Senior Technical Consultant - Process Safety

ALL4 LLC•Houston, TX

About The Position

ALL4 is seeking a Senior Technical Consultant with established technical expertise in process safety for the petrochemical and energy industries. The role serves as a technical expert in a key revenue-producing service area, independently handling complex technical problems and supporting the development of ALL4’s technical capabilities and market visibility. The consultant builds and maintains client, partner, industry, and regulatory relationships; generates business through client engagement and technical presentations; and develops work that can be delegated to project team members. The position plans and executes projects, serves as clients’ primary point of contact, develops technical approaches and cost assumptions for complex proposals, and maintains project quality, profitability, schedules, and contractual requirements. It also includes knowledge transfer and training, business development and revenue responsibilities, and potential staff coordination. The role is U.S.-based with flexible location; the Gulf Coast Region is preferred. Regional travel to client sites may be required, estimated at 20–30%.

Requirements

Engineering degree (Chemical or Mechanical Engineering preferred) or an applicable science degree, with combined experience equivalent to more than five years of consulting or industry experience in facility siting, including modeling with Phast and computational risk models.
Firm understanding of QRA, API 752, API 753, and similar techniques.
Demonstrated subject matter expertise in key regulatory or technical service areas and general regulatory and compliance knowledge.
Expert-level knowledge of multiple key Technical Areas, or technical expertise across a far-reaching industry that is a strategic market for ALL4.
Experience serving chemical, oil and gas, refining, midstream, or similar processing industries.
Ability to manage complex technical problems independently, use critical thinking and sound judgment, and make decisions on high-visibility issues with significant liability implications.
Strong organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills, including the ability to manage priorities and proactively delegate workflow.
Effective problem-resolution and consultative skills, with the ability to delegate effectively.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, strong document production skills, proficiency in Word and Excel, and technical writing ability.
Ability to work with individuals at all organizational levels, internally and externally.
Ability to plan, manage, and execute technical service area projects across industries while serving as clients’ primary point of contact.
Commitment to excellence and ALL4’s core values, and openness to change, personal growth, and coaching.
Creative, flexible, and innovative team-player approach; ability to make timely and sound decisions.
Acute attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

Additional process safety experience in Mechanical Integrity or Asset Integrity, Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA), Relief Sizing, Bow-Tie, process safety program development, or hazardous area classification.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate expertise in key regulatory or technical service areas and general regulatory and compliance knowledge.
Transfer knowledge and facilitate training to increase ALL4’s technical depth and understanding.
Prepare and execute high-level technical work independently and direct others in performing similar work.
Build effective teams and communicate day-to-day work within the Technical Area to internal teams and clients.
Educate the company on client and prospect obligations and considerations within the Technical Area.
Define and recommend actions to expand revenue within a Technical Area.
Prioritize client engagement through routine outreach, in-person connections, and sharing ALL4’s services and capabilities.
Establish and maintain relationships with industry technical experts and peers; provide technical interpretation, review, and strategic analysis of consensus standards and regulations.
Participate in business development and meet significant sales goals; manage annual client revenue targets set by leadership.
Prepare and present conference papers or presentations and drive related business activity.
Meet or exceed approximately 80% utilization goals and profit targets.
Develop technical approaches and cost assumptions for complex proposals and scopes of work to secure project work and meet schedules and contract requirements.
Use ALL4 project management support systems to support project profitability and meet deliverable and scope requirements.
Assume technical responsibility and maintain timely communication with internal and external project participants.
Plan, organize, and execute projects within the technical discipline while serving as clients’ primary point of contact.
Ensure project compliance with ALL4 Quality Assurance guidelines.
Handle confidential and sensitive matters professionally.
Coordinate staff as needed and perform other related duties as assigned by management.