Junior Process Safety Engineer — PSM & Compliance

LSB Industries, Inc.; Alabama; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

LSB Industries, Inc. in Cherokee, AL is seeking an entry to mid-level Process Safety Engineer to lead PSM programs and support site safety objectives.

You will partner with the Safety & Process Safety leader, drive risk-based improvements, and coordinate with operations, maintenance, and engineering to ensure regulatory compliance. The role emphasizes developing PSM competencies over time, with training and mentoring opportunities while contributing to a robust, inspection-ready safety culture

Qualifications

• Knowledge of process safety management (PSM) concepts and implementation.
• Familiarity with OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119 compliance requirements.
• Ability to lead and coordinate PSM activities across site operations.

Responsibilities

• Achieve a detailed understanding of PSM risks and controls at the facility including program health and compliance status.
• Assist and align with the Safety & Process Safety leader and facility leadership in the development of short and long-term PSM objectives, targets, strategies, and measures that prioritize and mitigate risk.
• Execute against a developed annual H&S and PSM plan using a systematic approach with effective and transparent measures.
• Maintain detailed connection to the operating units, maintenance activities, and project engineering such that risks and projects are understood. Build knowledge and expertise in plant systems to drive progress, change, repairs, and solutions to day-to-day problems and challenges. Remove barriers to progress.
• Maintain and improve required OSHA PSM programs for the Cherokee, AL site ensuring that the site meets or exceed regulatory requirements as a PSM chemical facility.
• Maintain and utilize industry leading PSM metrics including but not limited to API-754 events, Safety System activations, Management of Change (MOC) and PHA Recommendations tracking, ensuring visibility to drive performance
• Coordinate with engineers, maintenance and leadership team on the collection and management of site Process Safety Information, ensuring easy access for use and inspections.
• Support site Process Hazards Analysis (PHA), work toward becoming a certified PHA leader if not already qualified. Support/drive resolution of PHA recommendations.
• Support coordination of Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA), support/drive resolution of LOPA recommendations.
• Work collaboratively with LSB Corporate EHS/PSM team and other LSB sites to develop the overall capability, driving for best practice and consistency.
• Maintain a scheduled cadence of employee and leadership interactions focused on Safety and PSM to increase knowledge, drive awareness and accountability, while developing employees.
• Drive good records management to ensure the robust program, discipline and ‘inspection ready’ status.
• Provide facility personnel with timely technical support, guidance, and resources to maintain compliance with applicable OSHA laws, regulations, company performance standards and site procedures.
• Work with the site reliability team to ensure required inspections are scheduled, coordinated with outages, conducted, records kept, findings understood and addressed per expert recommendations.
• Conduct periodic system self-assessments and support PSM audits to ensure the site is prepared to demonstrate a robust and compliant program to regulatory inspectors.
• Coordinate with the Environmental Lead on site EPA Risk Management Plan (RMP), RMP events and PSM incidents, ensuring appropriate, timely and effective corrective actions.
• Over time, develop expertise in Root Cause Analysis techniques including, Cause Map, Apollo, FMEA, 5-Why and/or Fault Tree analysis.
• Engage in capital and expense project planning and execution to ensure MOC’s and Hazops are conducted for applicable projects.
• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert and oversee the site MOC and PSSR programs, providing direct support and expertise in the process.
• Provide Process Safety Input to enhance the quality of operating procedures
• Able to express ideas effectively in both individual and group situations.
• Able to organize and express ideas clearly and effectively in written document.

Skills

Process safety

OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119

Job description

LSB Industries, Inc. in Cherokee, AL is seeking an entry to mid-level Process Safety Engineer to lead PSM programs and support site safety objectives.

You will partner with the Safety & Process Safety leader, drive risk-based improvements, and coordinate with operations, maintenance, and engineering to ensure regulatory compliance. The role emphasizes developing PSM competencies over time, with training and mentoring opportunities while contributing to a robust, inspection-ready safety culture