Process Safety Engineer

**The Role**:

- What's the role

This Process Safety Engineer is a key member of the Technology Department at SMC and supports both the Capital Projects group and the site Production Team in ensuring that requirements around Process Safety are understood and followed when running and maintaining the facility. This position will challenge you to stretch your current abilities and acquire new skills while broadening your network with key stakeholders and Shell networks, as we embark on the Powering Progress journey. In this position, you will get broad exposure to work processes across the site and interfaces between units.

Joining the Process Safety Team at the Sarnia Manufacturing Centre will present you the opportunity to enjoy all that Southwestern Ontario and neighbouring Michigan have to offer.

The skills acquired in this role can be used to further your career ambitions in Process Engineering, Project Development, Economics and Scheduling, as well as other site and global opportunities.

This position is accountable for providing engineered safety support to identify potential hazards and prevent loss of process containment. This involves safeguarding of operations, maintenance, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, process optimization and implementation of changes to ensure integrity and improve reliability. This position will be particularly focused on ensuring the integrity of our Process Safety systems within the capital\Project delivery space. This will include working with 3rd party PHA facilitators and with the Project Execution group to ensure appropriate adherence to site Process Safety requirements.

The Process Safety Engineer works closely with Operations, Engineering and Maintenance personnel to prevent Process Safety top events i.e. Loss of Primary Containment and Loss of Control. The Staff Process Safety Engineer is expected to be diligent in proactively identifying and informing supervisors and

Asset Leadership teams of potentially hazardous situations:

- Provide Expertise in equipment safeguarding, Pumps, Tanks, Vessels etc. Ensuring Safeguarding manuals are current and up to date.
- Knowledge of design principles for flare systems. Verification of overpressure relief scenarios and assurance on adequate protection i.e. verification of PRV, PVV capacities
- Knowledge of IPF’s and SIS systems and safeguarding system design in the capital projects process.
- Act as Technical Safety Reviewer and PHA Facilitator for Plant Changes (MoCs) i.e. HAZOPs, What-Ifs etc- Act as focal point for Process Safety Safe Work Practices-
- Interpret, review and/or critique critical diagrams such as cause and effect, mechanical flow, piping and instrumentation (P&ID) and mass balance.
- Lead Statement of Fitness Reviews when necessary- Identify and model Fire Explosion and Dispersion models using computer programs such as Fire Release Explosion and Dispersion (FRED)
- Review project end of phase reporting and key deliverables to ensure that Process Safety requirements and standards are integrated into project deliverables
- Potential rostered on-call support for an Emergency Operations Center Role
- Review Relief Valve sizing and flare sizing cases and provide feedback when needed
- Assist Operations and projects personnel to establish safe distances between equipment and orientation, buildings or processes
- Advise on design, and implementation of fire, gas and smoke detection
- Advise on proper design and implementation of active and passive fire protection systems
- Integration skills are key in delivering this work
- Other Potential Requirements:

- Advise on the Impairment of Safeguarding Devices and Car Seal Management
- Provide assurance and guidance on Statement of Fitness-Pre-startup Safety (SoF-PSSRs) for plant changes, major maintenance, turnarounds and projects
- Estimation of LOPC amounts for complex API Process Safety Events
- Coordinate annual Asset AIPSM ALARP Review and continuously engage members of the Asset on plant's cumulative risk
- Advise on risk assessment and ranking of HiPo incidents using the RAM matrix

**Skills & Requirements**
- What we need from you
- Must have legal authorization to work in Canada on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer.
- BS in Chemical, Instrumentation, Controls or Mechanical Engineering preferred. Background in Technology and/or Operations
- At least five (5) years Process Safety and/or Process Engineering experience in the Petroleum & Chemicals Industry
- Practicing Professional Engineer in Ontario or eligible
- Familiarity with process simulation soft wares - Unisym, Hysis, Flarenet
- Familiarity with both in-house (e.g. HEMP, FRED etc.) and Industrial (e.g. PHAPro, HAZOP, etc.) risk management tools.
- Knowledge of relevant codes and standards, including API 520/521, API 537, API 754, DEPs, ANSI B31.3, CSA Z662, ASME Pressure Vessel Code, EUB60, CEPA and relevant ISO Standards

**Company description**
Shell is a global group