Process Safety Engineer - Kelly Science, Engineering, Technology & Telecom : Job Details

Process Safety Engineer

Austin, TX

6 month contract with possible extension

$60/HR+ (Depending on experience)

Responsibilities:

• Leads factory engineering technical deep dives & options analysis & risk assessments for green field and brown field engineering projects.
• Gathers and develops a deep understanding of stakeholder requirements needed to identify potential hazards and operability issues in early factory development.
• Defines & effectively communicates factory design safety & hazard prioritization for internal and external factory engineering teams.
• Drives scoping & implementation of engineering safety/ hazard mitigation design strategies
• Owns execution of high-quality risk assessments & risk management deliverables
• Facilitate risk assessments and work with external consultants/ partners as needed to conduct risks assessments such as HAZOP, What-IF, PHA, DHA, and other risk assessment methods
• Lead efforts for modeling scenarios and working with external consultants/ partners as needed to conduct modeling such as CFD, FDS, PHAST, Canary, iPRISM, ALOHA, and other risk modeling tools.
• Leads follow-through reviews/ coordination to ensure identified risks & mitigation efforts have been included in engineering design.
• Supports technical studies such as feasibility and value engineering exercises related to safety & risk management.
• Assist in Hazardous Chemical management program as required.

Requirements:

• B.S. in Engineering or equivalent
• Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams and engineering firms to identify and implement PSM engineering requirements.
• Full understanding of core engineering disciplines and ability to demonstrate skills to manage and facilitate engineering resources.
• Experience designing manufacturing facilities, Chemical Process, Battery, Oil & Gas, or Semiconductor.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills with the ability to understand complex problems and distill the message into a clear plan.
• PHA/HAZOP/DHA/What-If facilitation or technical evaluation experience.
• Dispersion analysis, flammability analysis, consequence modeling, combustible dust hazards, reactive hazard analyses & evaluation.

All applicants applying for this job opening must be legally authorized to work in the United States and are required to have US residency at the time of application. Sponsorship is not available for this opportunity. OPT or H1B Visa is not being accepted at this time.