Process Safety Manager

Company

INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA

Process Safety Manager & Technical Authority (TA2)

League City, Texas (hybrid)

Grade: S1;
Starting at $180,000 (commensurate with experience)

The Process Safety Manager & Technical Authority is INEOS O&P USA’s most senior authority for process safety, regulatory compliance, and risk management. The role defines, governs, and enforces enterprise standards, programs, and work processes that protect people, assets, and the environment against the consequences of process safety incidents across more than $15B in enterprise replacement value. Decisions made in this role directly safeguard the company’s license to operate, regulatory compliance posture, and protection from catastrophic loss‑of‑containment events.

The TA2 leads the corporate Process Safety function—a team of 6–10 professionals—including Process Safety Advisors, Process Safety Engineers, and the enterprise SIS focal point—ensuring that OSHA PSM ), EPA RMP (40 CFR 68), INEOS 20 Principles, and INEOS Group Guidance Notes are consistently implemented, audited, and improved across all O&P USA manufacturing sites. The role shapes long‑term process safety strategy, governs PHA/LOPA and risk assessment methodologies enterprise‑wide, and ensures that process safety requirements are embedded into capital projects, turnaround planning, and operational decision‑making.

The Process Safety Manager exercises final decision‑making authority on process safety program compliance, audit findings, and risk acceptance decisions, with decisions binding on site leadership. The position is also recognized across INEOS as a technical expert expected to engage in industry forums (AFPM, AIChE CCPS, TCC), stay ahead of emerging regulatory and industry expectations, and ensure O&P USA maintains leadership in process safety performance.

INEOS O&P USA is a major contributor to INEOS Group performance—yet operates aging assets with significant variability in standards, work practices, and process safety maturity across sites. The enterprise is undergoing a major transformation to implement a corporate Operations Management System (OMS) and centralize discipline leadership through a new Engineering & Technology organization. This role is central to that change. The Process Safety Manager will help shift the organization from site‑based autonomy to a unified enterprise model with consistent process safety standards, expectations, and discipline leadership.

Success requires someone with deep regulatory and technical mastery, proven experience building and leading process safety programs across large manufacturing environments, and the resilience needed to drive cultural and technical change. The position serves as the single point of accountability for all process safety and risk management matters across O&P USA.

• Enterprise Process Safety Standards & Technical Governance

  Own and maintain enterprise process safety standards, programs, and work processes aligned with OSHA PSM, EPA RMP, INEOS 20 Principles, and IGGNs. Exercise final decision‑making authority on process safety program compliance, risk acceptance, and audit findings, with decisions binding on site leadership. Govern all enterprise work processes related to PHA/LOPA, Management of Change (MOC), Pre‑Startup Safety Review (PSSR), incident investigation, and PSM auditing.
  
  Serve as the Technical Authority and final approver for process safety decisions affecting regulatory compliance and risk posture across the enterprise. Approve all deviations, ensuring appropriate risk mitigation is in place.

• Transformation & Change Leadership

  Define and execute the multi‑year enterprise strategy for process safety, establishing vision, objectives, and resource requirements. Conduct a comprehensive assessment of current O&P process safety programs against industry best practices, regulatory expectations, and peer performance benchmarks. Identify serious gaps and high‑priority risks, defining standardization and improvement. Lead transformation to unify process safety management…