Engineer, Process Safety

Job Title

Engineer, Process Safety

Deerfield, IL, USA, 60015

On‑Site

Full Time

Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We are guided by our culture of care and our core values:
We put safety first. We act with integrity. We are stronger together. We deliver with excellence.

Nutrien Ag Solutions is the retail division of Nutrien, providing full‑acre solutions through a network of trusted crop consultants at more than 2,000 locations in North America, South America, and Australia. For more than 150 years, we have helped growers achieve the highest yields with the most sustainable solutions possible, offering a wide selection of products, including our proprietary brands such as Loveland Products, Proven Seed and Dyna‑Gro Seed, as well as financial, custom application and precision ag services.

Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world‑class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers’ needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders. Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien and Nutrien Ag Solutions.

• Oversee process safety management programs for multiple Loveland Proprietary Products facilities and provide process safety engineering expertise to support safe, reliable, and efficient operations
• Engage with site personnel in a manner that demonstrates appreciation and respect for others. Ensure by example that collaboration, positive communication and willingness to help form the foundation of a service‑oriented approach with sites and personnel
• Track, trend, and analyze site KPIs to drive continuous improvement of process safety and risk mitigation. Work with operations and support functions to identify process safety improvement and sustainment opportunities
• Collaborate on the maintenance of process safety information (PSI) as needed to support process safety, management of change, personnel training, risk assessments and risk decision making, emergency response activities, and regulatory requirements
• Facilitate process hazard analyses (PHAs), abnormal condition risk assessments, and support other risk studies, including safety integrity level determination (SILD) studies
• Provide oversight and guidance of the Management of Change process and Pre‑Startup Safety Reviews
• Conduct reviews of proposed changes to facility designs as part of the management of change process (including participating in project design review meetings, as needed)
• Participate in and/or lead incident investigations of process safety events. Ensure that root causes are properly identified and appropriately addressed. Oversee the development of necessary corrective and preventative actions and track them to completion
• Review site emergency response plans and provide recommendations for improvement, as needed
• Participate in internal process safety management audits and assessments, oversee the development of corrective actions, and track them to completion
• Provide process safety management training to site personnel and mentor new engineers and leaders in the fundamentals of process safety and risk management
• Coach front line leaders on process safety work processes, field engagements and behaviors
• Assist with the development and review of inspection, testing and preventive maintenance (ITPM) plans for mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation and controls equipment; monitor and follow up on results to support risk of impairments
• Assist with development, implementation, and continuous improvement of process safety standards and best practices
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time to other Nutrien sites

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical or mechanical engineering; or equivalent background and experience
• 15+ years in a process safety engineering role, working in an industrial processing environment
• Background in chemical processing,…