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Ramboll · 23 hours ago

Senior Lead Consultant, Impact Assessment

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$97K/yr - $121K/yr

Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company seeking a Senior Lead Consultant, Impact Assessment to join their site solutions team. The role involves leading blast risk assessments for industrial and energy infrastructure projects, analyzing data to identify hazards, and recommending mitigation measures.

Consulting

Culture & Values

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead the desktop review for blast and fire hazards using authoritative sources, existing reports, and geospatial datasets to assess blast risks within the site boundary and surrounding properties

Identify and map all properties or infrastructure that could present a blast hazard affecting the subject site. Examples include natural gas and oil transmission pipelines, fuel depots and tank farms, petrochemical facilities, and oil refineries. Work with a project-specific GIS team to provide mapping for the project

Determine proximity to conventional and nuclear power stations and outline potential emergency exclusion zones or necessary setbacks that could affect operations or access

Quantify risk by calculating impact radii and return periods for potential blast events or pipeline ruptures, and by evaluating site vulnerabilities, secondary hazards, likelihood, and consequences of various blast events

Perform blast risk modeling as needed and develop mitigation recommendations and describe residual consequences with mitigations in place

Qualification

Professional Engineer licenseBlast risk assessmentQuantitative risk assessmentExplosion mechanics knowledgeGeospatial data interpretationHazard identification toolsStakeholder communicationMentoring junior staffTechnical writingTeam collaboration

Required

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis

Must be a U.S. citizen and have a Professional Engineer license

Professional Engineer in an engineering discipline, with experience performing blast and/or process safety assessments for energy or industrial facilities

Working knowledge of quantitative risk assessment methods and risk matrices for explosion and fire scenarios

Preferred

Theoretical and practical knowledge of explosion and combustion mechanics and impact assessment, and ability to calculate frequency-consequence calculations, ignition-probability correlations, and return periods for various hazards

Demonstrated ability to source and interpret geospatial and regulatory datasets for pipelines, petrochemical operations and heavy industry, and knowledge of GIS and CAD workflows for hazard mapping and presentation quality figures

Experience with hazard identification and consequence modeling tools and methods used in blast and fire engineering

Excellent technical writing and stakeholder communication skills with the ability to translate complex analysis into practical mitigation plans

Work seamlessly with multidisciplinary technical teams and agencies throughout due diligence and permitting, and mentor junior staff