Process Safety Management Jobs
Process Safety Management jobs are open across oil and gas, petrochemicals, power generation, and manufacturing, at every level from safety coordinator to director, with specializations in hazard analysis, process hazard reviews, and regulatory compliance program management. Find a role that fits from the openings below and apply directly.
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Position Summary
The Process Safety Management & Compliance Engineer is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining process safety programs to ensure the safe operation of manufacturing facilities handling hazardous materials. This role ensures compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and company standards while minimizing risks to employees, the community, and the environment. The position partners with operations, maintenance, engineering, and quality teams to identify hazards, implement risk reduction measures, and continuously improve process safety performance. The engineer serves as a technical resource for process safety, regulatory compliance, and operational risk management.
This position is Hybrid in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, but will have significant travel to our St. Louis, Minnesota, and Ohio plants. Travel during the build of the new facility will be close to 50% and will decrease as project progresses.
What You’ll do as a Senior Process Safety Management & Compliance Engineer
- Lead and maintain Process Safety Management (PSM) programs and ensures compliance with applicable regulations and company standards.
- Conduct Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs), Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOPs), What-If analyses, and risk assessments.
- Manage Management of Change (MOC) processes, ensuring technical reviews, risk assessments, and documentation are completed.
- Oversee incident investigations, root cause analyses, and corrective action implementation related to process safety events.
- Develop and deliver process safety and compliance training programs for employees and contractors.
- Coordinate regulatory inspections, audits, and compliance assessments and ensures timely closure of findings.
- Review process design changes, capital projects, and equipment modifications for process safety impacts.
- Track process safety metrics and prepare reports for management review and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support emergency response planning, drills, and preparedness activities.
- Perform other duties as assigned in support of operational excellence and compliance objectives.
The Experience, Skills, and Abilities Needed
Required:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, Safety Engineering, Environmental Health & Safety, or related field
- Minimum of 5 more years of experience in Process Safety Management programs, risk assessment/HAZOP/PHA facilitation, regulatory compliance and audit support, incident investigations and root cause analysis
- Minimum of 3 years of experience with Management of Change (MOC) Systems, working in Chemical processing operations/Process Manufacturing
Preferred:
- Experience working in a chemical processing operation and cGMP-regulated facilities
- Experience with EPA Risk Management Program compliance
- Safety leadership and training development and capital project support
Pay range for this opportunity is $92,650.00 - $119,900.00. [ACTION REQUIRED - REMOVE IF NOT APPLICABLE:] This position is eligible for bonus participation.
Minimum pay rates offered will comply with county/city minimums, if higher than range listed. Pay rates are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to local labor market costs, years of relevant experience, education, professional certifications, foreign language fluency, etc.
STERIS offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits portfolio. Click here for a complete list of benefits: STERIS Benefits
Open until position is filled.
STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare and life sciences products and services around the globe. For more information, visit www.steris.com.
If you need assistance completing the application process, please call 1 (440) 392.7047. This contact information is for accommodation inquiries only and cannot be used to check application status.
STERIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to ensure that persons are recruited, hired, trained, transferred and promoted in all job groups regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, national origin, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state or local law. We are not only committed to this policy by our status as a federal government contractor, but also we are strongly bound by the principle of equal employment opportunity.
The full affirmative action program, absent the data metrics required by § 60-741.44(k), shall be available to all employees and applicants for employment for inspection upon request. The program may be obtained at your location’s HR Office during normal business hours.
Position Summary
The Process Safety Management & Compliance Engineer is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining process safety programs to ensure the safe operation of manufacturing facilities handling hazardous materials. This role ensures compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and company standards while minimizing risks to employees, the community, and the environment. The position partners with operations, maintenance, engineering, and quality teams to identify hazards, implement risk reduction measures, and continuously improve process safety performance. The engineer serves as a technical resource for process safety, regulatory compliance, and operational risk management.
This position is Hybrid in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, but will have significant travel to our St. Louis, Minnesota, and Ohio plants. Travel during the build of the new facility will be close to 50% and will decrease as project progresses.
What You’ll do as a Senior Process Safety Management & Compliance Engineer
- Lead and maintain Process Safety Management (PSM) programs and ensures compliance with applicable regulations and company standards.
- Conduct Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs), Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOPs), What-If analyses, and risk assessments.
- Manage Management of Change (MOC) processes, ensuring technical reviews, risk assessments, and documentation are completed.
- Oversee incident investigations, root cause analyses, and corrective action implementation related to process safety events.
- Develop and deliver process safety and compliance training programs for employees and contractors.
- Coordinate regulatory inspections, audits, and compliance assessments and ensures timely closure of findings.
- Review process design changes, capital projects, and equipment modifications for process safety impacts.
- Track process safety metrics and prepare reports for management review and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support emergency response planning, drills, and preparedness activities.
- Perform other duties as assigned in support of operational excellence and compliance objectives.
