Process Safety Manager

Your Job

Koch Fertilizer in Dodge City, KS is seeking a Process Safety Manager to join our EHS team! This is a plant-based, hands-on role responsible for the oversight, coordination, and continuous improvement of the site's Process Safety Management (PSM) program.

This role is ideal for someone who has led, managed, or coordinated PSM programs in an industrial operating environment and enjoys partnering directly with operations, maintenance, engineering, and site leadership.

You will play a key role in strengthening process safety performance, ensuring regulatory compliance, and embedding strong process safety discipline across the facility.

This will be an influential role with no direct reports at this time.

This role will be based at our plant in Dodge City, KS with the opportunity for a hybrid working model - 2 days at home, 3 days onsite.

Our Team

Koch Fertilizer is one of the world's largest producers and distributors of fertilizer products.

Together with our affiliates, we provide value-added solutions across the agriculture, turf and ornamental, energy, and chemical markets.

Koch Fertilizer is a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries.

Learn more about how we create value and operate responsibly at kochfertilizer.com.

What You Will Do



* Serve as a site owner and subject-matter expert for the Process Safety Management (PSM) program in accordance with regulatory agencies


* Partner closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and EH&S teams to support safe, reliable plant operations according to the shared Koch Fertilizer vision.


* Lead and coordinate key PSM elements, including:



* Management of Change (MOC)


* Process Hazard Analyses (PHA, HAZOP, What-If, LOPA)


* Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSR)


* Process Safety Information (PSI)


* Mechanical Integrity (MI) support


* Incident Investigation and Root Cause Analysis


* PSM compliance audits and action tracking

Facilitate or support PHAs and ensure timely follow-through on recommendations and action items

Review and provide input on risk reduction strategies, operating changes, and capital or maintenance projects

Support continuous improvement of process safety culture, documentation, training, and system effectiveness

Track, report, and communicate PSM performance, risks, and improvement opportunities to site leadership

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)



* Multiple years experience working in a manufacturing, chemical, fertilizer, refining, or industrial processing facility that practices process safety elements, or relevant military experience and


* Working knowledge of Process Safety Management (PSM) principles and process plant basics, such as P&IDs, pressure relief devices, risk assessment, and more

OR


* Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, or Safety Engineering preferred)

What Will Put You Ahead



* Direct experience owning or coordinating a PSM program at a plant si...