Process Safety Engineer - Lilly

Requisition ID: 295673

• Relocation Authorized: None
• Grade: 25
• Position to be Panel Interviewed? No
• Telework Type: Part-Time Telework
• Work Location: Houston, TX
• Employee Referral Amount: $2,500.00

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Project Overview:

Bechtel's Manufacturing & Technology (M&T) Business Unit is designing and building an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Manufacturing Facility located at Generation Park in Houston, TX. M&T is an exciting and growing business unit that serves customers in the semiconductor, datacenter, life sciences, and electric vehicle markets. M&T strives to exceed our customer objectives through utilizing our agility, innovative technologies, and world class talent. M&T solves the industry's toughest challenges, building both our company and the world for the future. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the M&T global business unit also includes colleagues working in Arizona, Ohio, Texas, India, and additional project locations around the world.

Job Summary:

Bechtel is seeking a Process Safety Engineer to join the Process Engineering department within the Manufacturing and Technology Business Unit (M&T). The role provides senior-level technical leadership for process safety deliverables, risk management activities, and cross-discipline coordination throughout project execution.

• Plan and conduct independent process safety engineering work requiring judgment in the evaluation, selection, application, and adaptation of design approaches.
• Apply applicable industry standards, codes, accepted design practices, and quality requirement.
• Execute major process safety deliverables in accordance with established engineering design criteria, procedures, and project requirements.
• Prepare, coordinate, and review process safety designs, studies, reports, registers, and technical recommendations.
• Coordinate assigned process safety activities with engineering disciplines, project leadership, clients, suppliers, contractors, and other stakeholders.

"This position is designated as part-time telework per our global telework policy and will require at least three days of in-person attendance per week at the assigned office or project. Weekly in-person schedules will be determined by the individual and their supervisor, in consultation with functional or project leadership" #LI-AM3

Major Responsibilities:

• Lead HAZID, What-If, HAZOP, and LOPA reviews, and support FERA, QRA, and related risk studies.
• Develop, coordinate, and maintain process safety deliverables including PHA reports, action tracking, LOPA worksheets, hazardous area classification reports, consequence modeling reports, process safety basis of design, safety-critical equipment lists, and safety-critical system performance standards.
• Maintain Hazard and Risk Registers throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring risk items, safeguards, and action closures are traceable and aligned with project requirements.
• Coordinate with engineering disciplines on hazardous area classification, fire and gas detection philosophy, firewater system interfaces, and other safety-critical design inputs.
• Review and validate third-party studies including Fire and Explosion Analysis, Quantitative Risk Assessment, Facility Siting Studies, Emergency System Survivability Analysis, Escalation Risk Assessments, and SIMOPS Risk Assessments.
• Support preparation and maintenance of the Safety Case or Safety Report for a Major Hazard Facility, where applicable.
• Provide technical guidance to resolve multidisciplinary process safety issues and support practical, risk-based design decisions.
• Interface with project leadership, clients, and authorities having jurisdiction, as required, to communicate process safety risks, recommendations, and closure status.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Recognized degree from an accredited university plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant process safety experience.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Professional Engineer (PE) license, IChemE Chartered Engineer status, or commitment to achieving this.
• Specialist knowledge in one or more of: HAZOP/LOPA, QRA, SIL assessment, consequence modelling, or hazardous area classification.
• Strong understanding of technical theory, engineering principles, and their practical application in design execution.
• Familiarity with major process safety regulations, industry codes, and guidance such as OSHA PSM, EPA RMP, NFPA, API, IEC/ISA 61511, IFC, IBC, CCPS guidance, and FM Global Data Sheets, as applicable to project scope.
• Prior experience in planning and executing greenfield or brownfield projects in one or more of the following market segments: Semiconductor, Pharma, Battery, or Data Center EPC projects.

Total Rewards/Benefits:

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Client-provided location(s): Houston, TX

Job ID: Bechtel-295673

Employment Type: PART_TIME

Posted: 2026-06-27T00:47:22