Senior Technical Safety & Reliability Engineer 1

Location:Houston, TX, US

Employment type: Employee

Place of work: Office

Offshore/Onshore: Onshore

TechnipFMC is committed to driving real change in the energy industry. Our ambition is to build a sustainable future through relentless innovation and global collaboration – and we want you to be part of it. You’ll be joining a culture that values curiosity, expertise, and ideas as well as diversity, inclusion, and authenticity. Bring your unique energy to our team of more than 20,000 people worldwide, and discover a rewarding, fulfilling, and varied career that you can take in anywhere you want to go.

Job Purpose

Technical Safety & Reliability Engineer – Experience with traditional reliability engineering/risk management tools - HazID, HazOPs, Hazard Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, etc. Minimum 5 years experience in Functional Safety Management (SIL verfication at product or system level)

Technical Safety & Reliability Engineer – Individual will create project and product development reliability program strategies and execute the plan requirements to closure.

Job Description

Responsibilities: This position is responsible for the following:

Main Tasks:

- Completes project and new product development TS&R activities in accordance with program requirements (FMECAs, HazOPs, Hazard Analysis, RCAs, SIS/SIL, etc.)

- Reviews design documentation, drawings, DBI’s (database information), specifications, etc. of existing or new technology or applications. Ensures that assignments meet standards and performance requirements within area of expertise.

- Consults with other departments on equipment designs and questions. Identifies root cause of problems. Develops alternative solutions and communicates associated benefits and risks

- Participates in planning and scheduling projects.

- Generate, document and execute a plan to select and/or develop technology.

- Ensures safety (behavior and conditions) is improving as measured by company goals, through proactive and positively interactions in all activities.

- Maintains up-to-date knowledge on reliability technologies and systems from relevant external organizations and bodies to drive world-class strategies and ensure continuous improvement in areas of responsibilities.

- Insists that customers, process operators and process owners play their position and ensures requirements are mutually agreed upon, clear, measurable, and appropriately placed

Purpose Responsibilities

- Leads the development of technical risk management strategies for projects and new product developments in accordance with established processes.

- Leads/facilitates reliability engineering analysis for projects and new product developments in accordance with established processes.

- Collaborates with product designers, operating facilities, partnership organizations and external supply chains to define, direct, and coordinate work and responsibilities throughout all stages of technology readiness Levels (TRLs).

- Manages the development and is responsible for delivery to established processes.

You are meant for this job if:

- Education & Experience: Bachelor’s (or Master’s) degree in engineering with a minimum of 5 years in Functional Safety Management.

- Technical Expertise: Proficient in safety and reliability tools such as HazID, HazOPs, FMEA/FMECAs, Fault Trees, Root Cause Analysis, and Safety Integrity Level standards.

- Standards Knowledge: Familiar with industry standards and practices including ISO-20815, API 17N/Q RP, IEC 61508/61511, especially in subsea applications.

- Leadership: Proven experience as a technical lead with the ability to guide cross-functional teams and drive execution.

- Analytical Skills: Strong numeric and problem-solving abilities with a focus on quality and functional safety applications.

- Communication: Effective communicator with skills in consensus-building, decision-making, and presenting technical information.

- Industry Background: Preferred experience in the oil and gas sector, particularly in surface or subsea completions.

- Work Ethic: Self-motivated, collaborative, and capable of working independently with minimal supervision.

Relationship Responsibilities

This position does not have reports and operates with limited supervision.

Internal/External Contacts: System Engineers, Product Engineering Managers, Product Engineering Leads, Product owners, engineers, Client counterpart and specialists.

Work Environment

- Office based position with occasional trips offsite.

- 90% office environment and 10% field (offsite; days / nights) environment.

Physical Demands:

Frequent sitting and operating computer. Possible National and international travel by air, road and rail: Europe, Asia, Africa, S. America.

Being a global leader in the energy industry requires an inclusive and diverse environment. TechnipFMC promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities to all ages, races, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, gender expressions, disabilities, or all other pluralities. We celebrate who you are and what you bring. Every voice matters and we encourage you to add to our culture.

TechnipFMC respects the rights and dignity of those it works with and promotes adherence to internationally recognized human rights principles for those in its value chain.

Date posted: Jul 30, 2025

Requisition number: 14402

Nearest Major Market: Houston