Safety Engineer

Company: INEOS Oxide

Interested in joining a winning team? A team whose employees share in the ownership of the business and are empowered to make a difference?

INEOS is a global manufacturer of petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and oil products. It comprises 15 businesses each with a major chemical company heritage. Its production network spans 65 manufacturing facilities in 16 countries throughout the world. INEOS products make a significant contribution to saving life, improving health and enhancing standards of living for people around the world.

Ethylene oxide (EO) is an important building block for the preparation of a wide variety of EO derivatives (EODs), including various surfactants, as well as a host of other chemical intermediates including Glycol Ethers, Polyethlene Glycols, Ethanolamines, and Alkyl Alkanolamines. INEOS Oxide is one of the world’s leading producers of Ethylene Oxide (EO) and Ethylene Oxide Derivatives (EODs). We currently have a total EO and EOD capacity of 920 kta spread across five different production units throughout Europe and the US.

The Safety Engineer serves as a plant‑wide subject‑matter expert on all safety related issues, including implementation and enforcement of all applicable OSHA standards, management of the OSHA Voluntary Protection Program and advising site management on site‑wide regulatory compliance and industry best practices. The role facilitates guidance for contractors and supports the site employee safety team, assists with emergency preparedness and responses, coordinates with site security and contract workforce, and maintains industrial hygiene programs.

• Promoting and developing site‑wide safety programs to achieve a safe work environment, strong safety performance and regulatory compliance by being engaged at the shop floor level and leading.
• Supporting line organization and plant functional teams via direct involvement in routine and non‑routine activities, creating a safer work environment.
• Reviewing, developing and implementing site Safety procedures and programs to include IGGN’s.
• Annually reviewing existing content, developing new and presenting training through computer‑based methods or as the instructor.
• Evaluating and implementing new software, technologies and practices to reduce the risk of injuries/illnesses, and evaluating trends for site performance on safety system elements to make recommendations for continuous improvements.
• Developing and implementing contractor safety management programs, including routine contractor safety approvals, contractor on‑boarding and site credentials.
• Developing and implementing site‑specific training for contractors and visitors, to be displayed at the HASC and onsite.
• Coordinating audits to support 20 Principles, VPP recertification, As‑Care, Insurance, PSM and Life Critical Audits.
• Maintaining the SHE plant assets and protective systems integrity.
• Supporting PSM and Environmental efforts including Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs), Management of Change process, Risk Assessments, Design Safety Reviews, and incident investigations.
• Leading all safety programs to include “Stop Work Authority”.
• Participating and/or facilitating incident investigations.
• Collecting, reporting, and addressing SHE KPIs on a routine basis.
• Completing all assigned action items from PHAs, incidents, audits, etc. in a timely manner and keeping status and plans for action items updated.
• Observing, coaching and evaluating personnel in work areas.
• Assisting the employee safety committee with data collection, analysis, action planning and review of the annual VPP Self‑Assessment to be submitted to OSHA.
• Providing minimal supervision for indirect field safety support.
• Maintaining strong computer, writing and organizational skills.
• Recognizing hazards and following through with work notifications.
• Superuser for OnSolve to perform emergency communication.
• Frontline database superuser centrally housing CBT’s, MOC’s, incident notifications and investigations.
• Observing, updating and replacing SHE signs and paint program identifiers.
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