Process Safety Engineer

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The Process Safety Engineer leads and supports the site process safety agenda by strengthening Process Safety Management (PSM), risk management and regulatory compliance practices. The role works across manufacturing, engineering, maintenance, operations and SHE functions to protect people, the environment, business continuity and site assets from process safety and integrity-related risks. The position serves as the site subject matter expert and technical authority for process safety practices, tools and systems.

The Main Purpose of the Role

The Process Safety Engineer improves process safety performance by influencing, facilitating and providing technical guidance and leadership across the site. This role ensures compliance with applicable legal requirements and INEOS standards, including the INEOS 20 Principles of Process and Behavioral Safety, while driving sustainable improvement in hazard identification, risk assessment, incident prevention and action-item closure.

Accountabilities of the Role

Accountability 1 – Process Safety Leadership and Compliance

• Serve as the site subject matter expert for process safety and support consistent application of process safety requirements across the organization.
• Lead the development, review and sustainability of site process safety policies, procedures and improvement plans to ensure compliance with legal requirements and INEOS standards.
• Assess site policies, procedures and work practices to identify process safety risks, compliance gaps and required corrective actions.
• Plan, lead and support process safety compliance audits and site reviews, ensuring findings are documented, assigned, tracked and resolved.
• Develop, monitor and report key performance indicators for PSM elements, system health and regulatory compliance.
• Provide safety reporting, risk visibility and improvement recommendations to the Site Leadership Team.
• Facilitate the site Process Safety Committee and promote meaningful employee participation and engagement.
• Lead or support SHE and PSM incident investigations, root cause evaluations and the development of lessons learned and preventive actions.

Accountability 2 – Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment

• Lead and facilitate Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs), HAZOPs and Layer of Protection Analyses (LOPAs) in accordance with internal and external schedule requirements.
• Ensure PHA and LOPA studies are properly planned, resourced, documented and completed within required time frames.
• Support action-item owners with scenario evaluation, challenge reviews and closure of PHA/LOPA recommendations.
• Apply and support hazard identification, risk assessment and consequence modelling tools and methodologies.
• Train and mentor site personnel in PHA, HAZOP, LOPA and other process safety risk assessment practices.
• Provide guidance on Safety Instrumented System (SIS) documentation, Safety Integrity Level (SIL) scenario analysis and related functional safety evaluations.

Accountability 3 – Process Safety Systems and Technical Support

• Act as the site technical authority for process safety-related software, tools and databases.
• Support enhancement, troubleshooting and reliable use of process safety systems used for risk assessment, consequence modelling and action tracking.
• Analyze process safety performance, incidents, near misses and emerging trends to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Provide technical interpretation and guidance on process safety requirements, engineering practices and applicable standards.
• Support Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, SHE and project teams with process safety reviews, risk assessments and technical deliverables.
• Share lessons learned, technical guidance and process safety best practices across the site.

Accountability 4 – Planning, Assurance and Continuous Improvement

• Participate in business and capital planning to ensure…