Process Safety Engineer - Georgia-Pacific

Georgia-Pacific has an exciting opportunity for a talented Process Safety Engineer at our Palatka, Florida facility. The Palatka mill employs about 975 people and is located just south of Jacksonville, west of St. Augustine, and east of Gainesville, FL. It has four tissue paper machines and 2 kraft paper machines as well as several converting lines that produce consumer tissue products sold under the Georgia-Pacific brand names of Angel Soft®, Brawny®, and Sparkle®.

This role will enjoy top rated benefits and will be eligible for a 4-Day work week at the mill.

Our Team

The Process Safety Engineer will be part of the process safety team and report directly to the Chemical Process Safety Manager. The selected individual will drive and support value-based strategies, provide technical direction, and influence leadership for process safety.

What You Will Do

• Providing process safety influential leadership for the site, working with the mill's Leadership Team, with specific focus on ensuring that mill process safety systems reduce risk and ensure compliance
• Fostering process safety ownership within the organization through leadership, coordination, and coaching in keeping with risk-based process safety and Principle Based Management (PBM®)
• Providing routine communication to the organization regarding process safety issues impacting the mill
• Leading risk assessments at the facility for anticipating, identifying and evaluating hazards as well as more formal PHAs
• Applying the principles of Process Safety Competency to make process safety an operating discipline within all affected roles at the mill
• Partnering with corporate process safety and compliance IT groups to develop and improve training, tools, and policies that support the mill
• Assisting S&H leadership with the development of short and long-term process safety objectives, targets, strategies, and measures that prioritize and mitigate risks
• Utilizing metrics to monitor process safety compliance
• Reviewing and validation of the following: process equipment design specifications, safeguard specifications, and operating procedures
• Leading process incident investigations and develop effective corrective actions to prevent recurrence
• Managing the mill's process safety information including P&ID's, PFD's, chemical compatibility matrix, new chemical approvals, mechanical integrity, etc.
• Serving 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 or higher in Chemical, Mechanical Engineering, Safety, related engineering or technical field
• Three (3) or more years of experience in a process engineering, process safety, mechanical integrity, or reliability role within a PSM regulated operation
• Experience with Process Safety regulations, specifically 29 CFR 1910.119 and 40 CFR 68
• Experience with Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)

What Will Put You Ahead

• Five (5) or more years of experience in a process safety role or equivalent engineering experience with responsibility for a PSM regulated asset or operation
• Experience in Mechanical Integrity processes
• Experience in the pulp & paper industry
• Experience and knowledge of how manufacturing processes work and basic equipment operation within the processes

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Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day - to make everyday products even better.

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Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf