Process Safety Engineer

At Corteva Agriscience, you will help us grow what’s next. No matter what your role, you will be part of a team that is building the future of agriculture – solving the world’s food problems through innovation, technology, and putting people first.

Summary:

As the Process Safety Facility Champion you will:

• Lead or support regulatory compliance efforts (such as OSHA PSM/EPA RMP).
• Work with the PS Manager(s) and PS Consultant(s) to provide proper interpretation and guidance of the mandatory process safety requirements and recommended practices.
• Use knowledge of Corteva’s process safety standards and guidelines to define and document gaps in the plant design and operating practices versus Corteva’s process safety mandatory requirements.
• Drive consistency in implementation of Corteva’s process safety standards and guidelines from a local requirements perspective.
• Lead the implementation of the process safety programs on site.
• Act as the communication focal point for the PSM Portfolio Manager(s).
• Ensure the gaps and closure plans are entered into the EtQ CAPA module and periodically update and issue progress reports.
• Committing to presence in assigned facilities (i.e. morning meetings, staff meetings, unplanned event teams, etc.)

Understand Hazards & Risk Mitigation

• Advocating for facility efforts to maintain PSM documentation accurate and updated at all times (i.e., PSI, CoreAI, etc.).
• Support the development of Facility Process Safety norms and policies (i.e., cardinal rules, etc.) and actively promote these in the plant.
• Assume responsibility for MOC (facilities and technology) reviews of process safety sections, escalating for further review for changes outside the expertise of the PSM Facility Champion.
• Support facility PHA development efforts

Manage Risks

• Support proper PSSRs, and RTO procedures.
• Support the development and delivery of facility specific process safety training and leverage enterprise training to the facility.
• Support New Member Integration Process specific to Process Safety Topics
• Work closely with maintenance on Core Asset Integrity, ensuring applicable RAGAGEPs are identified, in collaboration with others.
• Support facility emergency planning and response, in collaboration with others.
• Support the development of process safety related immediate response drills, including high consequence related drills.

Learn from Experience

• Assume responsibility for PSM metric reporting.
• Lead the development of leading and lagging, facility specific metrics.
• Track and report the enterprise required PSM metrics.
• Support the facility leadership in PSCE reporting and incident investigations for PSM events.
• Ensure self-assessments are conducted as per Corteva’s requirements.
• Participate in, and help prepare for, PSM audits.
• Follow up on recommendations from audits.
• Support Management System Reviews (Site MSRs)

Qualifications:

• 4 year college degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent
• 3-5 years related manufacturing experience
• Process safety work experience preferred

VISA sponsorship is not available for this position.

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