Senior Process Safety Engineer

QCS Staffing; Kentucky; On-site; USD 96,432 - 192,864; Full time

Job summary

QCS Staffing seeks a Senior Process Safety Engineer to support a major life sciences project in Ohio. You’ll manage PSM program content, perform gap assessments, and help deliver the multi-billion-dollar build.

The role requires a technical degree in chemical or safety engineering and hands-on experience with PSM elements, process safety information, management of change, and HSE standards. This 12-month contract offers the chance to influence a world-class facility from early planning through

Qualifications

• Technical degree in chemical engineering or related safety discipline.
• Experience developing or updating PSM program content and governance documents.
• Knowledge of core PSM elements: information, change management, integrity, emergency planning, and hazard analysis.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and report PSM actions and PHA-derived backlog.
• Support triage of PHA/PHR recommendations and validate action closure.
• Prioritize overdue actions across Complex areas.
• Draft PSM Manual sections and related program documents for approval.
• Conduct program- and element-level gap assessments against standards.

Skills

Process safety knowledge

Action prioritization

Technical communication

Education

Technical degree in chemical engineering or safety engineering

Tools

PSM standards (HSE-STD-500)

PHA/PHR methodology

Job description

Senior Process Safety Engineer – US, Ohio – Initial 12-Month Contract – Life Sciences

Be part of a next-generation pharmaceutical project that’s transforming how medicines are made.

We’re supporting a major new-build facility in Ohio, a multi-billion-dollar investment designed to push the boundaries of science and engineering. We’re looking for a Senior Process Safety Engineer to support this project and help deliver this world-class program.

What You’ll Deliver

• Maintain and report 94 GIPSM applicability actions, 112 PSM program actions and the relevant PHA-derived action backlog.
• Support technical triage of PHA/PHR recommendations and verify closed-item quality and incorporation into the PHA record.
• Prioritise overdue actions in Small Molecule, Warehouse and CUB.
• Draft PSM Manual sections and wider GIPSM program documents for PSM Lead approval.
• Complete program-level and element-level gap assessments against HSE-STD-500/applicable standards.

What you’ll need

• Technical degree in chemical engineering, process engineering, safety engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience developing or materially updating PSM program content such as manuals, procedures, element standards, governance documents or audit-ready evidence packages.
• Working knowledge of core PSM elements, including process safety information, management of change, mechanical integrity, emergency planning and process hazard analysis.
• Ability to perform program-level and element-level gap assessments against a defined process-safety standard and convert findings into prioritized actions.