Job Description

Venture Global LNG (“Venture Global”) is a long-term, low-cost provider of American-produced liquefied natural gas. The company’s two Louisiana-based export projects service the global demand for North American natural gas and support the long-term development of clean and reliable North American energy supplies. Using reliable, proven technology in an innovative plant design configuration, Venture Global’s modular, mid-scale plant design will replace traditional designs as it allows for the same efficiency and operational reliability at significantly lower capital cost.

We are seeking a Process Safety Engineer to join our team in Houston, TX with travel to pipeline sites as required.  

General Description:

The Process Safety Engineer will will assist with risk engineering, PHMSA, and PSM programs. This role will also be responsible for developing and performing pipeline safety studies. 

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical and engineering leadership on all process safety management elements such as MOC, PSSR, PHA, building siting, process design.
• Provide process safety and engineering guidance to communicate and evaluate process safety risks.
• Ability to recommend and implement process safety improvement opportunities by staying abreast of industry trends and technology.
• Day to day guidance of Process Safety Barrier Health reporting.
• Responsible for management/leadership on PHA/LOPA teams, including review and approval of associated action items.
• Responsible for leadership in process safety event (PSE) investigations.
• Assist in developing and delivering training programs, keeping them updated in accordance with changes in technology and industry best practices.
• Responsible for driving technical processes to communicate overall operational risk. These processes include:
• Car sealing
• Operating Procedures – initial start-up and SOP and red line revisions
• Process Safety Event Reporting and Investigation
• 5-why or root cause analysis (RCA)
• Permit to Work Compliance
• SIMOPs Tracking and Assurance
• Inhibits / Bypasses Tracking and Compliance
• Safety Critical Element management
• Pre-startup Safety Review Participation and Compliance
• Monitoring process safety metrics and analyzing data to identify trends and outliers and to make recommendations as needed.
• Participate in Pre-Start-Up / Readiness Reviews for major equipment commissioning activities.
• Risk assessment and Go-no-Go participation.
• Ability to interface with Contractor CSU team, engineering, and operations departments.
• Ability to influence the culture of process safety.

Qualifications:

Education and Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical/Process or Mechanical Engineering. Based on experience, other Engineering disciplines will be considered.
• 7-15 years of experience with preference in oil and gas, pipelines.

Skills: 

• Experience in design, implementation and management of safety systems and processes.
• Expertise in pipeline safety studies including high consequence area (HCA) analyses and risk assessments.
• Good understanding of industry safety needs, trends and economic landscape. 
• Knowledge of PHMSA and requirements to maintain compliance.
• Experience applying risk management tools and tecniques, including facility sitiing studies (FSS) and quantitative risk analysis (QRA). 
• Experience facilitating Process Hazard Analyses and Layers of Protection Analyses.
• Experience developing and auditing Pipeline Safety Management System programs and integrity management plans (IMP) in accordance with API RP 1173 and 49 CFR Part 192.
• Asks targeted questions to ensure that the right solutions are discussed and implemented.
• Clear communicator – ability to provide clear guidance and expectations.
• Ability to communicate the process safety message in a respectful manner, taking into consideration ideas from others.

Venture Global LNG is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.

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