Process Safety Management Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

The PSM Specialist is a hands-on leader with a primary focus on process safety management, assessing and leading risk mitigation. Other responsibilities include ensuring compliance with air, water, and remediation requirements. Primary responsibilities include:

• Define, manage, analyze, and improve facility safety, environmental, PSM, and Security management systems in accord with Halocarbons PSM vision and strategy.
• Provide leadership in assuring that Halocarbon meets all government agencies and requirements related to employee safety, health, environmental compliance, and emergency response.
• Serve as change agent to stimulate culture changes which drive the company towards minimizing exposures leading to zero injuries, illnesses, or adverse impacts to the environment.
• Using a risk management approach, initiate engineering, administrative, and PPE controls to meet Halocarbon’s EHS vision / values.
• Role model PSM excellence through participation in and compliance with Halocarbon policies, management systems, procedures, teams, and training.
• Participate in the on-call rotations and provide afterhours assistance or emergency response.

The PSM Leader must be a caring, highly motivated, ambitious individual, with strong analytical skills. This person should be a team-oriented leader, curious with an investigative mindset, able to effectively collaborate, and communicate with their audience. The individual must have a competitive spirit resulting in a demonstrated track record of cooperative success and a keen desire to learn/grow professionally. 

Duties & Responsibilities

Lead Halocarbon’s PSM program to ensure regulatory compliance and the effective identification, assessment, and management of process safety risks. Key responsibilities include:

• Develop, implement, and maintain EHS and PSM management systems. 
• Partner with process engineers to develop and maintain effective operating procedures. 
• Lead PHAs and ensure process safety information remains accurate and current. 
• Champion design reviews and lead PSSRs. 
• Ensure effective operational training and provide guidance on compliance with applicable RAGAGEP. 
• Conduct PSM compliance audits and promote employee involvement in PSM activities. 
• Lead the MOC and RMP processes. 
• Develop, implement, monitor, and periodically review EHS and PSM leading and lagging indicators.
• Lead, participate in, and review incident investigations to ensure the root cause is determined and that corrective actions are developed and implemented to prevent recurrence of related exposures.
• Serve as company expert in flammable liquids handling, HF handling, combustible dust, compressed air safety, and other identified processes. Develop and maintain the management systems for these areas.
• Lead, document, and coordinate Halocarbon’s aspect / exposure / risk profile.
• Maintain the Halocarbon security vulnerability assessment.
• Provide training to employees on applicable EHS/PSM topics.
• Interfacing and acting as the company representative in assigned community organizations, industry organizations, and regulatory audits & inspections.

Requirements:

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, process safety engineering, or combination of PSM-related experience and technical background preferred
• PE, CSP, or CCPSC certification is a plus
• Minimum 3-year experience in chemical manufacturing / handling preferred
• Experience leading or involvement in process hazard analysis is a plus
• Ability to interpret and apply RAGEGEPs such as SC Fire Code, API, ANSI, NFPA, CCPS, CFRs.
• A demonstrated track record of and experience in change leadership, risk assessment/risk management, leading EHS/PSM management systems, and maintaining technical competence preferred

Analytical Ability/Problem Solving/Technical skills  

• Caring with genuine concern for employees, families, and our community which reflects their passion for EHS.
• Curiosity for solving the toughest problems through an entrepreneurial and continuous improvement mindset.
• Excellent analytical, critical thinking, and organizational skills.
• Positively adapts to and leads change.
• Excels at collaborating with others. Approaches internal and external customers as true partners.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to present oneself with tact and diplomacy. Highly capable of working with and respecting people at all levels of the organization.
• Competitive spirit of cooperatively leveraging high performance teamwork to play to win. Acting with a sense of urgency while holding high ethical standards and a strong work ethic. 
• Strong business acumen and excellent leadership skills.
• Hands-on, proactive, solution-oriented professional who leads by example and is self-motivated with a high degree of honesty and integrity.
• Advanced MS Office skills and ability to quickly learn and apply new software. 

Safety/Essential Functions

• Must be able to climb and descend stairs and ladders.
• Must be capable of and willing to learn, new skills and tasks.
• Must be capable of working where chemical odors may exist at permissible threshold limits of exposure.
• Must be able to evacuate the plant and report to muster point in the event of an emergency or drill.
• Must be able to sit and use a computer for extended periods of time.

*Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship

* Halocarbon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.