Chemical Process Safety Specialist

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Chemical Process Safety Specialist to join our Leaf River Cellulose team in New Augusta, MS.

Leaf River Cellulose Mill is a world-class wood pulp mill in the Georgia-Pacific's Cellulose business.

Leaf River produces specialty and market fluff pulp that is delivered worldwide to customers for a variety of high end uses and converting technologies.

Our products are used in applications ranging from paper products to diapers and hygiene products, to specialty applications including textiles, pharmaceuticals, food, paints, and plastic molding components.

What You Will Do



* Provide process safety influential leadership for the site, working with the mill's Safety team, with specific focus on ensuring that mill process safety systems reduce risk and assure compliance.


* Foster process safety ownership within the organization through leadership, coordination, and coaching in keeping with risk-based process safety and Principal Based Management.


* Provide routine communication to mill management regarding process safety issues impacting the mill and support for safe mitigation.


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


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


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


* Provide analysis of process safety incidents and near misses to assure sustainable corrective actions are implemented and detailed technical direction to improve process safety performance.


* Review training systems for effectiveness and making recommendations for improvement.


* Ensure and provide metrics to monitor process safety compliance.


* Review and validate the following: process equipment design specifications, safeguard specifications, and operating procedures.


* Coordinate the engineering review capability for process hazard analyses (PHA), management of change (MOC), and pre-startup safety reviews (PSSR).


* Provide oversight for the mill's process safety information including P&ID's, PFD's, chemical compatibility matrix, etc.


* Serve as a mentor for technical and hourly employees to make process safety an everyday mission for continuous improvement in daily operations.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)



* Bachelor's degree in engineering, safety and health, chemistry, or related field or process plant experience equivalent.


* Experience and working knowledge with Process Safety regulations (29 CFR 1910.119 and 40 CFR 68)

What Will Put You Ahead



* Supervisory experience within a chemical, petrochemical, or pulp/paper mill operation.


* Experience with Process Hazard Analysis (PHA).


* Experience in the pulp & paper...