Determined, imaginative, curious—if these are some of the ways you describe yourself, we want to learn more about you!

The Opportunity

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&IDs, 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.