Process Safety Technical Specialist

Bechtel Corporation; Port Arthur (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel Corporation seeks a Process Safety Technical Specialist for Port Arthur, TX, to assure health, safety and environmental compliance across PCSU and start-up.

You will lead HSE program implementation, support process safety studies, and coordinate with operations to minimize major hazards and ensure regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in environmental, safety, health or science-related discipline.
• 10–13 years of relevant experience or 14–17 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience in LNG, high-hazard process facilities is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with CSU and Operations to identify health, safety or environmental compliance components and lead implementation.
• Provide specialist process safety support across PCSU activities and risk management practices.
• Support HAZOP/HAZID, health risk assessments and project risk assessments for major hazards.
• Facilitate Contractor Risk Assessment Workshops (CRAW) and communicate hazards to crews.
• Ensure effective Permit-to-Work, energy isolation, and Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) systems.
• Review SIMOPS plans to mitigate hazards during overlapping commissioning and start-up phases.
• Collaborate with field supervision to ensure vendors and subcontractors follow HSE policies.

Skills

Process safety management

HAZOP/HAZID facilitation

Bowtie analysis

Permit-to-Work

Energy isolation

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in environmental, safety, health or science-related discipline

Job description

• Relocation Authorized: National - Family
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project
• Work Location: Port Arthur, TX

Requisition ID: 300548

• Relocation Authorized: National - Family
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project
• Work Location: Port Arthur, TX

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Project Overview

Port Arthur LNG, LLC (PALNG) is developing a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) production and export facility on a site located on the western shoreline of the Port Arthur Canal in Jefferson County, Texas. The project base scope will include two (2) identical LNG trains, two (2) LNG Storage Tanks, one (1) LNG Carrier Berth, and associated utilities/facilities. The Project is to be constructed on a parcel of land located along State Highway 87 south of Port Arthur, Texas, between the inner coastal waterway bridge and Keith Lake. The Infrastructure Global Business Unit (GBU) is executing site civil and marine scopes of work associated with our scopes of work on the Energy GBU LNG projects. As the #1 LNG EPC contractor by installed capacity, Bechtel has the capability to successfully deliver a broad range of LNG projects through our integrated EPC self-perform model, strategic partnerships, and proven experience in LNG project delivery. Partnering with Bechtel means lower cost, shorter delivery schedules, and greater certainty of outcomes for our customers.

Job Summary

The Process Safety Technical Specialist ensures the Project meets all relevant federal, state, and local health, safety, and environmental regulations during the Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning, Start-Up (PCSU) and Initial Operations Phase. This is achieved by implementing and assuring HSE and process safety requirements across PCSU work fronts, facilitating hazard identification and risk assessment activities, conducting targeted compliance audits and field verifications, and managing corrective actions to strengthen safety and regulatory performance throughout the CSU phase.

Major Responsibilities

• Coordinate with the CSU and Operations team to identify activities that have a health, safety, or environmental compliance component, or the potential for a major accident hazard or externally reportable release. Lead implementation and assurance of project HSE and process safety requirements across the PCSU program, ensuring alignment with Bechtel core processes, client specifications, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Provide specialist process safety support across PCSU activities, applying process engineering principles, process safety methodologies, and operational risk management practices.
• Provide technical input to PCSU safety studies, including HAZOP, HAZID, health risk assessments, and project risk assessments, to identify major hazards and confirm control adequacy prior to energisation and start-up. Facilitate risk assessments and hazard identification activities specific to commissioning and start-up phases, including testing, purging, leak testing, system energisation, and other high‑risk PCSU activities.
• Facilitate the Project's Contractor Risk Assessment Workshops (CRAW) and ensure hazards and controls are effectively communicated to work crews prior to execution.
• Verify effective implementation of Permit‑to‑Work, energy isolation, and Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) systems for PCSU scopes to ensure work is executed within approved controls and safe operating boundaries. Review Simultaneous Operations (SIMOPS) plans and interface risks to mitigate hazards arising from overlapping commissioning, construction, and operational activities.
• Interpret and ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations and operational permits (such as OSHA PSM, EPA RMP, TCEQ, PHMSA, FERC, USCG, 49 CFR 193, etc.).
• Collaborate with field supervision to ensure vendors, technical representatives, and subcontractors follow approved HSE policies and procedures.
• Conduct audits and investigations, including following up on action closure to confirm corrective measures are effectively implemented and sustained.

Key Responsibilities

• Audits and Inspections
• Support Owner during federal, state, and local regulatory audits and inspections, providing documentation, subject matter expertise, and technical support as required.
• Risk Management
• Corrective Actions
• Incident Investigation
• Safety Culture and Coaching
• HSE Performance Reporting

Education And Experience Requirements

• Requires a Bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) related to environmental, safety, health or science-related discipline and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience

Nice To Have

• Minimum of 5 years in a supervisory or management role
• Direct ESH leadership experience on the commissioning and start-up of LNG, petrochemical, refinery, power or other high-hazard process facilities is required, or significant operational experience.

Required Knowledge And Skills

• Relevant experience in LNG, high-hazard process industry, or major capital project environments, with a strong preference for direct experience in commissioning and start-up (CSU) scopes.
• Demonstrated capability in process safety management, including facilitation of HAZOP, HAZID, and Bowtie analysis; critical control verification; and process hazard study techniques in line with recognised industry standards (IChemE or equivalent).
• Proficiency in Permit-to-Work, energy isolation, and Job Hazard Analysis systems, with demonstrated ability to verify