Details:
- Compensation: $70,000 - $100,000k
- Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision
- Employment Classification: Direct Hire
- Status: On-Site
- Job ID: 20870
Sr. Safety Specialist-Glen Rock, PA
Key Responsibilities:
Process Safety Management (PSM)
Chemical Hazard & Risk Management
Training & Culture
Required:
Key Responsibilities:
Process Safety Management (PSM)
- Help develop and maintain OSHA Process Safety Management (29 CFR 1910.119) programs, as applicable.
- Participate in or lead Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs), including HAZOPs, What-If analyses, and LOPA studies.
- Support Management of Change (MOC) reviews to ensure safety risks are identified and controlled prior to implementation.
- Maintain process safety documentation, including:
- Process safety information
- Operating procedures
- Mechanical integrity records
Chemical Hazard & Risk Management
- Evaluate risks associated with flammable, toxic, corrosive, and reactive chemicals.
- Support safe storage, handling, and transfer of hazardous materials.
- Partner with engineering teams on equipment design, safeguards, and interlocks.
- Support emergency response planning related to chemical releases, fires, or explosions.
- Conduct job hazard analyses (JHAs), ergonomic assessments, and exposure evaluations.
- Maintain and continuously improve site safety programs, including:
- Hazard communication
- PPE and respiratory protection
- Ergonomics
- Operator/Contractor safety
- Industrial Hygiene
- Lead occupational exposure program for potent compounds (OEB/OEL assignment, controls, and monitoring)
- Partner with Engineering and Operations to design, verify, and improve containment and control systems including isolators, downflow booths, local exhaust, barrier technology
- Perform exposure risk assessments and routine industrial hygiene monitoring
- Maintain control banding and medical surveillance programs
- Approve safe handling and cleaning procedures for potent materials
Training & Culture
- Develop and deliver process safety and chemical hazard training for operations, maintenance, and engineering personnel.
- Promote a strong process safety culture focused on hazard awareness and risk ownership.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, and Environmental teams on capital projects, process changes, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Serve as a technical subject matter expert for process safety and chemical hazard management.
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Safety Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of experience in chemical manufacturing or processing environments.
- 5+ years of experience in pharmaceuticals, FDA, and DEA.
- Strong working knowledge of OSHA PSM, chemical hazard evaluation, and risk management.
- Experience participating in or leading PHAs and MOC processes.
- Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills.
- Experience with high-hazard chemical operations (flammables, corrosives, toxics, pressure systems).
- Experience supporting capital projects and startup safety reviews.
- Professional certifications such as CHMM, ASP, CSP, or CCPSC.
- Completion of relevant occupational safety training: HAZWOPER (29 CFR 1910.120), OSHA 30-Hour General Industry, Adult First AID/CPR AED, etc.
- Experience with electronic EHS risk management software- PHA Pro, Gensuite, EHS Insight