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 afterhours 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. 

Duties & Responsibilities

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.

Requirements

Education and/or Experience

• 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

Analytical Ability/Problem Solving/Technical skills 

• 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 external customers as true partners.  
• Effective communication skills with the ability to present oneself with tact and diplomacy. Highly capable of working with and respecting people at all levels of the organization.
• Competitive spirit of cooperatively leveraging high performance teamwork to play to win. Acting with a sense of urgency while holding high ethical standards and a strong work ethic. 
• Strong business acumen and excellent leadership skills.  
• Hands-on, proactive, solution-oriented professional who leads by example and is self-motivated with a high degree of honesty and integrity.
• Advanced MS Office skills and ability to quickly learn and apply new software. 

Safety/Essential Functions

• Must be able to climb and descend stairs and ladders.
• Must be capable of and willing to learn, new skills and tasks.
• Must be capable of working where chemical odors may exist at permissible threshold limits of exposure.
• Must be able to evacuate the plant and report to muster point in the event of an emergency or drill.
• Must be able to sit and use a computer for extended periods of time.

 *Halocarbon is an equal opportunity employer.