This is a job for a Process Safety Engineer position with the company located in the New Augusta, MS area.

Job Summary: The Process Safety Engineer will be part of the safety team and report directly to the Safety Manager. The selected individual will drive and support value-based strategies, provide technical direction, and influence leadership for process safety. Our culture is defined by the Principle Based Management philosophy which guides everyday decision-making and provides employees with opportunities to contribute and personally benefit from the value they create.

Responsibilities: Provide process safety influential leadership for the site, working with the mill's Safety team, with specific focus on ensuring that mill process safety systems reduce risk and assure compliance. Provide technical direction to achieve the Process Safety vision using management systems. Foster process safety ownership within the organization through leadership, coordination, and coaching in keeping with risk-based process safety and Principal Based Management. Provide routine communication to mill management regarding process safety issues impacting the mill and support for safe mitigation. Lead risk assessments at the facility for anticipating, identifying, and evaluating hazards as well as more formal PHAs. Partner with corporate process safety and compliance IT groups to develop and improve training, tools, and policies that support the mill. Assist S&H leadership with the development of short and long-term process safety objectives, targets, strategies, and measures that prioritize and mitigate risks. Provide analysis of process safety incidents and near misses to assure sustainable corrective actions are implemented and detailed technical direction to improve process safety performance. Review training systems for effectiveness and making recommendations for improvement. Ensure and provide metrics to monitor process safety compliance. Review and validate the following: process equipment design specifications, safeguard specifications, and operating procedures. Coordinate the engineering review capability for process hazard analyses (PHA), management of change (MOC), and pre-startup safety reviews (PSSR). Provide oversight for the mill's process safety information including P&ID's, PFD's, chemical compatibility matrix, etc. Serve as a mentor for technical and hourly employees to make process safety an everyday mission for continuous improvement in daily operations.

Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in engineering or process plant experience equivalent. Experience and working knowledge of Process Safety regulations (i.e.: 29 CFR 1910.119 and 40 CFR 68, OSHA)

Equal Opportunity Employer -- minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity.