Manager, Process Safety

The Process Safety Manager (PSM) is responsible for the management of process safety risk at the Louisiana Integrated Polyethylene joint venture, located at Westlake, Louisiana. Additionally, this role functions to ensure compliance with Operational Excellence (OE) across the site. The position will represent the site internally and outside of LYB.

This position reports to the site HSE & Training Manager.

Process Safety Responsibilities:

• Owns the plant procedures associated with process safety including PSI (Process Safety Incidents), MOC (Management of Change), PHA (Process Hazard Analysis), Incident Investigation, etc.
• Ensures all PS (Process Safety) incidents are properly categorized and investigations are conducted in timely and quality fashion. Serves as investigation process owner for process safety and reliability incidents.
• Ensures action items for audits, investigations, and other sources are closed in a timely fashion.
• Ensures PHAs are completed in a timely manner with appropriate quality.
• Ensures compliance with OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) PSM and EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) RMP (Risk Management Program) regulations.
• Ensures and tracks compliance with new Directives, Advisories and Alerts.
• Champions process safety knowledge sharing across the site
• Occasionally serves as a lead external OE auditor in other plants.
• Works with corporate process safety group on process safety issues.
• Ensures monthly report on process safety is issued and metrics are tracked each month.
• Supervises the process safety team members.

Operational Excellence responsibilities:

• Coordinates site compliance with Corporate Excellence Models
• Fosters the continuous improvement in the site's OE Management Systems driven from audit findings, metrics and best practices.
• Ensures annual site OE self-assessment is conducted and coordinates Formal OE audits and other 3rd party audits at plant
• Authors annual OE verification letter for site manager approval
• Serves as OE auditor at other plants
• Ensures annual LRP (Long Range Plan) from PHAs, drive into budget, track progress and expenditures
• Ensures the plant achieves and maintains ACC (American Chemistry Council) Responsible Care certification
• Other responsibilities:
• Serve on Global Process Safety Network and industry trade groups with an interest in process safety (e.g., AFPM, AIChE CCPS, Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, etc.)
• Manages Formal OE Audits, Internal Self-assessment audits, Loss Prevention Audits or other 3rd Party audits as requested.

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• BS in Chemical Engineering or Safety Discipline
• Minimum of 8 years' experience in HSE or process technology in petrochemical or refining process operations with a minimum of 2 years in a supervisory capacity is required.
• Requires demonstrated leadership ability and strong interpersonal skills.
• Needs a strong grasp of refinery or petrochemical operations
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills are also highly desired
• Ability to effectively communicate, both written and verbal