Process Safety Engineer

Process Safety Engineer

Indianapolis, IN – *Relocation Assistance Provided*

The Company

Our client is a leading pharmaceutical company dedicated to advancing medical research and providing innovative healthcare solutions. With a strong focus on research and development, they address challenging health issues like diabetes, oncology, immunology, and neuroscience. Their global team works tirelessly to improve patient outcomes and enhance quality of life.

The Job

The Process Safety Engineer is part of our client’s Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) team and provides technical leadership and expertise in the development, implementation, and maintenance of process safety management and engineering support services for the site, including the construction, startup, and operations phases.

In the project delivery and startup phase of the project, the HSE roles will be fluid and dynamic as they endeavor to support the project delivery, build a new organization, develop and implement the necessary systems and business processes required to support GMP operations, and build the site culture. This will require significant collaboration, creativity and resilience as the site grows to a full scale GMP manufacturing through start up.

Functions

• Support the development and implementation of the process safety management operational readiness plan for the company's facility as a collaborative, inclusive, and energetic member of the HSE team.
• Support the project team to deliver the facility as a key stakeholder providing input and feedback on process safety design decisions, construction, and startup plans while ensuring decisions meet project deliverables and compliance requirements, leveraging existing the company's knowledge, and incorporating external experiences and learning.
• Provide oversight and support of process hazard analysis and facility siting studies.
• Develop and roll out process safety management (PSM) program elements such as employee participation, Management of Change, Pre-Startup Safety Review, Process hazard analysis (PHA), etc.
• Provide training, mentoring, and onboarding of new staff to help support a strong process safety culture at the site.
• Provide oversight of operations of pharmaceutical API manufacturing units.
• Develop a partnership with Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering functions to help manage change, assure safety and compliance of new systems, and assist in setting requirements to assure safe startup.
• Ensure application of industry codes and standards such as NPFA 30 (combustible liquids), NFPA 652 (combustible dust), and overpressure protection requirements during project and management of change reviews.
• Build technical relationships by routinely interacting with corporate and site process safety colleagues. This role has opportunities to network externally with organizations such as the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), Purdue Process Safety and Assurance Center (P2SAC), and the ACC Process Safety networking groups.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, chemistry, or related field of study; CCPSC or PE preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in the chemical or pharmaceutical manufacturing, specifically process safety management.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge and experience in process safety, including knowledge of OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) regulation.
• Trained in Process Hazard Analysis facilitation, HAZOP, and What-If Methodologies
• Strong analytical skills and systematic and structured way of working
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Trained in Layer Of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
• Knowledge of EPA Risk Management Plan
• Experience interfacing with HSE-related regulatory agencies.