HSE Intern - PSM

CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION

CITGO Petroleum Corporation is a recognized leader in the refining industry and operates under the well-known CITGO brand.

CITGO owns and operates three refineries located in Lake Charles, LA.; Lemont, IL.; and Corpus Christi, TX, and wholly and/or jointly owns 38 active terminals, six pipelines and three lubricants blending and packaging plants.

With approximately 3,300 employees and a combined crude capacity of approximately 807,000 barrels-per-day (bpd), positions CITGO as one of the best-branded supplier companies in the industry.

At CITGO our people are our most important resource.

Our core values are Safety, Integrity, Respect, Accountability, and Care.

Job Summary

A Process Safety Engineer Intern at a CITGO Business Unit may be assigned to assist in implementing and maintaining systems to reduce risk to diminish or remove hazards.

The Process Safety Engineer Intern actively works with Business Unit engineers in their designated operating areas to implement, update, improve PSM systems and processes, standards, and procedures, and communicates critical PSM/RMP-related performance information to the HSSE Department.

Minimum Qualifications

Degree / The minimum number of years of job related experience required by this job is:


* Full-time student pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering, or Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology from an ABET-accredited program.


* Must have completed 30 semester hours in the topics above.


* Overall GPA of 3.0 or above.

Other information - TWIC card:

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
The Maritime Transportation Security Act requires all persons who will need unescorted access to a regulated facility to have a valid Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC), issued in accordance with the rules established by the United States Coast Guard and the Transportation Security Administration.

Candidates selected for employment must meet eligibility criteria to obtain a TWIC card.

The following link lists the eligible criteria for all persons trying to obtain a TWIC card:

https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic



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*This HSE Internship opportunity may be located at Corporate Headquarters; a CITGO Lubricants Plant in Oklahoma City, OK; or one of our three refineries located in Lake Charles, LA, Corpus Christi, TX and Lemont, IL

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Job Duties

Assist with facilitating various forms of hazard analysis including Hazard and Operability Studies (HazOp), Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA), what-if, and what-if checklist methods.

Assist with the PHA Program and the life cycle for the PHA process.

Development of interim risk reduction strategies for high-consequence scenarios.

Participate in HSE meetings.

Interact regularly and frequently with Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering at assigned areas to build rapport and to be aw...