Marianaminerals

Marianaminerals

Process Safety Engineer

Houston, TX · Contract

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 15 days ago
Supply ChainMechanical DesignCommunicationWritingOSHA

About the role

  • You will work closely with Health & Safety, process engineering, pilot operations, facilities, maintenance, consultants, and project teams to ensure hazards are identified early, controls are practical, and risk reduction actions are executed.

Responsibilities

  • Lead or support PHAs, HAZOPs, HAZIDs, LOPAs, what-if/checklist studies, bowties, formal risk assessments, and other structured reviews for lab, pilot, project, and operating systems and assist in the development of these tools where needed.
  • Support Management of Change and Pre-Startup Safety Review processes by reviewing technical changes, startup readiness, critical safeguards, training needs, procedures, and open action status.
  • Review PFDs, P&IDs, equipment specifications, operating envelopes, control narratives, layouts, chemical inventories, and utility interfaces to identify process safety and facility design implications.
  • Partner with internal SMEs, external engineers, insurers, and AHJs to clarify applicable code requirements and translate them into actionable design or operational requirements.
  • Develop and maintain process safety information, hazard registers, safeguard/IPL libraries, action trackers, PSM procedures, risk assessment templates, decision logs, and program metrics.
  • Support incident investigations, root cause analysis, corrective action development, lessons learned, and verification that systemic risk controls are implemented.
  • 5+ years of relevant experience in process safety, process engineering, plant design, operations, commissioning, EHS, or risk management in minerals, mining/metallurgy, chemicals, specialty materials, oil & gas, manufacturing, pilot plants, or lab-to-commercial scale-up environments.
  • Mariana Minerals is seeking a Process Safety Management (PSM) Engineer to help build, administer, and continuously improve the company's process safety and major hazard risk management program.
  • The PSM Engineer will plan, facilitate, and document PHAs, HAZOPs, HAZIDs, LOPAs, what-if/checklist reviews, bowties, formal risk assessments, MOC reviews, and PSSRs.

Nice to have

  • Experience with pilot plants, lab-scale hazards, scale-up projects, hazardous materials permitting, fire/life safety coordination, commissioning, or operational readiness is a plus.

Benefits

  • Support broader Health & Safety initiatives as needed, including HazCom, contractor safety, emergency response planning, field audits, safety observations, training, and procedure development.

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