Process Safety Manager

This role leads Process Safety and Process Risk Management across Oxy Chem manufacturing sites, ensuring the protection of employees, the environment, customers, and surrounding communities. The position oversees the development and execution of Oxy Chem’s PSM, RMP, and Responsible Care programs and serves as a technical expert in process risk, hazard analysis, and mechanical integrity. Working closely with site leadership and HES&S teams, the role ensures regulatory compliance, safe project execution, and effective risk mitigation across plant operations and capital projects.

• Maintain protection of the environment and the health and safety of our employees, customers, and the communities in which we operate and/or transport our products as our highest priority.
• Establish, develop, and implement the Process Safety Management, Risk Management Plan and Responsible Care, collectively referred to as “PSM” programs for Oxy Chem Manufacturing Sites.
• Manage comprehensive Process Risk capital project reviews from conceptual design through equipment commissioning on projects involving process safety, risk engineering, fire protection systems, hazard management, and critical process related equipment.
• Function as an Oxy Chem Process Risk technical expert for the Oxy Chem Manufacturing Sites in the design, operation, repair, and maintenance of critical process related equipment to assure accordance with applicable codes and standards, regulatory requirements, and suitability for service. Skills and familiarity with:
• Consequence modeling using tools such as Phast, Safer-Trace, BEAST.
• Risk analysis using tools such as PHA-Pro for HAZOP and LOPA or equivalent software, Fault/Event-Tree Analysis, & Bow Tie Analysis. Consequence Modelling (Fires, Toxic Releases, Explosions), Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) / Building Risk Assessment (BRA), Iso-Risk Curves (Individual and Societal Risk Curves).
• Assist Oxy Chem Manufacturing Sites by conducting Process Risk training on subjects such as; process hazard analysis, facility siting, incident investigation, management of change, mechanical integrity, and fixed fire protection inspection, testing, and design.
• Assist Oxy Chem Manufacturing Site’s Process Risk Engineers by leading in-depth Process Risk studies and assessments including Process Risk facility reviews, PHAs, Facility Siting Studies, Human Factor, Inherently Safer Process Review, Risk Register, Risk Matrix, and critical process related equipment reviews.
• Working knowledge of strong Mechanical Integrity programs for tanks, vessels, piping, rotating equipment, and instrumentation.
• Assist Oxy Chem Manufacturing Sites during property insurance audits and reviews.
• Participate in HES&S Audits at Oxy Chem Manufacturing Sites in the area of Process Safety Management to provide management and facilities with an evaluation of facilities’ efforts to comply with Oxy Chem’s programs, policies, and procedures. Validate that Process Risk related audit action items have been suitably addressed and ensure that adequate supporting documentation is submitted for closure.
• Extensive knowledge of Management of Change (MOC) policies and implementation.
• Oversee Oxy Chem facility investigations of critical process related equipment, fire, explosion, and process safety related incidents.
• Assist with keeping Oxy Chem Corporate PSM procedures up-to-date.
• Participate and represent Oxy Chem on Process Risk related issues in external organizations such as Baker Risk Explosion Research Cooperative (ERC), ASME, CCPS, AICHE, CMA, API, and NFPA. Support and contribute to the development of responsible laws, regulations, and standards to safeguard the community, workplace, and environment.
• Manages the following databases:
  Oxy Fire Fire Protection Impairments, High Risk Task Force (HRTF) Metrics, Risk Profile (C/E/D risks).
• Support other functional personnel within the HES&S Department & support the annual department budget.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering. Other engineering disciplines will be considered based upon relevant experience.
• Do you have 10years of plant process, maintenance, or project engineering work to effectively…