Process Safety Engineer

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Home, KS
5-7 Years Experience
Food
The Role
As a Process Safety Engineer at TreeHouse Foods, you will act as the subject matter expert for Process Safety Management (PSM) and Utilities systems. Your responsibilities include developing and implementing a PSM program, managing internal PSM programs, partnering with stakeholders to ensure compliance, conducting site assessments, leading investigations, and overseeing audits and corrective actions.
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Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

IL Works from Home

Job Type:

Environmental Health & Safety

Job Posting Title:

Process Safety Engineer

About Us: 

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of more than two dozen production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.  

What You Gain: 

  • Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform – DevelopUwith more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way. 

  • An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups. 

  • Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting periodyou’re eligible from your first day! 

  • 401(k) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll. 

  • Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holidays). 

  • Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs.  

Job Description:

About the Role: 

This role will act as the subject matter expert for Process Safety Management (PSM) and Utilities systems within TreeHouse Foods. The role will develop and implement a PSM vision and program to drive safety, consistency, and compliance in the operation and maintenance of these systems across our manufacturing network. It will partner with Operations, Technical Operations, Environmental Health & Safety, and Environmental Affairs to implement programs and systems, to standardize work and to minimize risk. 

  • Act as a technical subject matter expert on ammonia refrigeration, including PSM program management and compliance.  

  • Manage and improve an internal PSM program. The program focuses on risk identification and reduction, incident investigation, auditing, gap analysis, corrective action tracking, and regulatory compliance using a formatted computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) based program incorporated in each of the current ammonia facilities in the company. 

  • Partner with plant managers and technical operations leads to ensure that PSM programs, corporate standards, employee training, and site level engagement are meet or exceed company expectations and all regulatory requirements. 

  • Conduct site skills assessments and provide and source options for external training needs to ensure compliance with State and/or regulations.  

  • Lead complex investigations and identify effective, corrective, and preventive actions. 

  • Lead completion of internal assessments and external audits across all facilities, per program requirements. Oversee corrective action implementation from audits and follow through completion. 

  • Act as a technical resource for plant utility systems, including boilers, chillers, cooling towers, and air compressors. 

  • Develop and lead programs to address other technical safety areas consistent with requirements, including fire/explosion, combustible dusts, pressure vessels, and natural gas fired equipment. 

  • Review observations from internal insurance audits. Track and ensure completion of corrective actions for critical risk findings, including closing these recommendations. 

  • Work with manufacturing locations and Technical Operations team to identify capital needs and build master plans for 1,3- and 5-year outlooks.  

  • Serve as a technical lead to ensure all critical elements are included in the design and scope of capital projects related to PSM processes. 

  • Serve as a technical lead supporting the Environmental, Health, and Safety team on compliance related matters. 

  • Develop and report on key performance indicators across all levels of the organization (plants through executive leadership). 

  • Ensure sufficient training processes and toolkits are available and implemented throughout the company. 

 

Important Details: This is a full-time, remote position with 50% travel to manufacturing plants. 

About You: 

You’ll fit right in if you have: 

  • Minimum of 5 years plant experience with a strong technical aptitude around ammonia refrigeration, plant utility systems, and process combustion systems. 

  • Operator 1, 2 qualifications. Holds or working towards PMS certification. 

  • A passion for this field of work and tenacity to build towards world-class systems.  

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field or equivalent work experience. 

  • Detailed knowledge of Process Safety Management regulatory requirements. 

  • Experience with combustible dust hazards and mitigation. 

  • Strong presentation skills with experience in concisely summarizing problems and recommending actions. 

  • Proven ability to lead teams, influence operations, and build consensus opinions. 

  • Travel approximately 50%. 

Your TreeHouse Foods Career is Just a Click Away!

Click on the “Apply” button or go directly to www.treehousefoods.com/careers to let us know you’re ready to join our team!

At TreeHouse Foods, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us “Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time”. TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact [email protected]

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Top Skills

Cmms
Psm
The Company
HQ: Oak Brook, IL
2,680 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2005

What We Do

Rooted in tradition and built with a strategic vision, TreeHouse Foods provides private label food and beverage offerings to retail grocery and food away from home customers across North America.

TreeHouse’s branches extend across multiple product categories providing custom solutions for most of the leading grocery retailers and foodservice operators in the United States and Canada. Our growing product portfolio includes: Baked Goods, Condiments, Snacks, Meals and Beverage

Customers partner with TreeHouse to receive the best service, quality, and value for their custom brands. Our integrity, operational excellence, and market insights have made for a great view up here at TreeHouse and we like what we see on the horizon.

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