Senior Process Safety Engineer

SENIOR PROCESS SAFETY ENGINEER

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X Bastrop Environmental Health & Safety team is seeking a highly driven engineer to establish process safety parameters across a variety of cutting-edge technologies and manufacturing processes. A successful engineer in this role will thrive in a high-paced collaborative environment, establishing themselves as a process safety SME with key stakeholders.

• Conduct Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs) of advanced chemical systems and recommend controls to manage risks as low as reasonably practicable.
• Evaluate equipment over pressure/over temperature scenarios and reaction hazards.
• Perform/oversee Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), as well as risk assessments and hazard analyses on complex process equipment.
• Implement and field validate safety critical instruments and interlocks during Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSRs).
• Implement a Process Safety Management (PSM) program and ensure compliance with all pillars of PSM.

• Bachelor's degree in process safety or chemical engineering.
• 5+ years' experience with design and commissioning chemical systems.

• Master's degree in chemical engineering.
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, equipment datasheets, instrumentation diagrams, etc.
• Experience with reviewing safety control circuits and calculating safety performance levels.
• Experience with design and commissioning of process systems for hydrofluoric acid, strong acids and bases, pyrophoric and flammable gases.
• Advanced understanding of industry codes, standards, and practices such as ASME, NFPA, ANSI, IBC/IFC, RAGAGEP, etc.
• Knowledge of quality tools such as lean manufacturing principles, statistical process control, root cause analysis and corrective action, process failure mode and effects analysis (PFMEA), control plans, and various problem-solving approaches.
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills.
• Enthusiasm for the missions of enabling global internet connectivity and multi-planetary life.

• This is not a remote or hybrid position and will require relocation if not already local to the Bastrop, TX area.
• Position occasionally requires the ability to work extended hours and weekends when needed.

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