Process Safety Engineer

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Lyondell Basellis a leader in the global chemical industry creating solutions for everyday sustainable living. With a nearly 70-year legacy that includes a Nobel Prize in Chemistry and our proprietary Mo Re Tec  recycling technology, LYB is enabling a more sustainable future for generations to come. LYB develops high-quality and innovative products for applications ranging from sustainable transportation and food safety to clean water and quality healthcare.

LYB places high priority on diversity, equity and inclusion and is Advancing Good with an emphasis on our planet, the communities where we operate and our future workforce. We're addressing the global challenges of ending plastic waste, taking climate action, and supporting a thriving society, while generating value for our customers, investors, and society.

• Serve as the APS Americas subject matter expert for Process Safety Management and combustible dust risk management.
• Build site process safety capability and ownership through coaching, training, technical leadership, and GoalZERO-aligned hazard recognition.
• Provide technical guidance to site leadership and share best practices across APS and Corporate Process Safety networks.

• Lead PHAs, DHAs, LOPAs, and related risk assessments to identify, document, and reduce process hazards.
• Develop long-term risk assessment strategies and strengthen safeguard effectiveness across manufacturing sites.

• Standardize PSM tools, templates, and practices to support practical, operations-based compliance with LYB and regulatory requirements.
• Assess process safety system effectiveness and drive sustainable site ownership and improvement.
• Support OE assessments, process safety audits, compliance reviews, and management system assessments.
• Drive timely closure of PS risk mitigation actions/findings from PHAs and audits.

• Provide technical leadership for combustible dust risk management, DHAs, and mitigation strategies.
• Ensure combustible dust programs align with LYB expectations, regulatory requirements, and recognized industry standards.
• Partner with sites to prioritize combustible dust risk reduction, education, incident prevention, and best-practice deployment.

• Support investigations of process safety incidents, loss of primary containment events, combustible dust events, and significant near misses.
• Facilitate root cause analysis, corrective action verification, and communication of lessons learned across APS facilities.
• Develop and maintain leading and lagging process safety performance indicators.
• Analyze trends, communicate risks, and drive improvement initiatives addressing systemic vulnerabilities.

• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, HSE, Quality, Reliability, Automation, and Capital Projects to embed process safety into execution.
• Advise on capital projects and operating changes to ensure process safety risks are identified and managed.
• Build cross-functional partnerships that support consistent, sustainable process safety performance.
• Collaborates with LYB Corporate Process Safety & networks to align APS practices

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related Engineering discipline required.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in process safety, chemical manufacturing, petrochemical manufacturing, specialty chemical manufacturing, or related industrial operations.
• Demonstrated experience leading and facilitating Process Hazard Analyses (PHA) and HAZOP studies.
• Strong understanding of OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements and risk-based process safety principles.
• Experience with Management of Change (MOC), PSSR, incident investigation, and process safety management systems.
• Knowledge of combustible dust hazards, Dust Hazard Analysis methodologies, and risk management practices.
• Experience supporting or leading risk reduction and process safety improvements
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Ability for some travel throughout APS Americas to support site needs.

• Preferred Qualifications
• PHA Leader certification or equivalent training.
• Experience supporting multiple manufacturing sites.
• Experience with in chemical, petrochemical, compounding, polymers, composites, or related process industries.

• Choice of Preferred Provider or Consumer Driven Medical Plan including Prescription Drug Coverage
• Dental, Vision and Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k) Plan with Company Match of 6%
• Retirement (Pension) Plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life, AD&D and LTD Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Vacation and Holidays
• Educational Assistance

• Safety focused organization
• Grow personally and professionally
• Work with others to develop…