Process Safety Engineer

PROCESS SAFETY ENGINEER

MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT

Location: Hammarsdale, KZN, South Africa

Language(s) Requirements: English

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Employment Type: Full-Time

A Process Safety Engineer position has become available at an international chemical manufacturing company based in Hammarsdale.

The purpose of the job is to manage all process engineering, process safety management and assigned capex projects for the manufacturing facility to ensure statutory, legal and corporate compliance and ensure products are manufactured to meet corporate and customer requirements.

Qualifications:

BSc Chemical Engineering

Experience:

5 to 10 years process safety experience in a high-paced chemical manufacturing environment, preferably in a batch processing reaction chemistry environment.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

1. Maintaining and improving process engineering performance.
2. Effective management of capex projects.
3. Maintaining and improving process safety.
4. Developing and driving the implementation of process safety strategies and action plans addressing process safety risk and process safety management system maturity.
5. Overall implementation, monitoring, reporting, sustaining and building upon the site’s existing process safety management system (practices, metrics).
6. Implementing continuous improvement and project management initiatives.
7. Maintaining and improving SHERQ manufacturing performance (HAZOPs, other PHAs, MOCs).
8. Supporting group level process safety initiatives.

Knowledge, skills and abilities required:

1. Must be conversant with the entire manufacturing plant structure.
2. Strong understanding of system safety and hazard identification and risk analysis process (HIRA).
3. Risk assessment skills, general problem-solving using data analytics and root cause failure analysis techniques.
4. Advanced knowledge of manufacturing processes, process safety, policies, procedures, OHS Act and other relevant legislation.
5. Knowledge of DCS configuration.
6. Advanced knowledge of related chemistries and chemical manufacturing technologies.
7. Advanced knowledge of engineering and engineering design principles.
8. Advanced project management skills and portfolio management principles and have the ability to lead projects.
9. Strong leadership and management skills and abilities.

The successful candidate will be innovative and resourceful, able to handle pressure, an assertive problem solver with decision-making abilities and a team member who is self-motivated. They must have good business acumen and be able to communicate at all levels, be organized and self-disciplined. The career is challenging with great prospects for growth.

Equity Statement:

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace when recruiting internally and externally. It is company policy to promote from within wherever possible. Therefore, please be aware that internal candidates will be considered first before reviewing external applicants, provided that this supports achievement of our Employment Equity goals.

Only candidates who meet the minimum requirements will be shortlisted. If you have not been contacted within 3 months of the closing date of the advertisement, please consider yourself unsuccessful.

CLOSING DATE: 19 September 2024

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