Process Safety Mgt (PSM) Advisor - Risk Management at Astron Energy (Pty) Ltd.

• Responsible for stewarding safe, reliable, efficient and incident free operation of the process units on the refinery area to meet the requirements of the operating plan through facilitating and monitoring key Process Safety Risk Management Processes.

As the Refinery RM Advisor:

• Responsible for reviewing and updating the refinery’s Risk Management (RM) process.
• Responsible for conducting annual reviews and establishing continual improvement plans for the RM process with the RM Sponsor. 
• Participates in the RM Community of Practise (CoP).

Coordinates refinery qualitative and quantitative assessments, incl.

• Process Hazards Analysis (PHA)
• Integrated Hazard Identification (IHAZID)
• Major Hazard Installation (MHI)
• Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
• Quantitative Risk Screening (QRS)
• Canary
• Coordinates monthly Process SM metric reporting.
• Coordinates quarterly refinery Critical control reporting.
• Manages the refinery’s 15 year schedule for existing process units PHA studies and refinery QRAs.
• Facilitates PHA studies for refinery’s existing process units.
• Manages and maintains the refinery’s Safety Critical Equipment list.
• Coordinates Bow Tie development for refinery.
• Drives process safety culture and stewards PSM Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) and reporting for the refinery.
• Decides whether closure of PHA, MOC actions are adequate or recommend recycle.
• Advisor to the (B&S, South and North area) Process Safety Engineers with regards to RM related issues.

Minimum Qualification and Certifications:

• BSc, BTech or ND in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering
• 5 years' refining experience in either SHEQ, Operations, Engineering or R&M departments
• 3 years’ experience as Process Safety Engineer preferred

Knowledge and skills:

• Influential leadership skills
• Expertise in hazard and risk management
• Expertise in HAZOP, What-if, LOPA studies
• Expertise in TapRoot, Five-Why, Why Tree
• Expertise in major capital projects risk management
• Expertise in project development plan process
• Expertise in SIL determination
• API 752, 753, 754
• Expertise in QRA modelling such as Canary/SAFETI/PHAST

IT Skills:

• PhaPro
• KMS
• Isometrix
• Bow Tie XP