OTECSA Consulting
Your partner in HAZOP, LOPA, DSEAR and Hazardous Area Classification
Engineering Safety and HSE Consultancy and Training, offices in Scotland and the South West
OTECSA Consulting
We are a process safety and HSE consultancy based in Scotland with offices in Glasgow and Cornwall.
Our expertise is in HAZOP, HAZID, LOPA, DSEAR and Hazardous Area Classification as well as aspects of occupational health and safety and compliance. OTECSA have a wide range of industry experience including chemicals, pharmaceuticals, distilled spirits, petrochemicals, energy from waste, waste management and manufacturing.
Our HSE consultancy services and audit capabilities now complement our core offering, find out more about our HSE services.
Take a look at some of our typical project work in our case studies area or find out about our current engagements and recent project wins. These include at leading distilleries, clients in specialist manufacturing industries and for various Scottish tech start-ups. Our list is continually updated as our client list grows. Read our latest technical articles here.
Our experience
adds significant value and energy to your projects through our dynamic, accommodating and enthusiastic approach to engineering design, design assurance and risk assessments.
Our expertise
means we can assist clients through what can sometimes be the daunting prospect of outsourcing specialist technical, compliance and design assurance studies.
Our flexible working approach
fits with changing clients needs, and we constantly strive to build strong long-standing relationships.
Why work with us?
When faced with technical challenges it is always good to engage an expert when competency or time constraints limit your ability to carry out this work yourself. At OTECSA Consulting we can be your technical experts in the areas of process safety and risk and HSE. We do this every day and we are constantly working with clients to solve the challenges they face. The likelihood is we have helped others conquer whatever challenge you face. Some of the benefits of working with OTECSA:
We provide practical, useful and pragmatic process safety and HSE expertise and advice:
Highlighting key areas you need to focus on, to allow you to efficiently address any issues in a prioritised basis. We will not swamp you with jargon and will always try to find solutions to any issues we uncover. If you have come to us it's because you value our expertise so if we can't solve your problem, we can find an associate with OTECSA who can.
We provide a personal, approachable service:
The people you talk to at OTECSA will be the ones carrying out the work and you will get a dedicated service throughout our work with you. Small businesses thrive when they build good relationships, OTECSA has already built up a client base of loyal repeat customers - evidencing our high quality and successful delivery.
You will find our pricing highly competitive and fair:
As a small business we have lean operations and are therefore able to avoid many of the costs incurred by bigger companies who have to include for corporate overheads.
Our Story
OTECSA Consulting was formed in 2018 by Owen Llanwarne. As well as our use of experienced associates to deliver projects, we now have a team of five permanent safety engineers working with our clients. Find out more about our team here. If you are interested in joining OTECSA, take a look at our opportunities here.
Based primarily in Scotland we also have a base in Cornwall, servicing clients in South West England and the rest of the UK.
What we can offer our clients
Our expertise is focused on the three key areas: Process, Safety and Risk. Our aim is to build a diverse client base to ensure a sustainable business in addition to providing significant added value to our clients. We are always open to new ways of working to allow you to get the most out of our expertise.
Safety:
Hazardous Area Classification (DSEAR / ATEX) - Including the latest BSEN 60079-10, EI Part 15, IGEM SR-25, IGEM UP-16, SWA Purple Book
SIL determination, using techniques such as Risk Graphs, LOPA (Layers of Protection Analysis) and Fault Tree Assessments - IEC 61511 and IEC 61508 Compliance
Risk and Design Assurance:
DSEAR Risk Assessments, Explosion Protection Documents and Fire Risk Assessments - DSEAR Regulations 2002 Compliance and European equivalents
Occupied Buildings Risk Assessments (OBRA)
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) Studies
In line with growing client requests we now offer specialist training. Recent training includes:
DSEAR Awareness for operations and management (various course options)
Health and Safety Training
Health, Safety and Environmental Consulting Services:
Process Safety Management and Safety Management System support
Incident Investigations
Audit gap analysis - ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001
MATTE assessments
ENVID
HSE planning and goal setting
Contact us today for any enquiries: info@otecsaconsulting.com
Integro Design Engineering Associates
In alignment with out commitment and desire to offer clients solutions for all their engineering needs, we can now also offer multi-discipline engineering support via our sister company Integro Design Engineering Associates - IDEA Ltd.
This includes Mechanical, Electrical and Instrument & Control Engineering Support as well as full Project Management support.
Visit the IDEA website today to find out more. www.idea-ltd.co.uk
What our clients say
It's not often as a consultancy we get feedback on our work, so when we do we take note, learn from it and hopefully do things even better next time. Here is a flavour of some recent feedback we had from the HSE inspector at an upper tier COMAH site client.
“Best use of HAZOP process”
“All initiating causes identified with nothing to add”
“I want to frame this LOPA as it’s so comprehensive”
And from other professionals in Process Engineering and Safety:
"Your DSEAR assessments are the best I've ever seen."
"There's nobody else I would go to for Process Risk Assessments."
"A very professional, proactive approach. The upfront work on HAZOP made a significant difference to the project."
Where are we?
OTECSA Consulting are headquartered in Glasgow. We also have a offices in Aberdeen, Dundee, Grangemouth and Cornwall in the South West, allowing us to service clients across the whole of the UK.
With the advances in technology, we also service an international market, with clients in Europe the USA and throughout the UK.
The best way to reach us: owen@otecsaconsulting.com or call us on 0131 250 8826 OR 07870 362497
