Specialist (Process Safety) at Omnia (Pty) LTD

Overview    

• Ensure alignment and compliance to the Group Process Safety Management (PSM) system and standards.
• Develop, maintain and continuously improve Process Safety (PS) for SHERQ SADC in line with the legal requirements for the major hazardous installations.
• All activities, roles and responsibilities are aligned to the world class (manufacturing) philosophy, principles and practices.

Qualifications    

• Matric (Maths and Science)
• Engineering Degree
• Post Graduate Degree (Hons, MSc, PhD, etc)

Experience    

• 5-8 Years’ experience in a chemical industry with 5 years in Process Safety field

Duties    

Design, implement, maintain and improve the PS Management system:

• Design, drive implementation, maintenance and improvement of PS management systems (including CAIA requirements)
• Ensure adherence to Omnia Group risk methodology and practices
• Validate and verify the correct specifications, protocols and standards are applied in the implementation of PS Management systems
• Assist in development and revision of PS related documentation and ensure implementation and compliance thereto across site
• Promote continuous improvement of PS Management systems and processes
• Align PS Management systems with holistic IMS for site
• Provide support and coaching to SHERQ team and customers

Lead Process Safety Business Risks Assessment and review:

• Determine, identify and review PS risks through HAZOP's and other suitable risk assessment methodologies
• Determine and review PS trends 
• Assess and review risk ratings
• Determine priorities and actions
• Maintain risk profile on IsoMetrix
• Provide support to line management and SHERQ team on PS related risk assessments
• Ensure the MHI risk assessment is conducted every 5 years for all MHI facilities onsite, assessment is discussed with relevant stakeholders, shared with neighbours, and proposed corrective measures are evaluated, implemented and driven to conclusion so as to reduce the site's MHI risk profile

Conduct PS internal audits:

• Planning and scheduling of PS audits based on Group PS Standards
• Conduct audits in order to ensure integrity of systems are maintained
• Ensure reports are issued and findings captured in IsoMetrix
• Ensure findings and actions are closed-out appropriately
• Report to management on status of findings and actions
• Participate and support on verification of corrective actions and systems implementation

Conduct investigations:

• Ensure that all events (incidents and non-conformances) are raised and reported
• Be proficient in leading investigations
• Facilitate investigations
• Ensure quality of investigations by standardising on investigation methodology and ensuring root causes and controls are adequate to remediate
• Ensure investigation is captured in IsoMetrix
• Ensure investigation actions are managed
• Make use of other events (incident & NC-learnings) to find opportunities for improvement

System Analysis & Reporting:

• Ensure all data is submitted timeously
• Analyse, trend and maintain operational PS data
• Ensure data needed for Group PS Steercom is submitted as needed
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• Support and communication:
• Attend operational meetings and communicate PS requirements as needed and agreed to
• Develop/update and deliver PS training and awareness programs
• Ensure PS topics are developed and shared with plants to improve PS awareness
• Lead the department PS Committee and ensure smeeting management principles are adhered to
• Attend and represent the site at the Group Process Safety Steercom as needed

Process Safety Improvement and support:

• Through analysis of data, create a risk profile of the operations
• Facilitate, review and implementation of PS Management plans for the site as needed to reduce operational risk and improve efficiency
• Ensure improvement plans are tracked and closed out as per due dates
• Assist management in the ongoing drive towards continuous improvement through identification of opportunities of improvement and implementation of plans and strategies towards this goal

Legal Compliance:

• Identify legal requirements relevant to the operations
• Ensure that inspections are done so as to identify legal noncompliance
• Collaborate with and assist the operational teams in solving legal non-compliance
• Follow up to ensure the legal non-compliance are resolved or escalated to higher levels for resolution
• Ensuring alignment and compliance to CAIA standard:
• Identify CAIA requirements relevant to the operations
• Ensure that strategies are in place to conform to relevant requirements
• Ensure CAIA audit is done as is required by the business
• Ensure CAIA Data is submitted as is needed

Job Competencies    

• Knowledge 
• Familiar / Competent in Microsoft Office
• AX and SHERQ Electronic Systems

Core Behavioral Competencies  

• Decision making
• Teamwork
• Work standards
• Reliability
• Motivation of self and others
• Adaptability
• Problem-solving
• Integrity and trust
• Communication skills
• Planning and organisation
• Stress tolerance
• Initiative
• Building relationships

Functional / Technical Competency

• Coaching and Mentoring
• Facilitation
• Project Management
• Effective Change Management
• Product Knowledge
• Conflict Management
• Root-cause analysis
• Excellent Customer Service
• Cross-Functional Competency 
• Collaboration
• Functional integration
• Leadership Competency  
• Drive for Results
• Motivating Others

General    

• Risk Management
• System and process validation
• Health and Safety practice & tools
• Policy and procedure writing
• Risk profiling
• Statistical analyses
• Communication