Miller Leith recruits process safety professionals who help organisations prevent catastrophic events, manage high-hazard risk and protect people, assets and licence to operate. We partner with organisations operating complex, high-risk processes where failure carries significant operational, regulatory and reputational consequences.
Our process safety recruitment is led within our broader HSE practice by Ramtin Parvar, whose decade-long focus on HSE recruitment brings a deep understanding of high-hazard environments, critical risk management and organisational accountability. This leadership ensures our advice reflects real operating conditions, regulatory expectations and the commercial realities organisations face.
Process safety is fundamentally different from personal or occupational safety. We recruit professionals with genuine technical understanding of hazard identification, control integrity and risk management, placing capability that strengthens barriers, improves system reliability and supports safe, resilient operations.
Leadership-Led Process Safety Recruitment
Process safety operates at the intersection of engineering, operations, maintenance and leadership. Our networks reflect this complexity.
We maintain access to a network of more than 5,000 HSE professionals, including process safety engineers, technical specialists, operational risk leaders and senior practitioners working across high-hazard industries. These relationships give us direct insight into how process safety capability is structured, where responsibilities between functions are most likely to break down, and what organisations consistently underestimate when maintaining effective controls over time.
Many organisations engage us as long-term advisors when building or strengthening process safety capability, recognising the importance of technical credibility, sound judgement and deep industry relationships in roles where the consequences of poor hiring are significant.
Understanding Process Safety Leadership
Process safety leaders are responsible for ensuring that critical controls are designed, maintained and effective, often in environments under constant production, cost and operational pressure. Their role requires technical authority, operational credibility and the ability to influence senior decision-makers.
We understand the specific pressures these leaders face, including ageing assets, change management, competence assurance and sustained regulatory scrutiny. Our recruitment approach focuses on placing professionals who can uphold standards while operating pragmatically inside complex organisations.
Embedded in Process Safety Practice
Our insight is strengthened through Ramtin's active involvement with process safety practitioners and industry bodies across high-hazard sectors. This includes ongoing visibility into major hazard facility requirements, safety case management, critical risk programs and evolving regulatory expectations.
By staying closely connected to practice, not just guidance, we ensure our recruitment advice reflects how process safety is actually applied in operating environments and how organisations are preparing for what comes next.
How Process Safety Roles Are Evolving
Process safety roles are becoming more visible and more accountable. Organisations increasingly expect process safety professionals to provide assurance to executives and boards, support operational decision-making and prevent the drift of controls over time.
We support organisations seeking process safety capability that is technically robust, operationally credible and able to influence at the most senior levels.
Why Partner with Miller Leith
Leadership-Led Recruitment
Our process safety recruitment is led within a broader HSE practice, providing technical depth, credibility and a clear understanding of how process safety operates in high-hazard environments.
Established Process Safety Network
Access to a broad and active network of more than 5,000 HSE professionals spanning process safety engineers, technical specialists, operational risk leaders and senior executives across high-hazard industries.
Practice-Led Market Insight
Ramtin's ongoing engagement with industry bodies and high-hazard communities ensures our advice reflects regulatory change, incident learnings and evolving capability expectations.
Process Safety Recruitment Focus Areas
Process Safety Management (PSM)
Major Hazard Facility (MHF) Compliance
Safety Case Development & Maintenance
Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment (HAZOP, LOPA)
Critical Control & Barrier Management
Asset Integrity & Reliability
Management of Change (MoC)
Process Safety Assurance & Reporting
Roles We Recruit in Process Safety
We recruit process safety professionals across Australia, from specialist roles to senior leadership. Typical roles include:
Process Safety Engineer
Process Safety Advisor
Senior Process Safety Specialist
Major Hazards Manager
Process Safety Manager
Operational Risk Manager
Asset Integrity Lead
Head of Process Safety
We work with organisations across energy, chemicals, manufacturing, resources, infrastructure, transport and other high‑hazard operating environments.