Senior/Staff Engineer, Process Safety Management

Cheniere Energy•Cameron, LA

15d•Onsite

About The Position

At Cheniere, we provide the world with safe, reliable energy. But more than that, we provide opportunities for our talented employees to impact their communities every day. Our diversity is key to our continued success and forges a path where our culture supports greater equity and inclusion for our employees, customers and beyond. POSITION OVERVIEW The Senior/Staff Engineer, Process Safety Management reports to the Engineering Superintendent, Process Safety Management, and will help to provide governance and assurance for an effective implementation of the Process Safety Management program elements. The Senior/Staff Engineer, Process Safety Management will support implementation and ongoing assurance of this Process Safety Management program and shall support the site’s procedures, guidelines, and tools, associated with Process Safety Management, with a focus on continuous improvement. All activities will be delivered maintaining Cheniere’s core values: teamwork, respect, accountability, integrity, nimble and safety. This is a non-DOT position.

Requirements

Knowledge: Possesses a thorough understanding of OSHA PSM, Responsible Care, and EPA – RMP regulations. Understands and can apply API Process Safety Performance Indicators, Management of Hazards associated with Process Plant Buildings and Process Safety Risks at a facility. As well as a general understanding of consequence modeling, Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) methods and interpreting results. General knowledge of API 752, 753, 756. Understands natural gas liquefaction, LNG transportation, operations, storage, and loading. Familiar with the various applicable federal, state, and local agencies and applicable laws, regulations, codes, standards, and permits required to operate LNG terminals, including but not limited to: DOT, OSHA, USCG, EPA, FERC, NFPA, and knowledge of emergency response operations, planning, techniques, and reporting.
Skills: Strong leadership and administrative abilities are required. Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills. Ability to articulate messages to a variety of audiences. Organized and able to manage multiple activities and programs timely and with a high degree of accuracy. Effective problem solving and analytical skills. Computer knowledge, including Microsoft Office Suite consisting of Word, Excel, SharePoint and PowerPoint. A thorough understanding of process safety and its application to facility assets, programs, and procedures. Experience and knowledge of process safety principles, methodologies, and tools. Able to understand and assess risks based on operating process plant changes and lead a team through a robust risk assessment of physical changes to an operating process plant (based on P&ID’s, ISO’s, Electrical Drawings, Cause and effects, Safe Operating Limits, Technical Drawings, Facility Siting, SDSs, Fire Hazard Analysis). Able to interpret consequence and QRA results and apply them to other activities. Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal. Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations. Adept in report writing for PSM and skilled in leading a diverse technical and operations team through complex process operations conversations. Acute business acumen and understanding of organizational issues and challenges. Familiarity with project management approaches, tools, and phases of the project lifecycle.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering is required; Chemical/Mechanical Engineering is preferred; A Professional Engineer (PE) license in good standing is preferred.
Experience: Senior: Minimum of seven (7+) years of direct experience in Process Safety Management in LNG, oil, gas, chemical, or related industry. Staff: Minimum of ten (10+) years of direct experience in Process Safety Management in LNG, oil, gas, chemical, or related industry.

Nice To Haves

Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering is required; Chemical/Mechanical Engineering is preferred; A Professional Engineer (PE) license in good standing is preferred.

Responsibilities

Support the adoption, implementation, and assurance of the PSM elements across the various site departments to ensure company best practices and procedures are understood, implemented and followed.
Support and facilitate PHAs and other risk assessment processes.
Identify and quantify Process Safety risks at the facility and measures for managing these risks.
Ensure Process Safety risks are tracked, communicated, action plans are approved, and risks managed properly through the Process Safety Risk Register and Risk Action Plans (RAP).
Maintain and update the Process Safety Risk Register.
Provide technical leadership and support to identify hazards, evaluate the risk of those hazards, and assist in the development of effective solutions to mitigate risk.
Develop and perform self-assessment for various PSM programs.
Supports and manage the Incident Management Process and Incident Investigations associated with identified Process Safety Events (PSEs).
Develop, monitor, and analyze trends in site PSM Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
Support the MOC Process to ensure risks are properly identified and managed for changes and PHAs and PSSRs are adequate.
Support the Bypass Override Risk Assessment (BORA) process as required.
Mentor others in process safety to understand, identify and reduce process safety risk.
Support the site in identifying and sustaining the management of key Process Safety Information (PSI).
Support the development of PSM software tools.
Perform Building Siting reviews to evaluate occupied and non-occupied buildings and support Building Siting program at site.
The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time; or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands.