Element 03×Engineering
Engineering in Organisation
Organisation, Resources and Capability
What Engineering owns here
This element answers the only question that ultimately matters when something goes wrong: was the right person, with the right capability, in the right role, at the right time? For Engineering this is the home of the discipline competency frameworks and the entire TA / SME architecture.
Example documents, by tier
Standard 1
- Engineering Competency FrameworkIn 2 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 03 Employee selection, placement and competency, and health assuranceAlso in Process Safety · People and cultureNot safety case critical
Process, procedure, work instruction 4
- Technical Discipline and Authority ManualIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 01 Leadership, commitment and responsibilityAlso in Process Safety · People and cultureNot safety case critical
- Engineering Technical Authority Competency AssuranceTypical exampleCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 03 Employee selection, placement and competency, and health assuranceAlso in Process Safety · People and cultureNot safety case critical
- Selection and Management of Inspection PersonnelIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 03 Employee selection, placement and competency, and health assuranceAlso in Process Safety · People and cultureNot safety case critical
- Selection and Authorisation of Electrical PersonnelIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 03 Employee selection, placement and competency, and health assuranceAlso in Process Safety · People and cultureNot safety case critical
Supporting documents 1
- Lifting Competent Person Appointment FormIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 17 Work control, permit-to-work and task risk managementAlso in Process Safety · People and cultureNot safety case critical
Guidance · outside the system 1
Informative, not a “shall”. These belong in the knowledge base, not the management system. How this works →
- Project HSSE HandbookIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 03 Employee selection, placement and competency, and health assuranceAlso in Process Safety · Design integrityNot safety case critical
Why these belong here
"Element 3 is where Engineering stops being a function and becomes a system. If competence isn't gated, the system isn't real."
What does not live here
- →Behavioural and cultural expectations of engineers — those areE01 Commitment
- →The standards engineers are required to apply — those areE02 Policies
- →How engineers actually do the work day-to-day (design review, check/approve) — that'sE08 Execution