PSM Specialist

• To support safe, reliable and efficient refinery operations by implementing and monitoring Process Safety Management (PSM) processes, identifying operational risks and ensuring compliance with process safety standards.
• Please note that this is a 6-month Fixed Term Contract position.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate Management of Change (MOC) processes and monitor the closure of process safety action items.
• Participate in Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), HAZOP, What-if and LOPA studies.
• Monitor safety-critical equipment, Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), process safety deviations and performance metrics.
• Conduct process safety risk assessments, incident investigations and root cause analyses.
• Coordinate process safety audits, safeguard verifications and Safe Work Practice audits.
• Track corrective actions, analyse operational deviations and communicate incident learnings.
• Support process safety risk management for major capital projects.
• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Reliability and Maintenance, and Technical Services teams.
• Maintain process safety systems, records and reports.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience

• BSc, BTech or National Diploma in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum five years' refining experience in SHEQ, Operations, Engineering or Reliability and Maintenance.
• Three years' experience as a Process Safety Engineer preferred.

Technical Skills and Knowledge

• Hazard identification and process risk management.
• HAZOP, What-if, LOPA, SIL determination and SIS.
• Root cause analysis, including TapRooT, Five Whys and Why Tree.
• Safety-critical equipment management and Management of Change.
• Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) modelling using PHAST, SAFETI or Canary.
• Knowledge of API 752, 753 and 754.
• Familiarity with PhaPro, KMS, Isometrix and BowTieXP.