Principal Process Safety Engineer
Evonik
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Allentown • Alabama • Pennsylvania • United States
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About the role
- Provide technical process safety engineering support services to Evonik Divisions and Business Lines to support their responsibility for designing, constructing, and operating safe chemical production processes throughout the process lifecycle.
- Perform various process safety calculations related to the design of new emergency relief systems, the evaluation of existing emergency relief system designs, dispersion analysis, flammability analysis, consequence modeling, combustible dust hazards, reactive hazard analyses & evaluation, etc.
- Facilitate process safety discussions as PHA leader (HAZOP/PAAG, structured What-If)
- Preparation for and support of Hazard Identification (HazId) studies, Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment (HIRA) studies, Process Hazard Analyses (PHA), Facility Siting Analyses (FSA), etc.
- Determination and evaluation of process hazards from process deviations.
- Development and evaluation of process safety concepts for production plants at our production sites (national and international).
- Safety technical consultancy on prevention and protection concepts and technical solutions for production plants and within investment projects (national and international).
- Close cooperation with production, process technology and engineering.
Requirements
- B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Process Technology or Chemistry minimum, M.Sc. or PhD preferred
- 5 years minimum required , 10 years preferred of Professional experience in chemical industry in process safety, facilitations and/or safety calculations ,production, engineering or notified body
- Knowledge and experience in safety engineering
- Knowledge of relevant local regulations and industry standards
- Strong analytical skills, systematic and structured way of working
- Very good English written and spoken language skills.
- Strong team and communication skills
- Initiative, sense of responsibility, flexibility
- Up to 25% Travel.
Benefits
- You will work on exciting and challenging topics together with a team in an ultra-modern, innovative and creative environment.
- Intensive on-the-job training with expert colleagues guarantees you will quickly become familiar with your duties and perform them independently.
- Performance related pay and the opportunity for personal and professional development are of course part of the package.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
process safety engineeringemergency relief systemsdispersion analysisflammability analysisconsequence modelingcombustible dust hazardsreactive hazard analysesHazard Identification (HazId)Risk Assessment (HIRA)Process Hazard Analyses (PHA)
Soft Skills
analytical skillssystematic workingteam skillscommunication skillsinitiativesense of responsibilityflexibility
Certifications
B.Sc. in Chemical EngineeringM.Sc. in Chemical EngineeringPhD in Chemical Engineering