Process Safety & Startup Readiness Lead (PSSR)

mcfa; Lebanon (IN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sick leave

Vacation

Holidays

Profit-share bonus

Health insurance

Dental & vision

401(k) plan

Job summary

MCFA is seeking a Process Safety Coordinator/PSSR Coordinator to support a major capital project in a highly regulated manufacturing environment. You will lead and manage the Pre-Startup Safety Review process for new or modified equipment, ensuring safety, engineering, and regulatory requirements are met before startup.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, and EHS teams, coordinate readiness activities, verify field installations against designs, track action items,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 1–3 years of experience in a regulated manufacturing environment (life sciences, pharma, biotech).
• Working knowledge of Process Safety Management (PSM) and Management of Change (MOC).
• Experience facilitating cross-functional reviews and coordinating multiple stakeholders.
• Familiarity with risk assessment methods such as HAZOP and What-If analyses.
• Strong leadership, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced project environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead, schedule, and facilitate multidisciplinary PSSR reviews with Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, Commissioning, and EHS stakeholders.
• Coordinate pre-startup readiness activities to ensure systems are safe for startup.
• Verify field installations align with approved designs and PSM requirements.
• Ensure regulatory, safety, and company standards are met prior to startup.
• Review and validate key documents: SOPs, emergency plans, training records, readiness checklists.
• Track, prioritize, and close action items identified during PSSR reviews.
• Ensure startup findings and safety deficiencies are resolved before startup authorization.
• Support commissioning teams by reviewing readiness checklists and providing safety approvals.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, EHS, and Project Management throughout execution.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement of PSSR processes, tools, templates, and workflows.

Skills

PSM knowledge

MOC knowledge

Startup readiness

Cross-functional leadership

Hazop analysis

What-If analysis

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Job description

MCFA is seeking a Process Safety Coordinator/PSSR Coordinator to support a major capital project in a highly regulated manufacturing environment. You will lead and manage the Pre-Startup Safety Review process for new or modified equipment, ensuring safety, engineering, and regulatory requirements are met before startup.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, and EHS teams, coordinate readiness activities, verify field installations against designs, track action items,