Principal Process Safety Engineer

What we offer

You will work on exciting and challenging topics together with a team in an ultra-modern, innovative and creative environment. Intensive on-the-job training with expert colleagues guarantees you will quickly become familiar with your duties and perform them independently. Performance related pay and the opportunity for personal and professional development are of course part of the package.

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Provide technical process safety engineering support services to Evonik Divisions and Business Lines to support their responsibility for designing, constructing, and operating safe chemical production processes throughout the process lifecycle.

RESPONSIBILITIES

This role does not directly support PSM programs or specific "element" implementation, PSM / RMP compliance mandates and / or auditing functions. The focus is on the technical engineering aspects of process safety such as :

Perform various process safety calculations related to e. g. the design of new emergency relief systems, the evaluation of existing emergency relief system designs, dispersion analysis, flammability analysis, consequence modeling, combustible dust hazards, reactive hazard analyses & evaluation, etc.

Facilitation of process safety discussions as PHA leader (HAZOP / PAAG, structured What-If) PREFERRED

Preparation for and support of Hazard Identification (HazId) studies, Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment (HIRA) studies, Process Hazard Analyses (PHA), Facility Siting Analyses (FSA), etc. PREFERRED

Determination and evaluation of process hazards from process deviations

Development and evaluation of process safety concepts for production plants at our production sites (national and international)

Safety technical consultancy on prevention and protection concepts and technical solutions for production plants and within investment projects (national and international)

Close cooperation with production, process technology and engineering

REQUIREMENTS

B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Process Technology or Chemistry minimum, M.Sc. or PhD preferred

5 years minimum required , 10 years preferred of Professional experience in chemical industry in process safety, facilitations and / or safety calculations ,production, engineering or notified body

Knowledge and experience in safety engineering

Knowledge of relevant local regulations and industry standards

Strong analytical skills, systematic and structured way of working

Very good English written and spoken language skills. Strong team and communication skills

Initiative, sense of responsibility, flexibility

Up to 25% Travel

The Evonik Group adopts an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) approach. Candidates are assessed based on their educational qualifications, experience, job competencies and potential and shall not be discriminated against on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, nationality, disability or sexual orientation or other classifications protected by local, state, or provincial regulations.