Process Safety Engineer

Process Safety Engineer

Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, Monument Chemical serves the specialty chemicals industry – and produces a variety of solvents, intermediates, specialty fuels, and other specialty products, as well as offers industry-leading Custom Manufacturing services. At Monument, you'll find careers in several engineering and skilled trades roles and disciplines. Working together like a family, our teams drive continual improvement in quality, cost, lead time, flexibility, and customer service. Whether you are a recent graduate or a seasoned professional, we offer a diverse range of opportunities where you will be challenged and encouraged to grow.

The Process Safety Engineer supports and maintains compliance with site process safety management (PSM) programs to help Monument Chemical achieve its production, quality, cost, safety, and environmental goals.

Essential Functions

• Develop, improve, and implement site PSM programs.
• Manage, coordinate, and implement all 14 elements of OSHA's Process Safety Management standard.
• Lead preliminary hazardous review for existing and new processes.
• Provide Process Safety Review for MOC program.
• Participate and/or lead Root Cause Investigations
• Support teams implementing new products and processes.
• Provide process-safety technical assistance to site management and staff.
• Support the development of Monument Chemical best practices and design standards.
• Execute Process Safety Engineering Related projects and PHA action items
• Work with Operations to define and resolve process-safety and design issues.
• Coordinate with Maintenance, Operations, Construction, Purchasing, Logistics, and other internal groups.

Additional duties and responsibilities as assigned, including but not limited to continuously growing in alignment with the Company's core values, competencies, and skills.

Education Qualifications

• Required Bachelor's Degree Chemical Engineering from an accredited university

Experience Qualifications

• Required 1-2 years of production experience and
• Required 3-7 years experience in similar role

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent communication skills, personal rapport are required to effectively work in a team environment engaged in process safety activities
• Knowledge of State/Federal EPA and OSHA compliance regulations.
• Knowledge of all PSM elements
• Knowledge in PHA and LOPA analysis. Experience with PHAPRO preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft applications, including MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, and MS PowerPoint.
• Ability to work in a diverse team environment including interactions with technical staff, administrative staff, business team leaders, and contract personnel.
• Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing to present complex topics in a concise manner.
• Ability to lead a project or technical team.
• Ability to accept and respond to changes and challenges in a positive manner.
• Demonstrated capability to analyze problems and provide accurate solutions.
• Demonstrated skills in time management and managing multiple priorities.
• Critical thinking skills and ability to constructively resolve conflicts.
• Strong interpersonal skills, essential in dealing with people at all levels and in a variety of functions including technical staff, business team leaders, union personnel and be able to influence and motivate others to quickly achieve results.
• Must have generic competencies of analytical thinking, communication and interpersonal understanding, initiative, team work and team leadership, and quality orientation/attention to detail.
• Develop and own process-safety plans and technical content.
• Maintain knowledge of applicable standards and reliability, maintenance, and process-safety requirements, including ASME, API, and NFPA standards.
• Develop process-safeguarding narratives.
• Perform dispersion modeling.
• Develop safety requirements specifications (SRSs) and support functional-safety activities.
• Perform facility-siting evaluations.

Working Conditions/Physical Demands

• Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long periods of time, up to 12 hours per day.
• Sitting. Working from a seated position for up to 12 hours per day.
• Climbing. Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, ramps and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms one to two times per day.
• Balancing. Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing or crouching on narrow or slippery surfaces.
• Stooping. Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
• Kneeling. Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Crouching. Bending the body downward and forward by bending legs and spine.
• Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Pushing. Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force, exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 15 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force consistently to move objects forward, downward or outward.
• Pulling. Using upper extremities to exert up to 25 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 15 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force consistently to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting. Raising objects up to 25 pounds occasionally, and/or up to 15 pounds frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds consistently from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position.
• Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Possible subject to environmental conditions. Activities could occur inside and outside.
• Subject to extreme heat. Temperatures above 100 for periods of more than one hour.
• Subject to vibration. Exposure to movements of the extremities or whole body. Operate/drive utility vehicle.
• Subject to hazards. Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.
• Must be able to wear appropriate PPE for tasks as required. FRC uniform, hard hat, safety toe work boots, safety glasses, gloves etc.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.