Process Safety Engineer

Albemarle - New Johnsonville, TN

Full-time - Mid Level

New Johnsonville, TN

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Process Safety Engineer at Albemarle plays a crucial role in enhancing process safety management (PSM) within the New Johnsonville facility. This position focuses on developing and directing PSM programs, collaborating with maintenance and engineering teams, and driving process safety performance improvements. The engineer will be responsible for facilitating hazard analyses, managing change programs, and ensuring compliance with safety standards, all while contributing to a safer and more resilient operational environment.

Responsibilities

• Program development and improvement of the PSM system.
• Collaboration with maintenance team for improvement and implementation of the mechanical integrity program.
• Facilitate site Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs) and revalidations for covered processes, including technical report writing, recommendation documentation and tracking, and potential modeling and calculations identified during the PHA.
• Coordinate and control the site management of change (MOC) program.
• Maintain metrics utilizing PowerBI and other visual management tools related to PSM including PHA schedule, PHA recommendation status, MOC program information, and program maturity improvement.
• Drive completion of PHA recommendations through site improvements and capital projects, including representing the site's interests during project engineering with internal and external engineering resources.
• Collaborate with site and Corporate resources on PSM standards.
• Site compliance auditing and reviews for permit compliance and job safety.
• Identify and implement process safety improvement opportunities throughout the plant.
• Maintain and update site Process Safety Information library, including collaboration with operations team to drive the process refresher training program.
• Provide process safety leadership through participation in site incident reviews and investigations, new project reviews, controls programming, SIS management, and relief design.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or other related discipline.
• Experience in managing or direct involvement in a PSM program and PSM regulated operations.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in identifying and managing risks associated with chemical manufacturing.

Nice-to-haves

• Ability to manage and serve on a cross functional team.
• Moderately advanced computer skills utilizing Microsoft 365 tools.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits package
• A diverse array of resources to support you professionally and personally.