
• Comfortable with site-based working, when required for projects.
• Knowledge / appreciation of safety risk nomenclature such as ALARP and ALARA
• Enthusiasm to develop your safety case authorship skillset and to challenge yourself.

Requirements for Assystem Graduate Scheme

• Successful Candidate must be a UK Sole National
• Successful Candidate must be willing to relocate as part of their rotational Scheme (Relocation Support available) 

Security clearance

The successful applicant must be a UK resident and, due to the nature of the work to be undertaken, applicants will be required to meet this criteria in order to attain a minimum level of BPSS clearance. 

When will we be in touch?

Thank you for applying! 
We will be sifting through applications and you will receive a response to your application confirming the next steps.

If you reach the next stage, you will be called by one of our recruitment team who will ask you some questions around:

• Your application
• Your Eligibility for the role
• Your passion for Energy transformation
• Your passion for your chosen discipline 
• Your knowledge on your chosen discipline.

Successful applicants will be invited to our in-person assessment centres. 

What we offer includes

• 25 days’ holiday entitlement, ability to sell or purchase annual leave;
• 8% company contribution to your pension;
• Paid membership of two professional bodies;
• Cycle to work scheme;
• Wellbeing hub, Employee Assistance Programme and access to discount perks;

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.