Safetec

About us

We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of the German company TÜV Rheinland, a global leader in independent technical services. Our company offers services within specialist risk management, environmental consultancy services and asset performance expertise across energy assets, energy transition, transportation, complex industrial assets, and public sector including health.

With an integrated approach to managing technical, human, and organisational factors, Safetec enables its clients to capitalise on opportunities while operating safely, efficiently, and resiliently.

Since its inception in 1984, Safetec has worked to make a positive difference for its customers and society. Today, as part of TÜV Rheinland, it is one of the leading consulting firms in risk and safety in Europe, with more than 600 experts serving its global customer base within this segment.

From offices in Norway and Sweden Safetec works with some of the world’s leading companies. The company is headquartered in Trondheim, Norway. Details of Safetec’s office locations can be found here.

Norway

6 offices

Sweden

1 office

Safetec aims to operate as one: A single global partnership, united by a robust set of values, including a deep commitment to diversity and making a positive social impact through the work that it does and how the company is run.

Safetec’s people cover a broad range of professional backgrounds and have joined Safetec for the opportunity to apply their talents to complex, important challenges.

Our purpose, vision and values

Safetec’s Vision of being an innovative and preferred partner for safe and sustainable performance sets the direction of its business. The commitment to clients, the wider Safetec, and partners is guided by the purpose of safeguarding life, assets, and the environment. Guided by these values, Safetec strives to do the right things and do things right.

Safetec’s Vision is to be its clients' preferred partner – the obvious choice. There is also a commitment to use innovation and competence to provide services and solutions which give added value to the clients. Innovations also include improvements. Safetec understands that it must continuously develop, perform, and deliver optimally.

We want to build an even stronger Safetec. Together we will take the company to the next level!

Safetec’s values:

Integrity – Excellence – Customer focus

For more information on TÜV Rheinland - https://www.tuv.com/

Sustainability

Safetec's approach to sustainability is embedded in its strategy, purpose, and vision. For Safetec, sustainability entails both opportunities and responsibilities.

To help drive engagement in this respect, Safetec has been a member of the UN Global Compact since 2020 and is working to meet the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Safetec has included the UN Global Compact's 10 principles covering human rights, labour, environment, and anti-corruption into its strategies, policies, and day-to-day operations. Safetec’s annual sustainability reports reflect its past performance but also consider future initiatives.

Safetec is committed to using its resources responsibly to support the company's long-term sustainability and the global environment in which Safetec and its clients live and operate. Safetec strives to minimise its own operations' negative impact and increase the positive, fostering its reputation as a sustainability leader in the industries in which it operates.

As a leading provider of risk management services, the most significant benefit Safetec can provide is through the services and solutions it offers and the projects it delivers. At Safetec, it is believed that the future belongs to those who can drive growth that is both sustainable and inclusive—and Safetec works with purpose on issues from decarbonisation to diversity to make that future a reality.

Our leadership

Safetec is led globally by its elected board of directors, the Group Leadership Team, and the leadership teams of its countries and practices.

Safetec's group leadership team

Stein Eggan

Managing Director/Vice President I BS Nordics
stein.eggan@safetec.no

Trond Stillaug Johansen

Director Nordic Operations
trond.stillaug.johansen@safetec.no

Jørgen Tegdan

Finance Manager
jorgen.tegdan@safetec.no

Marit Misje Vaage

HR Manager
marit.misje.vaage@safetec.no

Ingar Fossan

Innovation and Development Manager
ingar.fossan@safetec.no

Lise Kristine Isdahl Moe

Head of Administration and Recruitment
lise.kristine.isdahl.moe@safetec.no

Tor Erik Melseth

Business Development Manager
tor.erik.melseth@safetec.no

Bjarte Ims

QSS Manager
bjarte.ims@safetec.no

Our industries

Aquaculture

The aquaculture industry faces a number of challenges related to safety and emergency preparedness and response.

Safetec helps businesses map, describe and assess all sorts of risks. We have extensive experience with everything from risk analyzes of new projects to assessments of work operations, contingency planning, crisis management as well as courses and training.

Health

Safetec has a diversified project portfolio towards the health sector.

We have recently completed a study on reliability and vulnerability related to production of single dose medication packets, we have assisted Norwegian hospitals in the introduction of Norway’s new SAR-helicopter (AW101), and we have facilitated a series of workshops for the Norwegian Health Care Investigation Board. Starting this autumn (2022) we shall assist the Central Norway Regional Health Authority in carrying out a regional risk assessment.

The Norwegian health sector is continuously working with improving patient safety and quality. Safetec has more than 30 years’ experience working with these topics and has a strategic ambition to contribute with our experience towards the health sector.

Infrastructure

Safetec has many years of experience with small and large projects related to road and rail infrastructure, and provides services to builders, consulting companies and contractors.

Our advisors have long and solid experience, most with interdisciplinary academic expertise supplemented by personnel with extensive operational experience. This gives us a unique opportunity to assist our clients and understand the various challenges within risk management and risk-based decision support, in all project phases from early planning to operations.

