Process Hazard Analysis Facilitator

Quanta Consultancy Services Ltd; Kentucky; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Quanta Consultancy Services Ltd is seeking a Process Hazard Analysis Facilitator for a 12-month engagement in Ohio. You will define and maintain PHA structures, lead HAZOP/What-If and LOPA discussions, and coordinate input from operators, engineers, and SMEs to ensure rigorous risk analysis and documentation.

The role requires extensive process safety experience, an engineering degree or equivalent transferrable experience, and preferred CCPS certification.

Qualifications

• Extensive process safety / process hazard analysis experience.
• Engineering degree or transferrable prior experience.
• CCPS Certified Process Safety Professional preferred.
• Experience facilitating PHAs/PHRs in GMP pharma environment preferred.
• Dust Hazard Assessment experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the PHA review structure and scope.
• Lead HAZOP, What-If, checklists and LOPA discussions.
• Engage operators, engineers, process safety, automation and SMEs.
• Question and challenge analysis for credible causes and safeguards.
• Maintain consistent risk ranking and documentation quality.

Education

Engineering Degree

Transferrable experience

Tools

CCPS Certified

Job description

Process Hazard Analysis Facilitator - Ohio - 12 months

Be part of a next-generation pharmaceutical project that’s transforming how medicines are made. We’re supporting a major new-build facility in Ohio, a multi-billion-dollar investment designed to push the boundaries of science and engineering. We’re looking for a Process Hazard Analysis Facilitator to support this project and help deliver this world-class program.

What you’ll deliver:

• Define and maintain the review structure: Keeps the team aligned on the PHA scope, nodes/sections, methodology, assumptions, and ground rules.
• Guide the team through the methodology: Leads HAZOP, What-If, checklist, LOPA-related discussions, or the applicable PHR approach without letting the meeting drift.
• Draw out the right expertise: Ensures operators, engineers, process safety, automation, maintenance, and other SMEs contribute where their knowledge is needed.
• Challenge the analysis appropriately: Asks probing questions about credible causes, consequences, safeguards, failure modes, human factors, facility siting, emergency response, and prior incidents.
• Maintain consistency and quality: Helps ensure risk ranking, safeguard credit, recommendation wording, and documentation are applied consistently across the review.

What you’ll need:

• Extensive process safety / process hazard analysis experience or transferrable prior experience.
• Engineering Degree or transferrable prior experience.
• CCPS Certified Process Safety Professional— preferred, not required.
• Prior experience facilitating PHAs/PHRs at Eli Lilly or a comparable pharmaceutical GMP manufacturing environment — preferred, not required.
• Experience with Dust Hazard Assessment a plus