Process Safety Engineer

Corteva Agriscience; Midland (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Corteva Agriscience is seeking a Process Safety Facility Champion to drive regulatory compliance and program implementation across facilities in the Midland area. You will coordinate with PS managers and consultants to interpret mandatory safety requirements and document gaps in design and operation against Corteva standards.

The role emphasizes risk reduction, PHA support, training delivery, and performance reporting to strengthen facility safety metrics and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 4 year college degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent.
• 3-5 years related manufacturing experience.
• Process safety work experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead or support regulatory compliance efforts (OSHA PSM/EPA RMP).
• Work with PS Managers to interpret and apply mandatory safety requirements.
• Document gaps in plant design and operations vs. safety standards.
• Implement process safety programs on site and track progress.
• Support PSM audits and incident investigations.

Skills

Process safety

PSM experience

Regulatory compliance

Incident investigations

Metrics reporting

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

EtQ CAPA

CoreAI

Job description

At Corteva Agriscience, you will help us grow what’s next. No matter what your role, you will be part of a team that is building the future of agriculture – solving the world’s food problems through innovation, technology, and putting people first.

Summary:

As the Process Safety Facility Champion you will:

• Lead or support regulatory compliance efforts (such as OSHA PSM/EPA RMP).
• Work with the PS Manager(s) and PS Consultant(s) to provide proper interpretation and guidance of the mandatory process safety requirements and recommended practices.
• Use knowledge of Corteva’s process safety standards and guidelines to define and document gaps in the plant design and operating practices versus Corteva’s process safety mandatory requirements.
• Drive consistency in implementation of Corteva’s process safety standards and guidelines from a local requirements perspective.
• Lead the implementation of the process safety programs on site.
• Act as the communication focal point for the PSM Portfolio Manager(s).
• Ensure the gaps and closure plans are entered into the EtQ CAPA module and periodically update and issue progress reports.
• Committing to presence in assigned facilities (i.e. morning meetings, staff meetings, unplanned event teams, etc.)

Understand Hazards & Risk Mitigation

• Advocating for facility efforts to maintain PSM documentation accurate and updated at all times (i.e., PSI, CoreAI, etc.).
• Support the development of Facility Process Safety norms and policies (i.e., cardinal rules, etc.) and actively promote these in the plant.
• Assume responsibility for MOC (facilities and technology) reviews of process safety sections, escalating for further review for changes outside the expertise of the PSM Facility Champion.
• Support facility PHA development efforts

Manage Risks

• Support proper PSSRs, and RTO procedures.
• Support the development and delivery of facility specific process safety training and leverage enterprise training to the facility.
• Support New Member Integration Process specific to Process Safety Topics
• Work closely with maintenance on Core Asset Integrity, ensuring applicable RAGAGEPs are identified, in collaboration with others.
• Support facility emergency planning and response, in collaboration with others.Support the development of process safety related immediate response drills, including high consequence related drills.

Learn from Experience

• Assume responsibility for PSM metric reporting.
• Lead the development of leading and lagging, facility specific metrics.
• Track and report the enterprise required PSM metrics.
• Support the facility leadership in PSCE reporting and incident investigations for PSM events.
• Ensure self‑assessments are conducted as per Corteva’s requirements.
• Participate in, and help prepare for, PSM audits.
• Follow up on recommendations from audits.
• Support Management System Reviews (Site MSRs)

Qualifications:

• 4 year college degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent
• 3-5 years related manufacturing experience
• Process safety work experience preferred

VISA sponsorship is not available for this position.

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