The Experience, Skills, and Abilities Needed
Required:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, Safety Engineering, Environmental Health & Safety, or related field
- Minimum of 5 more years of experience in Process Safety Management programs, risk assessment/HAZOP/PHA facilitation, regulatory compliance and audit support, incident investigations and root cause analysis
- Minimum of 3 years of experience with Management of Change (MOC) Systems, working in Chemical processing operations/Process Manufacturing
Preferred:
- Experience working in a chemical processing operation and cGMP-regulated facilities
- Experience with EPA Risk Management Program compliance
- Safety leadership and training development and capital project support
Pay range for this opportunity is $92,650.00 - $119,900.00. [ACTION REQUIRED - REMOVE IF NOT APPLICABLE:] This position is eligible for bonus participation.
Minimum pay rates offered will comply with county/city minimums, if higher than range listed. Pay rates are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to local labor market costs, years of relevant experience, education, professional certifications, foreign language fluency, etc.
STERIS offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits portfolio. Click here for a complete list of benefits: STERIS Benefits
Open until position is filled.
STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare and life sciences products and services around the globe. For more information, visit www.steris.com.
If you need assistance completing the application process, please call 1 (440) 392.7047. This contact information is for accommodation inquiries only and cannot be used to check application status.
STERIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to ensure that persons are recruited, hired, trained, transferred and promoted in all job groups regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, national origin, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state or local law. We are not only committed to this policy by our status as a federal government contractor, but also we are strongly bound by the principle of equal employment opportunity.
The full affirmative action program, absent the data metrics required by § 60-741.44(k), shall be available to all employees and applicants for employment for inspection upon request. The program may be obtained at your location’s HR Office during normal business hours.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Chemicals & Materials
- Food & Beverage
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in process safety management jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a closely related discipline
- Demonstrated experience leading Process Hazard Analyses using HAZOP or What-If methodologies
- Working knowledge of OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119 Process Safety Management standard
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or Process Safety Management Professional (PSMP) credential preferred
- Experience managing management of change procedures and pre-startup safety reviews
- Proficiency with incident investigation tools such as root cause analysis and bow-tie modeling
Tips for Your Process Safety Management Job Search
Quantify your incident prevention outcomes
Employers expect numbers tied to risk reduction, not just descriptions of programs you ran. On your resume, replace phrases like 'managed PSM program' with specific outcomes such as audit findings closed, near-miss reductions, or compliance timelines met ahead of schedule.
Highlight your OSHA 1910.119 fluency explicitly
Many process safety management postings screen resumes for direct citations of OSHA's PSM standard. Name it by number in your summary and in each relevant role, so automated screening tools and hiring managers both see your regulatory literacy without having to infer it.
Target roles that match your PHA method experience
Job postings often specify HAZOP, What-If, FMEA, or Layer of Protection Analysis as required methods. Filter your search by the technique you know best, then address the others honestly in your cover letter to avoid mismatched interviews.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists process safety management openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare for scenario-based technical interviews
Process safety interviews frequently include live HAZOP walk-throughs or incident root-cause scenarios rather than abstract questions. Practice talking through a real incident from your history, covering the safeguard failures, your immediate actions, and the long-term corrective measures you implemented.
Negotiate using total compensation, not base salary alone
Process safety roles at refineries and chemical plants often include shift differentials, site-hazard premiums, and performance bonuses that vary significantly by facility type. Before accepting any offer, ask for the full compensation breakdown in writing so you're comparing equivalent packages across competing offers.
Process Safety Management Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most process safety managements?
The companies hiring the most process safety managements right now include ArcelorMittal, IFF, and PPG, with the largest share of openings in Alabama, Ohio, and Kansas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Openings tend to cluster around major refining corridors and large chemical manufacturing complexes.
How many process safety management jobs are remote?
About 25% of process safety management openings are fully remote or hybrid as of September 2026, which is lower than most professional roles because site-specific hazard oversight requires physical presence. The sub-areas most likely to accommodate remote or hybrid arrangements include corporate PSM program management, regulatory consulting, and documentation or audit support roles that are not tied to a single plant floor.
How do you become a process safety management?
Start with a degree in chemical, mechanical, or process engineering, as most employers treat this as a baseline requirement. From there, gain hands-on experience in a plant or refinery environment where you can participate in HAZOP studies, incident investigations, and management of change reviews. Pursue a Certified Safety Professional credential once you meet the experience threshold, and build familiarity with OSHA's PSM standard by working directly on compliance audits and corrective action programs.
How do you get hired in process safety management with little or no experience?
Entry points into process safety management typically come through process engineering, operations, or environmental health and safety roles at facilities subject to OSHA PSM coverage. Volunteering to support HAZOP teams, document management of change requests, or assist with incident investigations builds the specific exposure employers look for. Completing a formal PSM or process safety course through an industry association also signals seriousness to hiring managers when your direct experience is still limited.
What does the process safety management interview process look like?
Interviews for process safety management roles typically move through a phone screen with HR focused on regulatory familiarity, followed by a technical interview with an engineering or safety manager where you walk through a past HAZOP, incident investigation, or audit finding in detail. A final round often includes a panel with operations leadership or a site visit, and candidates may be asked to review a simplified process flow and identify potential hazards on the spot.
Where can I find and apply to process safety management jobs?
You can find and apply to process safety management jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that fit your experience and credentials, then apply directly to each listing without any extra steps between you and the application.
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