Process Safety Management (PSM) Specialist (Field Based)

ERM; Malvern (Chester County); On-site; USD 100,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Life & disability insurance

Job summary

ERM is seeking a Process Safety Management (PSM) Specialist in West Deptford, NJ. This role is a full-time, fixed-term position for 6 months with renewal potential, supporting hazardous analyses and PSM program development for large global clients.

You will lead PHA activities, guide MOC processes, and collaborate with EHS, engineering, and operations to ensure safe, compliant project delivery. Prior pharma/chemical/manufacturing experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in process safety.
• Experience with development of written PSM programs and PHA/HAZID/HAZOP.
• Experience in pharmaceutical, chemical, or manufacturing industries.
• Experience facilitating multidisciplinary workshops (HAZOP/LOPA).
• Proficiency with risk analysis tools (PHA-Pro, BowTieXP) is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Support Process Hazard Analyses (PHA) including HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA, and What-If reviews, aligning with regulatory requirements.
• Provide technical guidance on PSM implementation, gap assessments, and continuous improvements.
• Develop and maintain process safety programs, procedures, and risk registers with actionable mitigation plans.
• Advise on MOC processes and support operational readiness and MI reviews.
• Collaborate with EHS, engineering, and operations to apply process safety principles across projects.

Skills

Process safety

Risk analysis

Stakeholder management

Workshop facilitation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/safety

Tools

PHA-Pro

BowTieXP

Job description

ERM is hiring a Process Safety Management (PSM) Specialist in West Deptford, NJ. This is an excellent career opportunity to work with an expert consulting team on challenging safety and risk projects for large global clients. Access to ERM's international risk management experts provide knowledge, sharing of best practices across the industry and on-going learning opportunities for our team. This is a full-time, fixed-term position with a duration of 6 months with possibility of renewal.

Responsibilities

• Support Process Hazard Analyses (PHA), including HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA, and What-If reviews, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and client standards.
• Provide technical guidance on process safety management systems (PSM) implementation, gap assessments, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop and maintain process safety programs, procedures, and risk registers, ensuring findings are translated into actionable risk mitigation plans.
• Advise on Management of Change (MOC) processes and support operational readiness and mechanical integrity reviews.
• Collaborate with EHS, engineering, and operations teams to ensure consistent application of process safety principles across projects and facilities.
• Prepare and deliver process safety training, workshops, and awareness sessions for client and internal teams.
• Support incident investigations and root cause analyses to identify systemic issues and recommend preventive measures.
• Contribute to process safety culture development by promoting awareness and best practices across sites and project teams.
• Track and report on project progress, key performance indicators, and budget adherence, escalating risks as needed.
• Act as a liaison between client leadership, ERM technical teams, and third-party vendors to ensure successful delivery of process safety initiatives.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in process safety.
• Bachelors in engineering, safety or related field preferred.
• Experience with development of written PSM programs, Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), including Hazard Identification (HAZID) and Hazard Operability (HazOp), Mechanical Integrity (MI) evaluations, change management and operational readiness reviews, etc.
• Experience working in pharmaceutical, chemical, or manufacturing industries.
• Experience facilitating or leading multidisciplinary workshops (HAZOP, LOPA).
• Proficiency in risk analysis tools (PHA-Pro, BowTieXP, etc.) considered an asset.
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong client relationship skills.
• Excellent verbal, writing, meeting facilitation and computer skills

Pay Transparency

For the Process Safety Management (PSM) Specialist position, we anticipate the annual base pay of $100,474.00 – $127,553.00, $48.30/hr. – $61.32/hr. USD, limited-term, non-exempt. An employee’s pay position within this range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs. We also may have instances where employee’s fall outside of the range based on the factors noted above. This job may be eligible for bonus pay (casual and fixed term/Flexforce employees are NOT bonus eligible).

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life & disability insurance to benefits eligible employees.

• Benefits Eligibility is limited to Regular employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week. Fixed-Term employees (including Flexforce) who are regularly scheduled to work 20 hours a week or more are eligible for a limited benefits package. Casual employees are NOT benefits eligible. See your recruiter for more details.

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Who We Are

As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world’s leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.

At ERM we know that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world‑class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk and social issues. We call this capability our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level.

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