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Sr. Process Safety Engineer

Sr. Process Safety Engineer

Royal VopakFreeport, TX, United States
4 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Start your career as a Sr. Process Safety Engineer at Vopak and contribute to social themes such as energy security and energy transition. We offer you a working environment that is safe and pleasant and where equality, diversity and satisfaction are of paramount importance. Ready to develop yourself and make a positive impact? Improve the world and start as a Sr. Process Safety Engineer at Vopak.

What will you do as a Sr. Process Safety Engineer?

The Sr. Process Safety Engineer for Vopak IIA is responsible for providing leadership and subject matter expertise. Specifically, driving the company's efforts around safe, compliant, and responsible operations with a main emphasis on driving process safety compliance with regulations and driving process safety incident performance results to ZERO. As a Sr. Process Safety Engineer you apply skill, judgement and knowledge to provide specialist support and governance to the Vopak IIA terminals located in Freeport, Texas; Plaquemine, Louisiana; and St. Charles, Louisiana and to other relevant stakeholders.

What do we offer you?

  • A market-based salary depending on your experience and knowledge and attractive bonuses
  • Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance
  • Short Term / Long Term Disability Insurance
  • Basic Life / AD&D Insurance
  • Supplemental Life / AD&D Insurance
  • 401(k) Incentive Savings Plan
  • Holidays (9 fixed holidays and 2 floating holidays)
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Paid Time Off

What do we expect from you as a Sr. Process Safety Engineer?

  • Bachelor's degree in process safety or engineering required.
  • Master's degree preferred.
  • Five or more years of experience in safety, operations or process engineering in the chemicals industry.
  • Recognized knowledge and understanding of process safety and risk management standards.
  • Experience with technical writing applicable to procedures, work instructions, guides and manuals.
  • Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite, and various email and internet applications.
  • Excellent English communication skills both oral and written; experience creating and delivering presentations.
  • Organizational skills; ability to perform detail-oriented work; proven leadership skills.
  • Passion for process safety and the ability motivate and mobilize others
  • Competencies : results and quality oriented, eye for detail, problem analysis and judgement, persuasiveness and negotiation skills, sensitivity, discipline, persistence, resilience and ownership.
  • What does your day look like?

    Your core responsibilities are :

  • Act as the company's owner and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Risk Management Plans (RMP), Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA), and Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals (PSM) programs.
  • Support the development and execution of the company's PSM goals and strategies. Assess the state of process safety culture within the terminals and support in developing plans for continuous improvement.
  • Develop, roll out and support a standardized PSM program at Vopak IIA Terminal sites with the goal of creating a best-in-class performance with respect to Process Safety.
  • Provide process safety consulting support related to the process safety elements including Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), Mechanical Integrity (MI), Pre-Start Up Safety Review (PSSR), Process Safety Information (PSI), Management of Change (MOC), Emergency Preparedness, Process Safety training, Contractor Safety and Risk Mitigation.
  • Facilitate PHA's including HAZOP's and LOPA's, Human Reliability Analyses and other Process Safety functions to support PHA recommendations.
  • Support Vopak IIA's knowledge on process safety developments and best practices, high-profile process safety risks, improvement initiatives and issues and site PSM implementation.
  • Ensure process safety performance improvement by establishing and monitoring leading and lagging KPIs.
  • Lead Incident Investigations and other Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) related initiatives.
  • Coordinate, participate and lead SHEQ related audits, reviews and inspections.
  • Maintain overview of recordable incidents and proactively track incident investigation progress and corrective action implementation. Facilitate incident learning and sharing.
  • Create competence requirements and curriculum for Process Safety training for new and experienced employees.
  • Provide regulatory interpretation and technical advice for process safety related rules, regulations and standards.
  • Reviews and updates Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) and work practices to ensure compliance with Company and industry standards and applicable regulations.
  • Collects data and analyzes trends / patterns; utilizes results for objective decision making; drives key performance metrics related to SHEQ.
  • Measures and validates process performance using statistical tools; performs statistical sampling.
  • Reviews Process Safety Event (PSE) information to determine severity in accordance with API 754 recommended practice.
  • Prepares and delivers presentations at SHEQ meetings; supports others by preparing reports and / presentations pertaining to process safety, and risk management.
  • Prepares and submits reports to senior management as requested.
  • Stays current on SHEQ processes and applicable technology.
  • Trains regularly on applicable federal, state and local regulations, and standards.
  • Performs other duties assigned by management that fall within the generally expected scope of the position.
  • Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

    Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. The Company will not sponsor immigration or work visas.

    Competencies

    All Company Core Competencies as well as the following job specific competencies :

  • Communications
  • Detail Oriented
  • Customer Focused
  • Analytical
  • Influencing
  • Work Environment

    This position requires an employee to be in an office environment as well as exposed to outside elements. Most extreme elements are heat in the summer months of up to 104°F (40°C) and some exposure to cold of generally no less than 15°F (-10°C) in the winter months. There will be exposure to various chemicals and compounds, including fumes and smells, some of them hazardous. The employee may enter confined spaces and work in elevated environments. Employees must be able to wear PPE required by the location. General office noise may be experienced and louder sounds and vibrations when outside. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. All environments are safe with appropriate PPE.

    Physical Demands

    While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, sit, speak and hear. The employee is required to stand, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; the employee may be required, on occasion, to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee may be required to climb ladders / storage tanks up to 50' in height. The employee may be required to enter confined spaces. The employee may occasionally lift and / or move up to fifty (50) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Employees may be required to travel by air, rail, bus, or car.

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