Killian O’Meara

BEng (Hons), FS Eng (TÜV Rheinland)

Killian is a UCC Process & Chemical Engineering graduate and former Senior Consultant with DNV GL in the UK, where he was responsible for dispersion and consequence modelling, functional safety, LOPA as well as other process safety activities.

Killian is a trained HAZOP and LOPA Facilitator as well as a certified functional safety engineer (SIL).

Bill Fleming

BE MBA FIChemE C.Eng. CFSE, Registered Safety and Environment Professional (IChemE)

Bill is a 1983 UCD Chemical Engineering graduate. In the past, he has held a variety of roles in Process Development, Pilot Planting, Production Support, and Process Design in Ireland and the US.

He is a Certified Functional Safety Expert (i.e. SIL) and specialises in HAZOP, LOPA, SIL, Vent Collection Safety and ATEX as well as other process safety related matters.

Pádraig Ó Murchú (Associate)

Eng FIEI, MInstMC, FSEng(TÜV), Eur-Ing, BA(Math.Sc.).

Chartered Engineer & Certified Functional Safety Engineer.

Padraig, former lecturer in Control Engineering at Cork Institute of Technology, specialises in the implementation stages of the Functional Safety Lifecycle, including generation of Safety Requirements Specifications,  SIF Design and  SIL Verification. The latter involves calculation of the PFD for the SIF as well as ensuring that Hardware Fault Tolerance requirements are met. Padraig has over 40 years experience in instrumentation and control and also runs his own consultancy Brightview Technology.