Process Safety Management (PSM) Specialist

Description

The PSM Specialist is a hands-on leader with a primary focus on process safety management, assessing and leading risk mitigation. Other responsibilities include ensuring compliance with air, water, and remediation requirements. Primary responsibilities include:

• Define, manage, analyze, and improve facility safety, environmental, PSM, and Security management systems in accord with Halocarbons PSM vision and strategy.
• Provide leadership in assuring that Halocarbon meets all government agencies and requirements related to employee safety, health, environmental compliance, and emergency response.
• Serve as change agent to stimulate culture changes which drive the company towards minimizing exposures leading to zero injuries, illnesses, or adverse impacts to the environment.
• Using a risk management approach, initiate engineering, administrative, and PPE controls to meet Halocarbon’s EHS vision / values.
• Role model PSM excellence through participation in and compliance with Halocarbon policies, management systems, procedures, teams, and training.
• Participate in the on-call rotations and provide after hours assistance or emergency response.

The PSM Leader must be a caring, highly motivated, ambitious individual, with strong analytical skills. This person should be a team-oriented leader, curious with an investigative mindset, able to effectively collaborate, and communicate with their audience. The individual must have a competitive spirit resulting in a demonstrated track record of cooperative success and a keen desire to learn/grow professionally.

Lead Halocarbon’s PSM program to ensure regulatory compliance and the effective identification, assessment, and management of process safety risks.

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop, implement, and maintain EHS and PSM management systems.
• Partner with process engineers to develop and maintain effective operating procedures.
• Lead PHAs and ensure process safety information remains accurate and current.
• Champion design reviews and lead PSSRs.
• Ensure effective operational training and provide guidance on compliance with applicable RAGAGEP.
• Conduct PSM compliance audits and promote employee involvement in PSM activities.
• Lead the MOC and RMP processes.
• Develop, implement, monitor, and periodically review EHS and PSM leading and lagging indicators.
• Lead, participate in, and review incident investigations to ensure the root cause is determined and that corrective actions are developed and implemented to prevent recurrence of related exposures.
• Serve as company expert in flammable liquids handling, HF handling, combustible dust, compressed air safety, and other identified processes. Develop and maintain the management systems for these areas.
• Lead, document, and coordinate Halocarbon’s aspect / exposure / risk profile.
• Maintain the Halocarbon security vulnerability assessment.
• Provide training to employees on applicable EHS/PSM topics.
• Interfacing and acting as the company representative in assigned community organizations, industry organizations, and regulatory audits & inspections.

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, process safety engineering, or combination of PSM-related experience and technical background preferred
• PE, CSP, or CCPSC certification is a plus
• Minimum 3-year experience in chemical manufacturing / handling preferred
• Experience leading or involvement in process hazard analysis is a plus
• Ability to interpret and apply RAGEGEPs such as SC Fire Code, API, ANSI, NFPA, CCPS, CFRs.
• A demonstrated track record of and experience in change leadership, risk assessment/risk management, leading EHS/PSM management systems, and maintaining technical competence preferred

• Caring with genuine concern for employees, families, and our community which reflects their passion for EHS.
• Curiosity for solving the toughest problems through an entrepreneurial and continuous improvement mindset.
• Excellent analytical, critical thinking, and organizational skills.
• Positively adapts to and leads change.
• Excels at collaborating with others. Approaches internal and…