Process Safety Engineer

Overview

As a Process Safety Engineer at Agratas, you’ll be a subject matter expert. You will support our engineering and design teams to efficiently integrate process safety into the factory and process design. The role will be based in the UK with potential for some international travel.

Responsibilities

Reporting into the Process Safety Manager, you will:

• Coordinate and provide expert technical support in process safety areas such as ATEX/DSEAR risk assessment, hazardous area classification, safe handling of combustible dusts, control of electrostatic hazards.
• Support the execution of process risk assessments and hazard analysis exercises, which underpin the delivery of a safe design (including HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA, QRA).
• Advise and steer on application of local rules, international standards, and best practices to promote inherently safe design.

Who We Are

Agratas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons. We design, develop and manufacture high‑quality, high‑performance, sustainable batteries for the mobility and energy sectors. We are a scale‑up business with a start‑up mentality and the backing of a well‑established parent company. The UK business headquarters is in the Midlands and we are currently building a battery manufacturing facility in Bridgwater, Somerset.

Team You'll Join

The Process Engineering team is a dynamic group working across a range of areas such as electrode, cell assembly, FA&T (formation, ageing and testing), control and automation, manufacturing systems, digital manufacturing, process safety and logistics engineering. Being a relatively new team, you’ll play a critical part in creating processes and help build large‑scale manufacturing lines from the ground up.

What You'll Bring

• Proven process safety experience in a high‑hazard or COMAH regulated environment.
• Strong knowledge of process safety legislation, codes of practice and standards (e.g., DSEAR, pressure relief).
• Solid understanding and experience of hazard study methodologies.
• Understanding and experience of QRA techniques and analysis such as consequence modelling, OBRA.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills, troubleshooting, root cause analysis with a strong attention to detail.
• Degree in Chemical Engineering, or equivalent.

What You'll Get

As a new company, our reward scheme is constantly evolving. We continue to review the market to deliver a competitive benefits package, which currently includes private healthcare, car allowance, company bonus, enhanced parental leave policy and a cash allowance to boost your benefits. We are a flexible business that is committed to promoting work‑life balance, partnering with Yulife to provide our team members with total wellbeing support.

You’ll work in a rapidly scaling‑up environment as a subsidiary of the multinational corporation, Tata Sons, to help build the UK’s biggest battery manufacturing facility and make your mark in a new organisation.

Agratas is a place to be authentically you.

At Agratas we strongly believe that people are at their best when they feel supported and happy in their workplace. To that end we continue to cultivate a diverse workforce which protects the individuality of each team member. We therefore warmly welcome applicants from any race, gender, sexuality, and ability. Should you have a preference in how your suitability is assessed for this role or require any reasonable adjustments please let the Talent Acquisition team know.

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