Process Hazards Analysis (PHA) Facilitator

Ascend Performance Materials•Alvin, TX

20h•Onsite

About The Position

The PHA Facilitator will plan, facilitate, and manage the PHA program at Chocolate Bayou’s Plant Site for Ascend Performance Materials. The PHA is a cornerstone of our overall process safety program and includes planning, execution, and reporting with key stakeholders across the organization. Additionally, this role will collaborate with the company process safety team and site leadership to evolve the PHA program such that the value of the PHA can be realized day-to-day and kept evergreen through programs such as Management of Change (MOC) and Incident Investigation.

Requirements

BS degree in engineering or experience in leading team where hazard recognition is a top priority
Prior experience in executing process PHAs in multiple methodologies primarily integrated HazOp/LOPA within Chemical and/or Refinery Manufacturing Facility
Understanding of and practice in identifying and managing risks
A passion for educating people to work more safely
Ability to motivate others to learn to improve
Ability to achieve results through others
Excellent written and oral communication skills, organizational and planning skills, facilitation skills and computer skills
Innovative, analytical, and detailed oriented

Nice To Haves

Deployment of process safety programs.
Leadership role in a highly hazardous chemical operations process.

Responsibilities

Facilitate (Plan, Execute, Report) most or all site PHAs. This includes assisting site teams in developing practical short-term and long-term solutions to address recommendations.
Partner with leaders to ensure appropriate prioritization of process safety action items and hold action item owners accountable to timely and effective completion of these action items. This includes: Developing site program owners for each of the process safety programs. Setting and tracking goals and metrics for PSM effectiveness improvements. Coordinating process safety training related to program deployment.
Facilitate effective leadership engagement to ensure ownership of recommendations. This includes highlighting appropriate information to allow leaders to prioritize recommendations.
Deliver PHA reports that are feasible to use on a day-to-day basis as the foundational hazard analysis for other programs, such as MOC. Thus, allowing for an evergreen PHA.
Lead tactical development of the company PHA program.
Support development of other company process safety policies and programs.
Develop process safety competencies needed to support programs during deployment.
Facilitate multi-site knowledge sharing.
Support process safety audits at the operating sites.