Lead Chemical Process Safety Engineer

Georgia-Pacific LLC; Toledo (OR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Chemical Process Safety Engineer to support operations at the Toledo, OR containerboard mill. You will develop, implement, and continuously improve process safety programs and risk assessment strategies to reduce risk and ensure compliance.

The role emphasizes influencing without authority, building ownership across operations, maintenance, engineering, and leadership, with opportunities to expand scope as capabilities grow.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Science, Safety, or a related technical field.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in process safety, process engineering, manufacturing operations, engineering, mechanical integrity, or reliability within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Experience working with process safety covered assets or within a PSM-regulated manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Working knowledge of applicable process safety regulations, including OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119 and 40 CFR 68.

Responsibilities

• Lead, facilitate, and participate in risk assessments, including Process Hazard Analyses, project design reviews, design/operation/maintenance reviews, prevention through design reviews, and other hazard identification and evaluation activities.
• Provide engineering review capability and technical support for Process Hazard Analyses, Management of Change, and Pre-Startup Safety Reviews.
• Review and validate process equipment design specifications, safeguard specifications, and operating procedures to support safe and reliable operation of process safety covered systems.
• Develop and apply expertise with chemical reactivity hazard management tools and provide technical guidance related to chemical process safety and chemical compatibility.
• Analyze process safety incidents and near misses to support implementation of sustainable corrective actions, and provide technical direction to improve process safety performance.
• Build process safety ownership across operations, maintenance, engineering, and safety teams through influence, coaching, knowledge sharing, and group facilitation consistent with risk‑based process safety and PBM culture.
• Contribute to and, as capability is demonstrated, help lead the development of short‑ and long‑term process safety objectives, targets, strategies, and measures that prioritize risk reduction and mitigation.
• Review and provide metrics used to monitor process safety compliance and identify opportunities for system improvement.
• Participate in the site on‑call rotation as needed, which may include periodic holiday coverage.

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Science, Safety

Job description

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Chemical Process Safety Engineer to support operations at the Toledo, OR containerboard mill. You will develop, implement, and continuously improve process safety programs and risk assessment strategies to reduce risk and ensure compliance.

The role emphasizes influencing without authority, building ownership across operations, maintenance, engineering, and leadership, with opportunities to expand scope as capabilities grow.