Principal Process Safety Engineer

Evonik

Provide technical process safety engineering support for Evonik Divisions to ensure safe chemical production. Responsibilities include process safety calculations, evaluations, and support for various studies and analyses.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeMobile • Alabama • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.
Facilitation of 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)
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

What you’ll need

B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Process Technology or Chemistry minimum
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
Initiative, sense of responsibility, flexibility
Up to 25% Travel

Benefits

Comp & perks

Performance related pay
Opportunity for personal and professional development
Intensive on-the-job training with expert colleagues

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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 workingstructured workinginitiativesense of responsibilityflexibilitycommunication skillsleadershipfacilitation skillscollaboration

Certifications

B.Sc. in Chemical EngineeringB.Sc. in Process TechnologyB.Sc. in Chemistry