Regional Process Safety Specialist

    Are you looking for a new challenge? For our location Calvert City we are looking for a(n) Regional Process Safety Specialist.  

This is Us:

You know us. You just didn’t know it. WACKER is a global chemical manufacturer that prides itself on “Creating Tomorrow’s Solutions”. WACKER materials are so versatile and adaptable, they have virtually unlimited applications just about anywhere imaginable, making WACKER an integral part of daily life. Whether it’s protecting buildings from the elements, a tube of toothpaste, a cell phone, airbags, or cosmetics, people from all over the world come into contact each day with our products and achievements. We are looking for capable, innovative, and enthusiastic achievers to join our team and grow with us. We are currently seeking a Regional Process Safety Specialist our site in Calvert City, KY.

 

What you will do:

The Regional Process Safety Specialist is responsible for application and implementation for ongoing compliance with WACKER Process Safety Standards, the regulatory Process Safety Management (PSM) standard, and Risk Management Plan (RMP) programs. This position will interface with relevant third parties such as consultants and auditors retained by the Company, as well as with facility and corporate leadership. This role will also require very strong subject matter expertise, regarding process safety and risk management planning - both as industrial disciplines and regulatory mandates for these areas. The Regional Process Safety Specialist also requires a detailed understanding of facility operating, engineering, maintenance, and planning processes, plus the ability to identify and communicate PSM and RMP ramifications of existing, new, and modified processes. Moreover, this position will require an aptitude for “walking the plant” and partnering with company personnel, contractors, and visitors, to increase education on facility processes and PSM and RMP issues and solutions related to those processes. The position requires regular interface with virtually all departments of the facility, as well as interface with initiatives within WACKER Global and Regional Safety departments. This role will report directly to the Director of Process Safety Management and Mechanical Integrity with primary responsibility of the process safety program at the Calvert City, KY.

 

• PSM Program Development and Management:
  • Lead the Process Safety Management (PSM) program improvements and implementation of processes, through sharing and facilitating best practices among different plants and by creating the best means and/or channels for communications to serve this purpose. Responsible or co-responsible for application of all 14 elements of OSHA PSM standard.
  • Support/Develop business specific standards and best practice efforts.
  • Support process safety implementation.  Identify needs required to comply with PSM requirements and establish a Risk Based Process Safety approach.
  • Provide support for management of significant, though unregulated, process safety risks and process safety activities regulated under alternative regulatory regimes.
  • Assist site in their procedure development and provide direct support to their implementation efforts of new and existing standards
  • Report upon PSM/RMP activities and initiatives. Provide evaluations and progress reports of ongoing programs to management as required.
  • Support site and capital projects to ensure process safety requirements are identified in the project design and implementation.

 

• PSM Training Development and Communication:
  • Train and strengthen site process safety resources in their process safety related duties including WACKER process safety and specific Procedures, Directives, and Policies