Process Safety / Chemical Engineering Inspector
Permanent | UK-wide role with regional base
DATS Recruitment is working with a high-profile regulatory client to recruit a Specialist Inspector – Process Safety. This is a rare opportunity for an experienced Process Safety or Chemical Engineer to apply their technical expertise across some of the UK’s highest-hazard industries and help prevent major accidents.
The Role
You’ll regulate and inspect organisations operating in high-risk environments, ensuring major accident risks are properly identified, controlled and reduced. The work is varied, influential and technically challenging, covering sectors such as:
- Oil, gas and emerging energy technologies
- Chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing and storage
- Pipelines, explosives and microbiological agents
You may be inspecting a large petrochemical facility one week and supporting an investigation into a serious incident the next.
Location & Travel
- Office base in Basingstoke, Chelmsford, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Milton Keynes, Newcastle-upon-Tyne or Sheffield
- UK site travel required (typically 1–2 trips per month)
- Regional bias applied where possible
Key Responsibilities
- Inspect high-hazard sites to ensure legal compliance and risk reduction
- Investigate process safety incidents and identify root causes
- Produce clear, defensible technical reports
- Provide specialist advice to colleagues and stakeholders
- Act as a technical witness where required
About You
This role will suit an experienced Process Safety Engineer or Chemical Engineer who has worked in hazardous industrial environments.
Essential requirements include:
- Degree (or equivalent) in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or similar
- Strong practical experience in process safety within chemical or downstream oil & gas environments
- Understanding of chemical process plant design and operation
- Ability to influence, challenge and communicate at all levels
- Organised, self-motivated and comfortable working autonomously
- Physically able to walk around industrial process plants
Chartered status (or working towards it) with a relevant professional body is required.
Package
- Salary up to £65,000 per annum
- Excellent benefits, including 29% employer pension contribution
- Flexible working options available (4-day week, 9-day fortnight, term-time working) Some flexibility required during the initial training period
Additional Requirements
- Full UK driving licence
- Eligible for security clearance (minimum 3 years continuous UK residency)
For more information or to apply, please contact DATS Recruitment with an up-to-date CV, along with your current situation, location, notice period and salary expectations.