Process Safety Engineer

TC Energy

$95K — $115K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Post-secondary Degree in Engineering
  • Registered or eligible for APEGA as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in good standing (Calgary, AB)
  • 4 years of experience in Pipelines, oil & gas, or petrochemicals
  • Ability to read and interpret P&IDs and pressure equipment data sheets
  • Knowledge of risk scenario development techniques and industry codes, standards, and practices

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical support for field safety, engineering, and operations regarding process safety
  • Engage with frontline operations to address and prioritize process safety concerns
  • Maintain and oversee standardized enterprise process safety procedures
  • Assist with implementation of new process safety programs by providing training and technical support
  • Support projects and Management of Change (MOC) with PHA facilitation and reviews
  • Review incidents and near-hits, driving actions to prevent re-occurrence
  • Monitor regional process safety performance and provide insights from assessments

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model and flexible dress code for eligible office-based workforce
  • Opportunity to strengthen safety culture within the organization
  • Engagement with frontline teams and the chance to influence safety practices
  • Professional development opportunities through training and program implementation
  • Involvement in a variety of methodologies for hazard analysis to enhance skills
Full Job Description
Our Technical Safety and Risk is currently seeking a Process Safety Engineer to join the Process Safety team, based in Houston, TX or Calgary, AB.

Reporting to the Manager, US Process Safety, the successful candidate will provide regional process safety support to our operations and field safety teams. This position will assist our operations team with development, implementation, and execution of key process safety programs, while strengthening of our safety culture.

What you'll do
• Provide technical support for operations, field safety and engineering regarding process safety and risk management matters in their assigned region and/or line of business
• Engage with frontline operations to identify and understand potential process safety concerns and prioritize them for further evaluation
• Maintain and oversee standardized enterprise process safety procedures, including safety system bypass, management of change, and pre-startup safety review
• Assist with the implementation of new or updated enterprise process safety programs within assigned regions by providing training, interpretation, technical support, and advice
• Support regional projects and MOCs via PHA facilitation, design reviews, stage gate reviews, and PSSR support
• Review incidents and near-hits, to support the classification process safety events. Drive actions to prevent re-occurrence and share learnings from across the business unit and organization
• Monitor regional process safety performance by providing support for assurance activities against key process safety programs and requirements. Identify gaps and provide insights from process safety assessments
• Support investigation team with respect to process safety events
• Track and maintain regional corrective actions stemming from facility PHAs, incident investigations and assurance activities. Support the closure of identified gaps as required
• Support regulatory event submissions and information requests

Minimum Qualifications
• Post-secondary Degree in Engineering
• Registered, or eligible to register, with APEGA as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in good standing (applicable for Calgary, AB employees)
• 4 years of Pipelines, oil & gas or petrochemical experience
• Proven ability to read & interpret P&ID's, pressure equipment data sheets, and other integrity related documents
• Experience with risk scenario development techniques, including assignment of probabilities and consequences
• Working knowledge of industry codes, standards and practices relevant to process design and safety (e.g. OSHA PSM, EPA RMP, CSA, ASME, API, NFPA, ANSI, etc.) and Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices (RAGAGEP)

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience in design, commissioning, start-up and operation of oil & gas, or chemical facilities
• Proficiency with PHA PRO, PHAST, SAP and Enablon
• Experienced in facilitating Process Hazard Analysis using a variety of methodologies (e.g. Hazard Identification (HAZID), PHAs (What-if, HAZOP, LOPA, Bowtie analyses)
• Understanding of asset life cycle management, system reliability and operations
• Experience with MOC processes and evaluating change
• Working knowledge of Safe Work Practices
• Knowledgeable with process safety key performance indicators

This position requires candidates to:
• This position will involve travel and overnight stays away from home (estimated up to 30% of work schedule during peak work periods)
• Have current, valid authorization to travel internationally (including but not limited to Canada, US and Mexico)

To remain competitive, support our high-performance culture and allow for more flexibility in the way we work, we offer a hybrid work model and flexible dress code for our eligible office-based workforce in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

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