Senior Engineer, Process Safety

Company Description

Senior Engineer, Process Safety

3600 Arco Corporate Dr, Charlotte, NC 28273, USA

Full-time

Welcome to our Energy Intensive [MJ1] Industries Division
Ramboll is at the forefront of addressing the green transition across industries and offers a holistic approach to energy that supports the sector on the journey towards more sustainable solutions. With 19,000 experts in 35 countries, covering the full spectrum of technologies and all parts of the value chain from production and transmission to distribution, we plan, design and implement energy solutions all over the world.

Ramboll in Americas
Ramboll has nearly 2,000 experts working across 50 offices in the Americas applying their passion to deliver innovative solutions within Environment & Health, Water, Energy and Planning & Urban Design. Founded in Denmark, Ramboll is a people company. We invite you to contribute to a sustainable future working in an open, collaborative and empowering culture.

Job Description

We are looking for bright and motivated individuals to apply their education and industrial experience to our engineering team to develop and manage our Process Safety Group. To succeed in this role you must have strong leadership skill and thrive in team settings. Are you our new Senior Process Safety Engineer? Click the apply-button to send your application.

Inviting bright minds
Do you want to push the boundaries of your profession and develop your excellence in an open, collaborative and empowering culture? We work to create a sustainable future and our inspiring projects and innovative solutions strive to set the standard among our peers. You will join a global company that has been growing successfully since its founding in 1945. Together, we lead and leave a positive impact on societies, companies and people around the world.

As our new Senior Process Safety Engineer, you will work alongside our Process Safety Engineering Manager to execute projects and grow our Process Safety Group. As part of Ramboll’s Energy Intensive Industries/Advanced Manufacturing practice, you will coordinate with our multi-discipline design/engineering staff to assure safe and quality designs for various manufacturing markets. Core competencies required to be successful are experience facilitating and scribing Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs) and Dust Hazard Analyses for our clients, and mentoring a small group of process safety experts. You will also work closely with our Process Safety & Risk Management Group auditing our clients PSM Programs to identify gaps and areas of improvement. Your responsibility will be for assuring Process Safety of our projects over the total life cycle running from technical studies, front-end loading stages, detailed engineering design to constructability reviews.

Your key tasks and responsibilities will be:

• Facilitate and/or scribe PHAs for chemical manufacturing processes (HAZIDs, HAZOPs, FMEA, LOPAs)
• Facilitate and/or scribe Dust Hazard Analyses (DHAs) for industrial processes
• Work alongside our Process Safety Engineering Manager to grow into a leadership role
• Actively support the pursuit of new project work for the process safety group. This includes preparing proposals and scope of work write-ups as well as estimating engineering labor hours and fees
• Mentor, coach and support development of process safety expertise in earlier-career engineering staff
• Responsible for managing budget and schedule performance on process safety tasks of projects
• Perform PSM applicability studies and PSM audits
• Effectively communicate/document with project team, including outside contacts, customers, and other engineering departments
• Guide the development of internal Process Safety policies and procedures

Your starting point for constant growth
From the moment you join Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you grow with the company. For this role, we believe your starting point is:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering (or equivalent) and 10+ years of relevant experience in process safety engineering
• Experience with facilitation and scribing of PHAs
• Experience with PHA Facilitation Software (PHAWorks, PHA-Pro or similar)
• Experience with Safety Integrity Level (SIL) calculations
• Experience with the design and/or operation of PSM-covered processes
• Experience with auditing the requirements for PSM processes (eg. operating procedures, mechanical integrity program, management of change)
• Experience with combustible dust standards and DHA facilitation
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, etc.)
• Variable travel required - 20 to 30% depending on project demand (international travel may be required)
• Valid driver’s license required

Personal qualities that will help you succeed in this role include:

• Strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills
• Motivated to support the enhancement of the safety culture of our design and engineering staff
• Motivated to mentor and support development of process safety expertise with earlier-career engineering staff
• Ability to work effectively in teams and independently, in an office environment, virtually, or at a project site
• Willingness to challenge the normalization of deviance
• Desire to continue to learn, grow and advance career
• A continuous improvement mind-set with regard to systems and business processes

Additional Information

Ramboll in the Americas

Founded in Denmark, Ramboll is a foundation-owned people company. Ramboll has thousands of experts working across more than 70 offices in the Americas, delivering innovative solutions within Environment & Health, Water, Energy, and Planning & Urban Design. We invite you to contribute to a sustainable future working in an open, collaborative, and empowering company. Combining local experience with global knowledge, we together shape the societies of tomorrow.

An equal opportunity employer

Equality, diversity, and inclusion is at the heart of what we do. At Ramboll, we believe that diversity is a strength and that different experiences and perspectives are essential to creating truly sustainable societies. We invite applications from candidates of all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability or medical condition, gender identity, marriage and domestic partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, ancestry, or national origin, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation, military service and veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Ramboll wants to ensure opportunities are accessible to candidates with disabilities. Please reach out to our recruitment team to discuss any adjustments that you might require during the application process.

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