Services
Process safety consultant in Brisbane: HAZOP facilitation, management of change and mechanical integrity
We run the hazard studies, risk workshops and change processes that keep an operating plant safe and defensible. The facilitator is a trained HAZOP leader and a chartered mechanical engineer who has directed statutory compliance and management of change on gas-field water treatment and power facilities.
Who we work with
Operations and engineering managers at water, wastewater, desalination, gas and industrial facilities; project teams that need an independent facilitator for a design review; owners who need a management of change system that works in practice.
Problems we are asked to solve
- A design change or upgrade needs a HAZOP or HAZID with an independent facilitator and a clean actions register.
- Plant modifications happen without a change process, and nobody can show what was assessed.
- Pressure equipment and other statutory items lack an inspection program or the records to prove compliance.
- Safety procedures have drifted from how the plant is actually run.
- An incident needs an investigation that finds causes rather than culprits.
What we do
- HAZOP and HAZID facilitation at concept, detailed design and pre-commissioning stages
- Risk assessment workshops: operational, business and project risk, using your risk matrix
- Management of change: system set-up, procedures, reviews and audits
- Mechanical integrity programs, including pressure equipment in-service inspection to AS/NZS 3788 and statutory registration
- Review and improvement of safety procedures, permits and isolation practices
- Incident and failure investigation using ICAM and Apollo root cause analysis
- Technical assurance and engineering governance for operating sites
Recent work
- HAZOP facilitation for a chloramination upgrade at a Victorian water treatment plant, at both concept and detailed design stages.
- Statutory compliance program for pressure equipment integrity across gas-field water treatment facilities in Queensland, including two large reverse osmosis plants and a gas-fired power station.
- Management of change for plant modifications, PLC and SCADA upgrades and reliability improvements at the same facilities.
- ICAM investigation of a pipe failure on a reverse osmosis high-pressure pump at a seawater desalination plant.
Questions we are often asked
How long does a HAZOP take?
A single process unit or upgrade is usually two to four workshop days plus report writing. We scope it from your P&IDs before quoting.
Do you bring the scribe?
Yes. We facilitate and record the workshop, and issue the worksheets within a week of the last session.
Can you set up management of change for a small site?
Yes. The procedure is scaled to the site: a one-page form and a register are often enough, provided the review step is real.
Book a facilitator who has run the plant you are assessing
A 30-minute call is enough to scope most process safety questions. No obligation.