Safety Staff

Company Overview for Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A.

Founded in 1978, Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. (Formosa Plastics) is a growing, vertically-integrated supplier of plastic resins and petrochemicals. With annual revenues of more than $5 billion, we employ over 2,800 people who operate 20 production units in six business divisions - Olefins, Polyolefins, Vinyl, Specialty Polyvinyl Chloride, Chlor-Alkali, and Oil & Gas.

Formosa Plastics offers a full line of polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene and polypropylene resins, caustic soda and other petrochemicals that deliver the consistency, performance and quality that customers demand. We market our polypropylene and polyethylene resins under the Formolene® tradename; we market our suspension PVC and specialty (dispersion) PVC resins under the Formolon® tradename. We also produce and sell caustic soda, ethylene dichloride, commercial bleach and hydrochloric acid.

We are committed to supplying the highest quality products and services to our customers, providing a safe and healthy workplace for our employees and contributing to the quality of life in the communities where we operate. This commitment is made possible through our dedicated people, consistent products, continued protection of the environment and ongoing investments in new product development, quality control systems and safe, modern and energy-efficient production facilities.

Formosa Plastics is a privately held company headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey. Our core business, producing plastic resins and petrochemicals, takes place at three wholly-owned chemical manufacturing subsidiaries located in Delaware City, Delaware, Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Point Comfort, Texas.


I. POSITION OBJECTIVE
The Operations Safety Staff plays a critical role in advancing safety excellence and environmental, health, and safety (EHS) performance across the FPC-TX complex. Acting in an advisory capacity, this position supports Operations, Maintenance, Contractors, and Corporate EHS by identifying potential hazards, ensuring consistent adherence to FPG/FPC procedures, promoting a proactive safety-first culture, and assisting with safe work permitting and pre-planning activities. While not responsible for issuing permits or performing energy isolations, the Operations Safety Specialist is instrumental in guiding personnel to carry out tasks safely and efficiently. Through active field presence, practical training, oversight, and development of audit data, this role reinforces safe work practices, supports compliance with safety policies and court orders as applicable, and bridges gaps between departments. By fostering site-wide consistency and building strong safety awareness, the Operations Safety Specialist is essential to maintaining and strengthening the organization’s operational safety culture.
II. MAJOR AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Pre-Planning and Work Oversight
• Lead and oversee the pre-planning process for permitted work, ensuring high-risk permits are developed properly, reviewed, and aligned with specific job hazards and mitigation strategies.
• Engage actively with Operations, Maintenance, and Contractors during pre-planning to ensure that all hazards are identified, addressed, and communicated effectively before execution.
Hazard Identification and Mitigation
• Recommend and implement effective hazard mitigation strategies using the Hierarchy of Controls.
• Ensure proper selection and use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) based on specific task risks.
• Exercise Stop Work Authority and encourage personnel to do the same when unsafe conditions or acts are observed.
Compliance Monitoring
• Conduct routine and non-routine inspections of job activities to verify safe execution per FPG/FPC procedures, permits, and regulatory requirements.
• Perform annual review of permit-required confined space as required by OSHA 1910.146(d)(14).
• Perform Hazardous Energy Control (HEC) inspections for each equipment type in the area of responsibility as required by H&S Procedure 11 Hazardous Energy Control. Identify deviations and provide solutions to prevent future deviations.
• Perform monthly audits of interlock bypass permitting paperwork to assure proper execution of the bypass procedure.
• Lead, review, and approve Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSRs) for newly installed equipment, strongly emphasizing evaluating walking-working surfaces and human factors to ensure operational readiness and full compliance with safety standards.
Procedure and Regulatory Alignment
• Assist Operations and Maintenance teams in ensuring Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are properly followed to assess job hazards and prescribe effective controls (elimination, substitution, engineering, administrative, or PPE).
• Promote and maintain compliance with all app