Freelance Industrial Hazard & Risk Subject Matter Expert

About dss+
At dss+, you don’t just deliver projects, you help save lives, improve performance, and build a more sustainable future.
We are a purpose-led global consultancy partnering with organisations in high-risk and asset-intensive industries to solve complex operational challenges across safety, operational excellence, and sustainability.
With a heritage rooted in DuPont’s industrial operations, we combine deep expertise, practical problem-solving, and digital innovation to deliver measurable and lasting impact for our clients.
Why This Role
dss+ is currently developing a proposal for a client in Saudi Arabia to support the creation of a National Industrial Hazard Index (IHI).
The IHI is intended to provide a consistent methodology for measuring and classifying the inherent hazard level of factories across Saudi industrial cities. It will combine multiple industrial hazard dimensions into a practical, evidence-based and auditable framework, drawing on available information relating to hazards, incidents, hazardous materials, occupancy, machinery and factory characteristics.
More importantly, the IHI is intended to become a risk-based decision-making tool that can help inform:
The frequency and depth of factory inspections
Requirements for specialist inspection expertise
Escalation and intervention protocols
Emergency preparedness priorities
The allocation of regulatory resources
To support this work, we are seeking credible and independent industrial hazard and risk specialists who can bring fresh external perspectives to the proposed methodology.
This opportunity would suit senior experts who remain active within industry, government, regulatory bodies, research institutions, international risk or safety organisations, or other relevant technical institutions. We are particularly interested in specialists who can constructively challenge established thinking and contribute practical insights from outside existing dss+ methodologies and frameworks.
Your Impact at dss+
As an Independent Industrial Hazard & Risk SME, you will provide expert challenge and validation during focused technical workshops with the dss+ project team.
You will review the proposed Industrial Hazard Index through the lens of current industry practice, regulatory experience and technical evidence. Your contribution will help ensure that the resulting methodology is credible, practical, transparent and suitable for application across a diverse industrial landscape.
Depending on your background, you may contribute expertise across one or several of the following areas:
Hazardous Materials
Hazardous-material properties and inventories, including:
Toxicity, flammability and reactivity
Physical state and storage conditions
Inventory volumes and concentration
Applicable hazard thresholds and classifications
2. Process Hazards
Industrial process characteristics and operating conditions, including:
Operating pressure and temperature
Chemical reactions and reactive systems
Toxic services
Batch and continuous manufacturing processes
3. Fire and Explosion Potential
Factors influencing the likelihood and potential severity of fires and explosions, including:
Fuel inventories and ignition potential
Confinement and congestion
Combustible dust
Hazardous-area classification
4. Storage, Handling and Logistics
Loss-of-containment and material-movement risks associated with:
Tank farms and bulk storage
Warehouses
Bulk transfers and loading operations
Material segregation and compatibility
Secondary containment
Internal transportation and logistics
5. Equipment and Energy
Stored, mechanical, thermal and electrical energy associated with:
Pressure systems
Fired equipment
Lifting operations
Molten materials
Rotating machinery
Other energy-intensive industrial equipment
6. Industrial Health and Hygiene
Acute and chronic occupational exposure to hazards such as:
Carcinogens
Silica and metals
Noise and vibration
Heat
Radiation
Biological agents
7. Human Occupancy Density
Workforce and third-party exposure within industrial hazard footprints, including:
Employees and contractors
Visitors
Occupied buildings
The location, concentration and vulnerability of exposed populations
8. Off-site Receptors and Escalation
Potential consequences extending beyond factory boundaries, including effects on:
Surrounding communities
Hospitals and schools
Critical infrastructure
Environmental receptors
Neighbouring industrial facilities
Domino and escalation scenarios

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