Specialist, Process Safety Engineering
Requisition ID: 32204
Location: Deerfield, IL, USA, 60015
Workplace Type: On-Site
Experience Level: Mid-Senior Level
Job Type: Full Time
Are you ready to take your process safety career to the next level? This high-visibility role reports to the Director, PSM and offers the opportunity to shape safety performance across multiple manufacturing facilities, partner directly with site leaders, and drive initiatives that protect people, assets, and communities. You'll leverage your expertise in PHA facilitation, incident investigations, and risk management to influence operational excellence while building a reputation as a trusted technical leader. This position is located at our
Deerfield, Illinois office.
Join Nutrien and make your mark by delivering meaningful safety improvements with a company committed to innovation, growth, and operational excellence!What You'll Do: Process Safety Leadership & Compliance - Lead PSM and RMP programs across multiple chemical manufacturing facilities.
- Partner with site leadership to strengthen process safety performance, regulatory compliance, and risk management systems.
- Participate in process safety audits, assessments, and compliance initiatives.
Risk Assessment & Incident Prevention - Facilitate PHAs, risk assessments, SILD studies, and other process safety reviews.
- Oversee Management of Change (MOC) processes and Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSR).
- Lead incident investigations, identify root causes, and ensure corrective actions are implemented.
- Review emergency response plans and recommend improvements to strengthen site preparedness.
Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence - Track and analyze process safety KPIs to identify trends and drive continuous improvement.
- Contribute to the development and enhancement of process safety standards, programs, and best practices.
- Coaching, Training & Collaboration
- Build strong partnerships with site teams through collaboration, communication, and a service-oriented approach.
- Coach frontline leaders on process safety expectations, work processes, and field engagement practices.
Travel - Travel up to 30% to provide support and leadership across Nutrien's manufacturing network.
What You'll Bring:- Bachelor's degree in chemical or mechanical engineering; or equivalent background and experience
- 12+ years in a process safety engineering role, working in an industrial processing environment
- Background in chemical processing, with anhydrous ammonia experience considered an asset
- Experience with PHAPro, SAP, Microsoft Excel, Word, Visio
- Working knowledge of process safety management (29 CFR 1910.119) and risk management plan regulations (40 CFR 68)
Compensation & Benefits: The salary range for this role, in Deerfield, IL location, is between $135,000 - $173,470 USD per year. While we provide this range as general guidance, several factors are taken into consideration when making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, candidate skill set, experience and training, licensure and certifications, work location, and other business and organizational needs. Actual salary and benefits may differ based upon location.
We provide an attractive benefits package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage, and life insurance and well as disability coverage for positions working more than 30 hours per week. In addition, we have a retirement program that encourages our employees to save for the longer term, with generous matching employer contributions. Our benefit package also demonstrates our culture of care with paid vacation, sick days and holidays as well as paid personal and maternity/parental leaves and an Employee and Family Assistance Program. Details of the benefits package will be shared in the application process.
In addition to base pay, this role is also eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan, consistent with the terms of our program(s) where discretionary pay out of awards is reflecting components such as performance of the company and the employee. Details will be discussed through the application process.
This information is provided in compliance with applicable state equal pay and pay equity legislation and is the company's good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation range and benefits offered for this position. The compensation offered to the successful applicant may vary based on factors including experience, skills, education, location, and other job-related reasons. Nutrien also makes internal equity a consideration in all pay decisions.
Ready to make an impact with us? Apply today! The estimated salary that Indeed, Glassdoor and LinkedIn lists does not represent Nutrien's compensation structure.
