Process Safety Management (PSM) Specialist (Field Based)

Overview

Field-based specialist conducting PHA, safety programs, and risk management for clients.

Key Responsibilities

• moc management
• hazard analyses
• incident investigation
• risk register
• psm guidance
• safety training

Tasks

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

Requirements

• bachelors
• 5+ years
• hazop
• pha-pro
• bowtiexp
• cross-functional

What You Bring

-Excellent verbal, writing, meeting facilitation and computer skillsPay Transparency: For the Process Safety Management (PSM) Specialist position, we anticipate the annual base pay of $100,474.00 – $127,553.00, $48.30/hr. – $61.32/hr. USD, limited-term, non-exempt. An employee’s pay position within this range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs. We also may have instances where employee’s fall outside of the range based on the factors noted above. This job may be eligible for bonus pay (casual and fixed term/Flexforce employees are NOT bonus eligible). We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life & disability insurance to benefits eligible* employees. *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. You can apply for this role through https://www.erm.com/careers/apply/ or through the internal careers portal if you are a current employee. Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, determinable, and payable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law. (Excel, Word, PowerPoint). -Experience facilitating or leading multidisciplinary workshops (HAZOP, LOPA). -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. -Proficiency in risk analysis tools (PHA-Pro, BowTieXP, etc.) considered an asset. -Proven ability to manage cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders. -Strong client relationship skills. -Experience working in pharmaceutical, chemical, or manufacturing industries. -Minimum of 5 years of experience in process safety. -Bachelors in engineering, safety or related field preferred.

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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.

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Interview Process

-shortlisted candidates will be invited for interviews.