Process Safety Expert

Merck•Jaffrey, NH

About The Position

Work Your Magic with us! Start your next chapter and join MilliporeSigma. Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us. This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US. Your Role The Life Science (LS) Process Safety Center of Excellence is a subset of the LS Global EHS team dedicated to business level implementation of process safety corporate governance programs. As part of this extended team, you will support one or more assigned sites with day-to-day Process Safety program implementation with reporting direction to the ISCO operation function. The Regional Process Safety Expert will support GPO East with day-to-day Process safety program implementation and will report to the Jaffrey Site Leader. They will participate on the Life Science Process Safety Center of Excellence—a subset of the LS Global EHS team responsible for the business level implementation of process safety corporate governance programs. As the Process Safety Resource, you will be responsible for implementing process safety programs at MilliporeSigma sites in GPO East Region on regulation and corporate governance direction. This will involve travel between these sites as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Health and Safety or other STEM discipline
2+ years’ experience implementing process safety programs
Use standard plant PPE including but not limited to head, eye, hand, body, and foot protection for an 8-hour shift
Safely work in an electrically classified area due to presence of flammable vapors or combustible dust

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated experience preparing and providing training on process safety topics
Experience with quantitative consequence modeling; leading LOPA and SIL calculation, regulatory auditing of process safety programs, chemical reactivity assessments and knowledge of chemical processes and equipment, writing site standards around process safety management, applying process safety requirements at a project level
Develop working relationships with multiple site structures and prioritize tasks
Experience facilitating process hazard analyses
Familiar with various chemical processes, including distillation, organic and inorganic chemistry, combustible dusts, use of volatile solvents, and cryogenic gases
Experience with PHA software (e.g., PHAWorks, risk visualization tools) and consequence modeling software (e.g., PHAST, ALOHA).
Familiarity with OSHA PSM standard.
Certified Process Safety Professional (CCPSC).

Responsibilities

Develop compliance programs and site OPs for implementing process safety requirement
Maintain the list of process safety related actions
Prepare process safety deliverables for CapEx projects as outlined in corporate program. This includes completion of Process Hazard Reviews using HAZOP methodology and facilitating Pre-start up safety review
Facilitate PHAs
Conduct or request consequence modeling
Liaise with the LS Process Safety Center of Excellence (CoE), participate in CoE meetings, contribute to the development of LS Business Process Safety programs including standards and tools, attend and lead trainings, and lead site-level process safety initiatives driven by the CoE.
Provide technical expertise in one or more key areas, including risk assessment, chemical reactivity, fire protection systems, and mechanical integrity.