Process Safety Management (PSM) Specialist (Field Based)

Erm

The Role

Overview

Provide PSM expertise, conduct PHAs, risk analyses, and support safety programs for clients.

Key Responsibilities

  • process safety
  • moc management
  • pha support
  • risk register
  • training delivery
  • kpi tracking

Tasks

-Collaborate with EHS, engineering, and operations teams to ensure consistent application of process safety principles across projects and facilities. -Advise on Management of Change (MOC) processes and support operational readiness and mechanical integrity reviews. -Act as a liaison between client leadership, ERM technical teams, and third-party vendors to ensure successful delivery of process safety initiatives. -Contribute to process safety culture development by promoting awareness and best practices across sites and project teams. -Support incident investigations and root cause analyses to identify systemic issues and recommend preventive measures. -Provide technical guidance on process safety management systems (PSM) implementation, gap assessments, and continuous improvement initiatives. -Support Process Hazard Analyses (PHA), including HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA, and What-If reviews, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and client standards. -Develop and maintain process safety programs, procedures, and risk registers, ensuring findings are translated into actionable risk mitigation plans. -Prepare and deliver process safety training, workshops, and awareness sessions for client and internal teams. -Track and report on project progress, key performance indicators, and budget adherence, escalating risks as needed.

Requirements

  • pha-pro
  • bowtiexp
  • bachelor's
  • project management
  • hazop
  • 5 years

What You Bring

-Experience with development of written PSM programs, Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), including Hazard Identification (HAZID) and Hazard Operability (HazOp), Mechanical Integrity (MI) evaluations, change management and operational readiness reviews, etc. -Bachelors in engineering, safety or related field preferred. -Proven ability to manage cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders. -Proficiency in risk analysis tools (PHA-Pro, BowTieXP, etc.) considered an asset. -Strong client relationship skills. -Experience facilitating or leading multidisciplinary workshops (HAZOP, LOPA). -Experience working in pharmaceutical, chemical, or manufacturing industries. -Excellent verbal, writing, meeting facilitation and computer skills -Minimum of 5 years of experience in process safety.

Benefits

-Benefits Eligibility is limited to Regular employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week. Fixed-Term employees (including Flexforce) who are regularly scheduled to work 20 hours a week or more are eligible for a limited benefits package. Casual employees are NOT benefits eligible. See your recruiter for more details.

The Company

About Erm

-Flourished through merging UK and US consultancies, building a truly global footprint. -Has carried out major environmental assessments for projects like High Speed 1, HS2, Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines. -Works in sectors from mining, energy and chemicals to manufacturing, pharma, power, renewables, finance and TMT. -Combines strategic advisory and technical delivery, using digital tools and proprietary methodologies. -Notably led environmental impact assessments for cross-border hydroelectric, rail and oil infrastructure.

Sector Specialisms

Chemical

Financial Services

Manufacturing

Mining & Metals

Oil & Gas

Pharmaceutical

Power

Renewables