What to ExpectThe Process Safety Engineer will be responsible for complex technical work in a wide range of EHS disciplines. They will lead process safety at Tesla’s Gulf Coast Lithium Refinery. They will serve as discipline lead for the EHS team, interacting with many multi-disciplinary teams (manufacturing engineering, materials development, chemical engineering, factory design, facility engineering, etc.); ensure regulatory compliance can be met in new and proposed changes to equipment and processes, facilities and designs; perform process and facility risk assessments, and implement Tesla EHS and industry best practices. They will play a key role in the sustainable design, change managed operation of Tesla’s business. The overall charter is risk and hazard reduction and pollution prevention across all operations. The ideal candidate takes pride in their knowledge of process, regulations, analytical abilities, organization skills, attention to detail and ability to solve problems quickly and creatively.What You’ll DoEnsure Process Safety Management, Risk Management Program compliance requirements and Tesla EHS policies, standards, procedures, and chemical process hazard guidelines are all metFacilitate Risk Assessments: HAZID, HAZOP, Equipment Safety Reviews, Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA), Offsite Consequence Analysis (OCA), FMEA studies, Dust Hazard Analysis (DHA) and health risk reduction studies and recommend risk mitigation measures for identified hazardsSupport EHS event investigations, operational learning, and emergency preparedness activitiesAdminister the site EHS Management of Change (MOC) and chemical approval and inventory programLead efforts for modeling scenarios and working with external consultants/ partners as needed to conduct modeling such as CFD, FDS, PHAST, Canary, iPRISM, ALOHA, and other risk modeling toolsLead/Assist other engineers in various process safety calculations related to e. g. the design of new emergency relief systems, the evaluation of existing emergency relief system designs, dispersion analysis, flammability analysis, Electrical Area Classification (EAC)Support startup (PSSR) and equipment commissioning operations through creative problem solving to meet aggressive timelines while maintaining safe and compliant operation What You’ll BringBachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Environmental, Safety, Chemical, Mechanical, or closely related industry), M.S. preferred; or equivalent. CFSP/CFSE, CSP, CHMM, RSO, LSO, CIH certification(s) a plusAt least 5 years of related work experience in process safety managementExperience leading or facilitating PHAs, HAZOPs, DHAs and Risk AssessmentsWorking knowledge of OSHA, EPA, MSHA, and TCEQ regulationsAbility to read and understand Process and Instrument Diagrams (P&IDs), Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), Architectural permit sets, CAD drawings

Robstown, Texas

Full time