EMEA Process Safety Manager

ppg; Stowmarket; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Flexible Fridays

Career development

Job summary

PPG Industries in the EMEA region is seeking an experienced EMEA Process Safety Manager to lead process safety across facilities, ensuring legal compliance and adherence to PPG standards. You will establish an effective Process Safety management system and provide leadership to achieve corporate safety goals.

The role requires travel up to 25% and reports to the Global Process Safety Manager. You will coordinate Hazards Analysis and risk assessments (PHA/HAZOP/LOPA), train sites, and drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Safety, Engineering, PSM, or related Science.
• 10+ years in a PSM-covered facility at a major hazard facility.
• 5+ years managing PSM programs at a complex facility.
• Strong knowledge of safety and environmental regulations and consensus standards (OSHA, EPA, DOT, NIOSH, ANSI, NFPA).

Responsibilities

• Lead Process Safety activities for all locations in the EMEA region.
• Ensure legal compliance and adherence to PPG processes and standards.
• Establish an effective Process Safety management system across sites.
• Coordinate Process Hazards Analysis and risk assessments.
• Travel up to 25% to different locations within the EMEA region.
• Review audit/inspection/accident reports and drive corrective actions to close gaps.
• Ensure coordination of Process Safety projects at the EMEA level through regular meetings and communications.

Skills

Process Safety

Risk Assessments

HAZOP/LOPA

Regulatory Knowledge

PSM program management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Safety/Engineering/PSM

Tools

Regulatory standards knowledge

Job description

EMEA Process Safety Manager

PPG Industries

Various possible across region

The EMEA Process Safety Manager's primary goal is to ensure minimization of process safety related risk at facilities within the EMEA region. You will lead Process Safety activities for all locations in EMEA, ensuring that locations are legally compliant and satisfy PPG Process Safety procedures, standards and processes. You will provide leadership and technical expertise to achieve corporate goals for process safety performance and ensures compliance with policies and applicable regulations. You will establish an effective management system for Process Safety tasks and for assuring that all the required Process Safety documents are maintained per regulatory and/or PPG requirements.

We ask that you have flexibility (up to 25%) to travel to different locations within the EMEA region.

You will report to the Global Process Safety Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Support site EHS, Process Safety, and Operations teams to ensure compliance with Federal, State, Local and PPG requirements.
• Coordinate activities related to completion and maintenance of Process Hazards Analysis for USCA manufacturing locations. Facilitate or participate on process safety reviews, including FMEA, Process Hazards Analysis (PHA e.g. HAZOP), Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA), and Facility Siting Analysis across the region. Provide technical support to the region with the facilitation of these risk assessments.
• Identify and assist implementing risk reduction projects to prevent major accidents, explosions, fires, and spills in USCA manufacturing locations.
• Identify process safety training needs and organize training with support (if needed) of PPG Experts/Engineers/Coordinators or external partners.
• Coordinate activities related to Process Safety integration for new acquired sites.
• Review critical audit, inspection, and accident reports and recommend and work with sites to implement corrective actions to eliminate recurrence.
• Ensure coordination and agreement of Process Safety projects at the EMEA level through regular meetings & communication to all levels of Operations.
• Monitor the application of the PSM key performance indicators, ensure compliance and interpret and report results, and work with sites to ensure actions are taken to reduce or eliminate program gaps.
• Support implementation and maintenance of MOC and PHA programs.
• Identify latest issues (such as regulation changes) within the country and communicate them to affected parties.
• Network with other region process safety managers to foster adoption of best practices.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in Safety, Engineering, PSM, or related Science discipline.
• 10 or more years of experience in a PSM covered facility within major hazard facility.
• 5 years' experience managing and implementing PSM programs at a complex facility.
• Significant Risk Management experience - the facilitation of hazard studies and risk assessments (e.g. HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA) will be preferred.
• Strong knowledge of safety and environmental regulations and consensus standards (OSHA, EPA, DOT, NIOSH, ANSI, NFPA), inspection procedures, audits, hazard reviews, incident prevention, incident investigation techniques, and safety and environmental education and training.

How we work

At PPG, we bring teams together to accelerate collaboration and career development, with in-person work Monday through Thursday and the opportunity to work remotely on Flexible Fridays. Schedules may vary by location.

About us

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