Safetec has an ambition to grow, and our commitment to the infrastructure sector is central to that strategy. We have framework agreements with several of the major builders and cooperation agreements with major consulting engineering companies.

Maritime

Safetec provides a wide range of services to the maritime industry. In collaboration with Blå Mediamentor, we have extensive experience in mapping and building safety culture and disseminating training programs, including for Frontline, Hurtigruten, Knutsen OAS, Solvang, BW and OSM.

We also routinely perform accident investigations and have recently assisted Klaveness, OSM and Trondheim port with investigative support.

We are one of the country's strongest professional environments within risk assessment and risk modelling and have provided such services for port authorities, the Norwegian Maritime Authority and equipment suppliers such as Kongsberg Maritime. For example, Safetec has 30 years of experience in analysing AIS data for collision studies.

Safetec is also working on new energy carriers and is head of a Joint Industry Project – SAFEN that addresses risk-based methods for hydrogen, ammonia and CCS. We have advisors who know the industry with its unique set of challenges, issues, frameworks and opportunities.

Oil & gas

Within the oil and gas sector Safetec contributes to projects in all phases, from concept phase to construction, operation, as well as decommissioning. Safetec has extensive experience with a wide range of services within the field of risk and safety management.

Over the years, Safetec has performed a large number of studies, reaching from detailed analyses of complex installations or operations to analysis of specific operations. Typical services are risk analyses, security and emergency preparedness, barrier management, technical safety, HAZID and HAZOP, reliability, RAM, human factors, safety/security culture and training. Due to the wide spectra of backgrounds and multidisciplinary teams Safetec ensures that all aspects of human behavior, organizational structures and technical system design are considered.

Safetec has a comprehensive understanding of oil and gas business and the PSA requirements. We have had a strong relationship with the PSA through many years of working with RNNP (Trends in risk level (RNNP) (ptil.no)). Safetec has very good understanding of the requirements and the relevant NORSOK standards and have had a key role in development of NORSOK Z-013.

We strive to fulfil our customers’ needs by monitoring and participating in the industry development of new tools and methods. We are actively involved in research and development projects and Safetec has managed and/or contributed to several joint industry projects aimed at improving the quality of the tools and methods.

Safetec has in-depth phenomena knowledge of different gas releases and fires and explosions. We have a large team of consequence modelling experts and subsequently many of them has experience using risk analysis tools such as Kameleon FireEx KFX® and the FLACS CFD simulators.

Public sector

Safetec works within the public sector towards the administration of both state and municipalities.

We are committed to offering services that strengthen the public sector and social security, both internally and in collaboration with others. This involves work for ministries and government, directorates and supervisory authorities, municipalities, county councils, universities and colleges, as well as commercial enterprises that are owned or controlled by the state/municipality.

Among other things, Safetec contributed with a background report on emergency preparedness storage of medicines, infection control equipment and medical-technical equipment in connection with the first report of the Corona Commission. Furthermore, we have carried out analysis of risks, emergency preparedness and security for a number of universities, colleges and research environments.

Safetec has also been an important contributor in investigations, evaluations and development of methodology guides associated with directorates and supervisory authorities. In recent years, we have, as an example, assisted the Petroleum Safety Authority with the implementation of the survey "Risk level in Norwegian petroleum activities" (RNNP.)

Safetec has employees with experience from a wide range of the public sector, both from municipality administration, state and defence. This makes us well equipped to understand the various challenges the public sector faces, as well as the premises within which they must be resolved.

Renewable energy

Safetec has long experience and expertise within renewable energy and energy carriers. We want to contribute to enabling new technology and concepts in a safe manner. The renewables segment in Safetec includes:

Alternative energy carriers and energy storage, e.g. hydrogen, ammonia, e-fuel and batteries
Renewable energy, e.g. wind and solar power
Carbon capture and storage

In order to define cost-effective safety requirements, it is essential to understand how barriers can prevent, control and reduce the consequences of undesired events.

Safetec is involved in several R&D/innovation projects with the purpose of increasing the knowledge within renewables technologies. SAFEN – Safe Energy Carriers is an innovation project led by Safetec, with 14 different industry partners, aiming to close knowledge gaps relevant for the safety of hydrogen, ammonia and CCS facilities.

Safetec has contributed with risk analysis, safety assessments, consequence analysis and technical safety design for several hydrogen, ammonia and CCS facilities. Also, we contribute with regulatory compliance competency and in processes with authorities and municipality. Examples of clients we have worked with are Equinor, Gen2 Energy, Statkraft and Origin Energy. Within battery safety we have e.g. worked with Beyonder.

In addition, we have performed emergency response studies for several offshore wind concepts, e.g. Odfjell Oceanwind and Beacon & Empire Wind. We have also performed several risk assessments for offshore HVDC platforms related to offshore wind.

Our renewables team has long experience and competency to solve complex problems with the renewables sector. In addition, we have personnel with long operational experience that enable us to support our client in a very good manner.