Facility Risk Engineer (Ref ID: 283)

ABOUT NEXTDECADE CORPORATION NextDecade is committed to providing the world access to reliable, lower carbon energy. We are focused on delivering secure, low-cost, and sustainable energy solutions through the safe and efficient development and operation of natural gas liquefaction and carbon capture and storage infrastructure. Through our subsidiaries, we are developing and constructing the Rio Grande LNG natural gas liquefaction and export facility near Brownsville, Texas, with approximately 48 MTPA of potential liquefaction capacity currently under construction or in development. We are also developing a potential carbon capture and storage project at the facility that is expected to make meaningful impacts toward a lower carbon future. NextDecade’s common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol “NEXT.” NextDecade is headquartered in Houston, Texas. For more information, please visit www.next-decade.com.
SUMMARY OF THE ROLE 

Facility Risk Engineers are to support safe operations through the analysis of Operational Risk associated with Barrier Model impairment risk assessments. The role shall support Production Shift Manager(s) and HSSE Teams to determine if short term mitigations are practical in order to continue facility operations in the event of a barrier impairment.
The role will support short- and medium-term risk management, including performing risk assessments, developing mitigation plans, and ensuring that all mitigations are in line with the NextDecade RGLNG operational and cumulative risk procedures, and applicable regulations. The Facility Risk Engineers will interact directly with a large group of stakeholders from various asset disciplines including Maintenance, Engineering, HSSE, Environmental, PSM, Supply Chain, and interface with contractors and vendors. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support Production Manager(s) in determining safety mitigations to maintain Safe Operations.
• Facilitate Risk Assessments for:
Barrier Impairment Risk AssessmentsMaintenance required deferral of Safety Critical Equipment.Inhibits and Overrides
• Monitor the implementation of Operations Related Controls on Barrier Impairment Risk Assessments.
• Champion the Process Safety Management (PSM) Fundamentals for the Production shift team. Work to continuously improve the standard of Quality/HSSE awareness of shift personnel in their operational activities.
• Support and facilitate barrier model communications related to Process Safety
• Assist in identifying personal safety, environmental, process and property hazards daily, utilizing risk assessment tools, ensuring the risk assessment meetings have the minimum competency attendance requirements, and gaining approval from the appropriate level of authority.
• Support Permit to Work process with risk considerations in the issuing of permits related to barrier model conditions.
• Review submitted permit risk assessments for appropriate levels of mitigations for allocated work periods, and reviewing submitted isolation schemes ensuring correct equipment identified.
• Review the workday activities highlighting SIMOPS and High-Risk activities to the Shift team for Shift Prestart meeting.
• Carry out field walks during the first part of the workday, visiting work parties and joining in toolbox talks to ensure compliance with Permit Risk Assessment Mitigations
• Participate, coordinate, and facilitate the operational risk assessments on shift for various process flows such as control of Inhibits and Override, Temporary working instructions, Barrier Impairments, Emergency MOC’s, locked open and locked close valve management.
• Regularly audit open operational risk assessments to ensure mitigating measures are in place.
• Work closely with barrier owners to manage impaired Safety Critical Elements (SCE), and deferral processes.
• Instill a robust process and personal safety awareness culture by actively pursuing the use of the Facility Safety Case, PTW compliance, and continual work activity safety analysis.
• Responsible for leading Operations HSSE, quality and reliability incident investigations on shift, prepare preliminary reports, close out of incident reports and action findings.
• Provide training and guidance on risk assessment methodologies and best practices for production, and maintenance shift teams.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering
• 5 Years’ Experience supporting Process Operations in