Staff Engineer

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Staff Engineer, Process Safety Management reports to the Engineering Superintendent, Process Safety Management, and will help to provide governance and assurance for an effective implementation of the Process Safety Management program elements. The Staff Engineer, Process Safety Management will support implementation and ongoing assurance of this Process Safety Management program and shall support the site’s procedures, guidelines, and tools, associated with Process Safety Management, with a focus on continuous improvement. 

All activities will be delivered maintaining Cheniere’s core values: teamwork, respect, accountability, integrity, nimble and safety. 

This is a non-DOT position.    

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Dependent on the specific work assignment within the Process Safety program, some or all of the following apply:

• Support the adoption, implementation, and assurance of the PSM elements across the various site departments to ensure company best practices and procedures are understood, implemented and followed.
• Support and facilitate PHAs and other risk assessment processes.
• Identify and quantify Process Safety risks at the facility and measures for managing these risks.
• Ensure Process Safety risks are tracked, communicated, action plans are approved, and risks managed properly through the Process Safety Risk Register and Risk Action Plans (RAP). Maintain and update the Process Safety Risk Register. Provide technical leadership and support to identify hazards, evaluate the risk of those hazards, and assist in the development of effective solutions to mitigate risk.
• Develop and perform self-assessment for various PSM programs.
• Supports and manage the Incident Management Process and Incident Investigations associated with identified Process Safety Events (PSEs).
• Develop, monitor, and analyze trends in site PSM Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). 
• Support the MOC Process to ensure risks are properly identified and managed for changes and PHAs and PSSRs are adequate.
• Support the Bypass Override Risk Assessment (BORA) process as required.
• Mentor others in process safety to understand, identify and reduce process safety risk. 
• Support the site in identifying and sustaining the management of key Process Safety Information (PSI).
• Support the development of PSM software tools.
• Perform Building Siting reviews to evaluate occupied and non-occupied buildings and support Building Siting program at site.
• The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time; or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS 

Knowledge:

Possesses a thorough understanding of OSHA PSM, Responsible Care, and EPA – RMP regulations. Understands and can apply API Process Safety Performance Indicators, Management of Hazards associated with Process Plant Buildings and Process Safety Risks at a facility.  As well as a general understanding of consequence modeling, Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) methods and interpreting results. General knowledge of API 752, 753, 756.Understands natural gas liquefaction, LNG transportation, operations, storage, and loading. 

Familiar with the various applicable federal, state, and local agencies and applicable laws, regulations, codes, standards, and permits required to operate LNG terminals, including but not limited to: DOT, OSHA, USCG, EPA, FERC, NFPA, and knowledge of emergency response operations, planning, techniques, and reporting.

Skills:

• Strong leadership and administrative abilities are required. 
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills. Ability to articulate messages to a variety of audiences.
• Organized and able to manage multiple activities and programs timely and with a high degree of accuracy. 
• Effective problem solving and analytical skills. 
• Computer knowledge, including Microsoft Office Suite consisting of Word, Excel, SharePoint and PowerPoint.
• A thorough understanding of process safety and its application to facility assets, programs, and procedures. 
• Experience and knowledge of process safety principles, methodologies, and tools.
• Able to understand and assess risks based on operating process plant changes and lead a team through a robust risk assessment of physical changes to an operating process plant (based on P&ID’s, ISO’s, Electrical Drawings, Cause and effects, Safe Operating Limits, Technical Drawings, Facility Siting, SDSs, Fire Hazard Analysis).
• Able to interpret consequence and QRA results and apply them to other activities. 
• Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal. 
• Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations. 
• Adept in report writing for PSM and skilled in leading a diverse technical and operations team through complex process operations conversations. 
• Acute business acumen and understanding of organizational issues and challenges. 
• Familiarity with project management approaches, tools, and phases of the project lifecycle.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE 

Education and Certifications: Bachelor’s degree in engineering required; Chemical/Mechanical Engineering preferred; A Professional Engineer (PE) license in good standing is preferred.

Experience: Minimum of ten (10) years related experience in LNG, oil, gas, chemical or related industry. Minimum of five (5) years of direct experience in Process Safety Management in LNG, oil, gas, chemical, or related industry. 

DIRECT REPORTS

No direct reports. 

FREEDOM TO ACT

The Staff Engineer, Process Safety Management is an expert in their field and requires minimal supervision.  

WORK CONDITIONS 

• Job is performed in an industrial plant environment. 
• Occasionally, work may be performed from home, after normal work hours or on weekends.
• Limited travel required, as business conditions dictate.
• Subject to drug and alcohol testing, per applicable federal regulations or as required by Cheniere.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is often required to stand, walk, sit, climb stairs, work at height above ground on stairs and catwalks, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, hear, smell, type and write. 
• Must be able to board a ship via a gangway, climb to the top of a tank (200+ steps), scale vertical steel ladder up to forty feet or more in height and lift and move objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee will work indoors and outdoors, and be exposed to year-around weather conditions, ocean environment, and noise. There is a considerable number of outdoor activities involved. 
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Required to pass regularly scheduled physical examinations mandated by regulatory authorities.
• Required to obtain mandated certification by attending Company-sponsored training in basic first aid and CPR.
• Must maintain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card in good standing status.

ADA JOB REQUIREMENTS

Reasonable accommodations will be made to ensure that the essential functions of the job can be performed and not hinder the employee's performance due to physical, mental or emotional disability.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Cheniere Energy is an equal opportunity workplace. All employment decisions are made without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation if requested for disabilities or religious beliefs and practices.