Job Description

Linde Gas & Equipment Inc.

Associate Director – Process Safety

Remote | req32192

What you will enjoy doing*

• You will maintain alignment with corporate process safety
  goals. Assists support personnel and field personnel with the
  interpretation of and compliance with process safety requirements
• Acutely aware of the highest risk issues and
  relentlessly drives resolution with a strong sense of urgency and
  integrity. Champions and promotes a strong process safety culture
• You have excellent written and verbal communication
  skills. Prepares and organizes written presentations, documentation
  and reports pertaining to process safety activities. Delivers key
  presentations to senior management
• Tracks and reports process safety leading and lagging
  indicators, key process safety metrics, action plans, and priority
  recommendations. Assists with identifying resources to support key
  activities
• Identifies process safety improvement opportunities
  through interaction with all process safety stakeholders. Makes
  recommendations and justifies new tools and work process improvements.
  Ensures that process safety-related Standard
  Maintenance Procedures (SMPs), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs),
  engineering standards and guidelines are developed, reviewed and updated
  as needed
• You ensure that process safety deliverables are an
  integral part of project execution and management of change.
  Provides leadership to ensure that the quality and timing of project
  deliverables is acceptable. Ensures that appropriate management systems
  and information management tools are used to effectively manage process
  safety information
• Ensures that adequate Hazard Identification and Risk
  Assessment procedures are in place and followed (includes PHA, LOPA,
  Facility Siting, Human Factors). Ensures that trained and qualified
  PHA facilitators and qualified team members participate in PHAs
• You lead all key process safety incident investigations
  and Root Cause Analyses (RCA). Promotes a culture of transparency
  and seeks to understand underlying management system gaps and lack of
  operational discipline. Shares key learnings and follows up
• You participate in key Pre-Startup Safety and Operational
  Readiness Reviews (PSSRs)
• Ensures that adequate Management of Change (MOC)
  procedures are in place and followed
• You will manage the LG&E PSM/RMP Assessment program and leads
  or participates in key process safety assessments
• Ensures that process safety training is developed and
  maintained. When appropriate, delivers process safety training
  
  Demonstrates an understanding of the following:
• Risk-Based Process Safety
• PHA requirements and methodologies, Facility Siting and
  Human Factors
• Process Safety Information, how PSI is used in
  operating facilities, and how it should be maintained
• Relief systems and how their entire life cycle is
  critical to process safety
• Critical Safety Systems (CSS), Safety Instrumented
  Systems (SIS), Safety Integrity Levels (SIL), and Layers of Protection
  Analysis (LOPA) and demonstrates an awareness of how these apply to LG&E's
  business
• Management of Change (MOC) and its potential impact on
  process safety
• Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSR) and how and when they
  are conducted
• Operating Procedures required in process operations
• Mechanical Integrity, the basic elements of a
  mechanical integrity program, and how this program supports process safety
• You have good overall knowledge of OSHA's Process Safety
  Management (PSM) regulation
• Knowledge of various Recognized and Generally Accepted
  Good Engineering Practices (RAGAGEP) related to process safety
• EPA's Risk Management Program (RMP)
• How dispersion, fire and explosion modeling is used
  
  Possesses the ability and willingness to:
• You will analyze and understand process safety incidents within
  industry to identify opportunities for improvement within
• Drives accountability at all organizational levels for process safety performance and risk reduction.
• You will stay up to date with local, state and federal
  regulations that apply to facilities within
• Promote a strong process safety culture where attitudes
  and behaviors support the goal of safer process operations
• You will lead and participate in cross-functional teams
• You will manage multiple priorities, drive issues to completion,
  and obtain results
• Build and maintain productive relationships across
  departmental lines in a matrix organization

What makes you great

• You have a Bachelor's Degree (preferably from an ABET-accredited
  science, engineering, or technology program). Comparable experience
  will be considered
• You have experience managing a team
• Minimum of 10 years of experience working with OSHA PSM
  and EPA RMP covered processes
• You have a minimum of 5 years of experience conducting Process
  Hazard Analysis (PHA)
• Experience with incident investigations and the ability
  to facilitate Root Cause Analyses
• You are detail-oriented with an ability and desire to persevere
• Maintains a positive attitude and is willing to quickly
  adapt to changing situations
• You are proficient in the use of Microsoft O365 products
  including but not limited to Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint
• Proficient use of PHA Works software
• You have experience with Six Sigma techniques
• You are able to travel to supported facilities and offices in
  various regions throughout North America. Average 35% travel, up to
  50% or more at times

Why you will love working with us

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2025 sales of $34 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet.

Linde serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde’s industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications, enabling space exploration and launch technologies, delivering ultra-high-purity and specialty gases for semiconductor manufacturing, providing life-saving medical oxygen and enabling clean hydrogen production and carbon capture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer growth, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

What we offer you!

At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you’re looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless.

Linde offers competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package. Enjoy access to health, dental, disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and vacation, an employee discount program, and opportunities for educational and professional growth. Additional compensation may vary depending on the position and organizational level. Build your future with us while making an impact every day!
Pay Range: $125,475-$184,030

Have we inspired you? Let´s talk about it

We are looking forward to receiving your complete application.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.

Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The company is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.

*The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Therefore employees assigned may be required to perform additional job tasks required by the manager.

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