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Process Safety Professional

Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Salt Lake City, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 20 Jul 2026

About the role

An exciting career awaits you


At MPC, we’re committed to being a great place to work – one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Leads process safety programs to ensure regulatory compliance with all elements of Process Safety Management (PSM)/Risk Management Plan (RMP), and conformance with external & internal standards. Advises on interpretation and application of internal and external standards, including Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices (RAGAGEP). Maintains and continuously improves local/ organization’s process safety standards/plans.
2. Conducts, facilitates, and/or coordinates process safety hazard risk identification and mitigation activities, including facility siting, PHA (Process Hazard Analysis), LOPA (Layer of Protection Analysis), Management of Change (MOC), and risk calibration. Collaborates with facility personnel to ensure process safety recommendations are closed adequately in a timely manner.
3. Interacts frequently with Operations, Maintenance and Engineering personnel and others to help resolve process safety issues and instill a healthy process safety culture.  Communicates, elevates, and mitigates process safety risks as appropriate. Identifies, develops, and delivers training on process safety to stakeholders.
4. Leads/participates in incident investigations, root cause analyses and reporting. Critically reviews investigation root causes and recommendations and challenges the organization to learn from incidents and prevent recurrence.
5. Conducts and/or validates process safety leak calculations and categorization with industry standards. Tracks and analyzes process safety metrics to identify trends, strengths, and improvement opportunities. Develops reports to effectively communicate metrics and trends.
6. Leads and coordinates conformance and compliance audits and assurance activities for process safety. Supports facilities with regulatory inspection and/or enforcement actions.
7. Participates in specialty industry groups to share and learn good process safety practices, advocates for sound regulations or updates to industry standards.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Petroleum or related) with at least 2 years of relevant years of experience; or Bachelor’s degree in HES related field with at least 5 years of relevant experience in a process industry; or High School diploma or GED with 10 years of relevant experience in a process industry
• Working knowledge and experience implementing process safety elements
• General understanding and application of the process, process hazards, corrosion mechanisms and safeguards for the type of facility/unit(s) assigned
• Understands and applies qualitative and quantitative process safety risk evaluation methods on simple scenarios and processes (e.g. MOC, PHA, LOPA, risk calibration, facility siting)
• Understands PSM and RMP regulatory requirements as well as industry recommended practices related to process safety.

• Must be authorized to work in the US on a full-time indefinite basis without the need for employment sponsorship now or in the future.

• A valid driver's license is required.

• Must be proficient in Microsoft: word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

As an energy industry leader, our career opportunities fuel personal and professional growth.

Location:

Salt Lake City, Utah

Additional locations:

Job Requisition ID:

00022923

Location Address:

474 W 900 N

Education:

Employee Group:

Full time

Employee Subgroup:

Regular

Marathon Petroleum Company LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, reproductive health decision-making, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition or AIDS/HIV status, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, military, veteran status, marital status, citizenship  or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.  If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, click here.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process at Marathon Petroleum LP, please contact our Human Resources Depar

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