Process Safety Engineer

Georgia Pacific; Clatskanie (OR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

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Retirement

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Process Safety Engineer for the Wauna Paper Mill in Clatskanie, Oregon. You will drive value-based process safety strategies, provide technical expertise, and influence leadership in process safety, product stewardship, and compliance.

The role blends fieldwork and office duties with on-call weeks once a month. Reporting to the Chemical Process Safety Manager, you will mentor technical and hourly employees and contribute to continuous operational improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing, industrial, or military environments.
• Background in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, or safety-focused technical roles (e.g., process safety, process engineering, mechanical integrity, or reliability within PSM-regulated operations).
• Experience with Process Safety regulations, specifically 29 CFR 1910.119 and 40 CFR 68.
• Root-cause analysis experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop risk assessment strategies and lead PHAs, Design Reviews, and MOC to strengthen process safety.
• Lead RCFA for process safety incidents and near misses, directing corrective actions.
• Assist Safety & Health leadership in establishing process safety objectives, targets, and metrics.
• Analyze incidents to ensure sustainable corrective actions and continuous improvement.
• Review metrics to monitor safety compliance and evaluate training effectiveness; propose improvements.
• Coordinate engineering reviews for PHA, MOC, and PSSR activities.
• Oversee process safety information (P&IDs, PFDs, chemical compatibility) and mentor staff to embed safety as a core mission.

Skills

Experience in manufacturing

Process safety regulations

Root-cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is excited to offer an opportunity for a talented Process Safety Engineer at our Wauna Paper Mill in Clatskanie, Oregon. Reporting to the Chemical Process Safety Manager, you will be an integral part of the process safety team, driving value-based strategies, providing technical expertise, and influencing leadership in process safety, product stewardship, and compliance. This role involves a mix of fieldwork at the mill and office-based responsibilities, along with on-call duties one week per month.

Our Team

For over 50 years, the Wauna Paper Mill has been a major part of the economic lifeblood of the region. With more than 900 employees, Wauna strives to lead the tissue, towel and napkin business. Our team recently invested more than $150 million to grow our brands and continue to serve our loyal consumers with the great quality they have come to expect.

Learn more by visiting our consumer products homepage.

What You Will Do

• Develop your technical and leadership capabilities by managing risk assessment strategies, participating in Risk Assessments (PHAs, Project Design Reviews, Design Operation and Maintenance, Prevention through Design), and maintaining process safety guidelines and risk assessment tools, including expertise with the Chemical Reactivity Hazard Management electronic tool.


• Lead root cause failure analysis (RCFA) for process safety incidents and near misses to ensure sustainable corrective actions are implemented, providing detailed technical direction to enhance process safety performance.


• Assist Safety & Health leadership in developing and implementing short- and long-term process safety objectives, targets, strategies, and measures that prioritize and mitigate risks.


• Analyze process safety incidents and near misses to ensure sustainable corrective actions are implemented, providing detailed technical direction to enhance process safety performance.


• Review and provide metrics to monitor process safety compliance and evaluate training systems for effectiveness, recommending improvements as needed.


• Coordinate engineering review capabilities for process hazard analyses (PHA), management of change (MOC), and pre-startup safety reviews (PSSR).


• Oversee the mill's process safety information, including P&IDs, PFDs, chemical compatibility matrices, and serve as a mentor to technical and hourly employees to embed process safety as a core mission for continuous operational improvement.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in manufacturing, industrial, or military environments.


• Background in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, or safety-focused technical roles (ex: process safety, process engineering, mechanical integrity, or reliability within PSM-regulated operations).


• Experience with Process Safety regulations, specifically 29 CFR 1910.119 and 40 CFR 68.


• Root-cause analysis experience.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelors degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering.


• Pulp and Paper Experience.


• Experience with Process Hazard Analysis (PHA).

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company and leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 300,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day - to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

• medical


• dental


• vision


• flexible spending and health savings accounts


• life insurance


• ADD


• disability


• retirement


• paid vacation/time off


• educational assistance


• infertility assistance


• paid parental leave


• adoption assistance

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).