Process Safety Engineer

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific has an exciting opportunity for a talented Process Safety Engineer at our Pennington, Alabama facility.

The Process Safety Engineer will be part of the process safety team and report directly to the Chemical Process Safety Manager.

The selected individual will drive and support value-based strategies, provide technical direction, and influence leadership for process safety.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific's Naheola Mill located in Pennington, Alabama, is a manufacturing site for the company's well-known consumer products business.

More than 950 employees produce a wide range of products for the consumer business, including Angel Soft® bath tissue, Sparkle® paper towels, as well as bleached paperboard used in Dixie® paper cups and plates.

The mill is the largest employer in the community and is engaged in supporting community outreach, workforce development and education.

The area is a sportsman's paradise with world-class hunting for deer, turkey and other small game and is bounded on the east by the Tombigbee River which provides such recreation as freshwater fishing, boating and water skiing.

Residents of this area enjoy the mild climate, a low cost of living, and is an easy drive to the many resort communities and soft white-sand beaches of the Gulf Coast.

What You Will Do


* Providing process safety influential leadership for the site, working with the mill's Leadership Team, with specific focus on ensuring that mill process safety systems reduce risk and ensure compliance


* Fostering process safety ownership within the organization through leadership, coordination, and coaching in keeping with risk-based process safety and Principle Based Management (PBM®)


* Providing routine communication to the organization regarding process safety issues impacting the mill


* Leading risk assessments at the facility for anticipating, identifying and evaluating hazards as well as more formal PHAs


* Applying the principles of Process Safety Competency to make process safety an operating discipline within all affected roles at the mill


* Partnering with corporate process safety and compliance IT groups to develop and improve training, tools, and policies that support the mill


* Assisting S&H leadership with the development of short and long-term process safety objectives, targets, strategies, and measures that prioritize and mitigate risks


* Utilizing metrics to monitor process safety compliance


* Reviewing and validation of the following: process equipment design specifications, safeguard specifications, and operating procedures


* Leading process incident investigations and develop effective corrective actions to prevent recurrence


* Managing the mill's process safety information including P&ID's, PFD's, chemical compatibility matrix, new chemical approvals, mechanical integrity, etc.


* Serving as a mentor for technical and hourly employees to make process safety an eve...