Job Summary

This position provides enterprise-wide Process Safety leadership, management, technical expertise, collaboration, and accountability for the development, implementation, monitoring and performance of process safety management & risk management programs (PSM/RMP) across the company’s operations. This position is responsible to oversee development of corporate PSM and RMP standards, policies, procedures, guidelines and preferred practices; assure/confirm the quality of data generated associated with these programs; oversee the analyses of data to identify trends and areas to improve risk reduction using industry standard indicators (leading and lagging) in collaboration with management in HSSE, Business Unit operations and maintenance and appropriate SMEs across the company.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in applicable HSSE, engineering, or technical discipline.
• 10 years of job related experience in Process Safety.
• Preferred 15 years of experience in Engineering or HSSE with at least 10 years in Process Safety.
• Fully knowledgeable in all applicable process safety and risk management laws, regulations, consensus standards, recommended practices, applications and management systems.
• Thorough knowledge of application of risk analysis techniques such as QRA, PHA, or LOPA.
• Experienced in PSM/RMP compliance auditing and protocols.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills including ability to prepare and present reports, summaries and positions to senior management.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work cooperatively in team setting to achieve company’s goals.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple initiatives and efficiently utilize available resources.

Job Duties

1)   Provides process safety and risk management leadership and collaboration to achieve and maintain compliance, meet company-wide HSSE performance goals and drive continuous improvement in PSM safety and reliability.  (40%)

• • Serves as the company’s process safety and risk management programs leader and subject matter expert.
  • Acts as program owner of corporate Process Safety and Risk Management standards, policies, procedures and guidelines, reviews process safety standards, policies, procedures and guidelines for regulatory compliance, and promotes revisions through collaborative teamwork, as needed.
  • Acts as company representative on association teams to track applicable legislative and regulatory developments, directives and advisories associated with process safety and risk management compliance, track compliance with such programs and develop company positions in such efforts. Accountable for the annual reporting of CITGO process safety event data to associated industry groups (i.e., AFPM, API).
  • Collaborates with facility process safety departments ongoing initiatives, including Process Safety principles, elements, and corporate standards.
  • Acts as the corporate liaison with process safety consultants for various process safety related project activities in collaboration with business unit SMEs.
  • Communicates external process safety events to the sites and shares best practices identified within the company and through industry associations.
  • Collaborate with Business Units and the Corporate SME for Process Hazard Analysis. Incident Investigations, and other process safety related endeavors.

2)   Collects all relevant operational data and information necessary to analyze, assess and prioritize company-wide process safety and risk management risks using company data, industry data and applicable industry standards. Reports to senior management findings of identified risks and trends, including when such risks are outside the company’s risk tolerance, and works collaboratively with operations to implement appropriate corrective measures.

Job Duties II

3)   Coordinates corporate PSM/RMP Compliance Audits and applicable HSSE Management System Audits. (5%)

      a. Reports audit findings, recomments action items and incorporates learnings into existing or new standards, policies, procedures and processes to drive performance and sustainability.

4)   Participates as CITGO’s representative on applicable industry association committees (i.e., AFPM, API, etc.)

5)  Represents corporate HSSE Department as a member (or leader) on incident investigation teams when necessary.

6)  Consults with and provides technical oversight for company Risk Management for facility Risk (Insurance) Engineering Surveys.

7)  Manages assigned PSM/RMP subject matter expert staff, including assigning projects, evaluating work product and progress, providing guidance and feedback,

      budget preparations and other oversight.