Senior Process Safety Engineer

Jobtailor; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a Process Safety Engineer to provide technical leadership for PSM and RMP compliance across Corden facilities. You will define site programs, collaborate with manufacturing and development, and drive training to strengthen the safety culture.

The role emphasizes interpreting regulations, writing clear reports, and applying advanced mathematical concepts to risk analysis and process safety improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering required.
• Five years of chemical plant process engineering experience with 3 years in process safety.
• Hands-on manufacturing experience with process safety responsibilities preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret technical and regulatory materials.
• Strong report writing and communication skills for diverse audiences.
• Proficiency in applying advanced math and statistics concepts.

Responsibilities

• Provide process safety engineering expertise and leadership to protect health, safety, and the environment.
• Manage and coordinate all aspects of PSM and RMP compliance.
• Define and prioritize site programs to meet regulatory and audit needs.
• Collaborate with site resources to integrate safety efforts into manufacturing and development.
• Provide guidance for PSM elements owned by other departments.
• Develop and deliver PSM-required employee training.
• Share safety knowledge and lessons learned from industry experience.
• Develop process safety expertise within the workforce to strengthen the program.
• Implement, maintain, and improve process safety policies, procedures, and systems.
• Ensure PSM program aligns with business needs of the site.
• Establish relationships with internal and external safety resources for knowledge exchange.

Skills

Process safety leadership

Regulatory compliance

Training program development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Job description

Responsibilities

• Provide process safety engineering technical expertise and leadership to ensure Corden facilities are operated in a manner that protects the health and safety of employees and the public; protects the environment; and provides regulatory compliance.
• Manage and coordinate all aspects of Process Safety Management (PSM) and Risk Management Plan (RMP) compliance standards.
• Define and prioritize site programs to meet the needs of regulatory compliance, risk analysis recommendations, and audit findings.
• Work with site resources to integrate these efforts into the manufacturing and development organizations.
• Provide functional oversight and guidance for PSM elements under the ownership of other departments.
• Develop and deliver PSM-required employee training.
• Establish means and methods for sharing relevant safety knowledge and lessons learned from industry experience.
• Develop the necessary process safety expertise, judgment, and initiative within the Corden workforce to continually strengthen the Process Safety Program.
• Implement, maintain, and continuously improve process safety policies, procedures, and systems.
• Ensure that the established PSM Program also meets the business needs of Corden.
• Establish relationships with other process safety resources within and outside of Corden to gain additional knowledge of industry practices, and to provide guidance and knowledge in return.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering from a 4-year college or university is required.
• Five years’ experience in Chemical Plant Process Engineering/Support Functions, including 3 years of direct experience with Process Safety responsibilities.
• The ideal candidate will have hands‑on experience in a Manufacturing environment including process safety responsibilities.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.