Engineering Safety Consultants Ltd (An ERM Group Company).

ESC is a global engineering consultancy, offering services and solutions in all aspects of Functional Safety Management (IEC 61508 / IEC 61511 lifecycle compliance, FSM, HAZOP, HAZID, SIL Determination, LOPA, SIL Realisation(including verification) etc. ). Services include training, product certification, machinery safety, consequence modelling and Risk/Asset Management. Our primary function is supporting clients in the Functional Safety aspects of their business across multiple industry sectors; including oil & gas, petrochemical, utilities (including green technologies and biomass), military, manufacturing, transport and animal treatment/ health industries. ESC enables the owners, designers and operators of the above industries to plan and manage their assets including projects in accordance with the good practice provided within the international standards providing demonstrable risk analysis and reductions to provide safe systems of operation. The company was founded by the directors who have held senior management positions in the safety-critical and high availability automation systems business where functional safety was of paramount importance. They have many years of experience including highly relevant expertise in oil, gas, water and the power generation industries. The company has also procured the services of industry-renowned consultants, all of whom are internationally recognised. They actively participate in professional institutions and government safety committees relating to programmable electronic safety systems. In addition, they are members of international expert working groups for IEC 61508 - general functional safety standard for electrical/electronic based safety systems, IEC 61511 - process sector implementation and iGasE programmable safety systems. ESC Consultants are multi-disciplined professionals who have worldwide experience in the process and manufacturing industries in over 40 countries, for the full safety-lifecycle.