SHE Process Safety Specialist at Sasol

Purpose of Job

• Participate in Process Safety strategy, interpret and implement process safety elements based on One Sasol SHE Excellence approach. Evaluate process operations and design through risk assessments to ensure minimization of accidents, incidents, and events. Facilitate process hazard analysis/studies, auditing, process safety information sharing and operational knowledge support. Implement and enable process safety strategy to meet goals. Ensure root causes of major and significant process safety incidents are determined using correct investigation methodology and shared. Service as team member in the compilation of Sasol process safety related Specifications, Standards and Procedures.

Key Accountabilities

• Facilitate PHA and ad hoc risk assessments using methodologies and communicate findings to obtain managements’ formal response to PHA recommendations.
• Facilitate/participate in PSSRs, incident investigations and assist in compiling reports, lessons learned and next steps.
• Identify potential or actual changes, assess the effects and improve risk management using hierarchy of controls.
• Assist operations regarding the technical aspects of PSM and clarify PSM standards and elements when required.
• Provide input in design, development and maintenance of the PSM system.
• Provide assurance that PHA information is used in operation of the other PSM elements.
• Develop and maintain plant specific PSM procedures and related checklists where applicable, by interpreting Sasol standards, procedures, specifications and guidelines.
• Drive operational hub PSM initiatives, and plant rollout, embedding of the PSM system.
• Conduct MHI studies where applicable, analyse regulations and ensure compliance.
• Advise on land use/spatial planning for operational areas based on the relevant studies.
• Identify potential process, asset features that could escalate emergency events into major incidents.
• Carry out PSM stand-by duties, co-ordinate external risk assessment studies.
• Utilise lessons learnt to prevent repeat events.
• Utilise consequence modelling, probability analysis to develop solutions.
• Evaluate the quality of previous risk studies and advise.
• Support and monitor the identification of process of PSCE for preventative maintenance purposes.
• Utilize a FER-SI tool to derive fire, explosion and toxic index.
• Develop knowledge relating to the field of work, personal mastery in technical skills application.
• Plan and meet production management objectives in technical, professional and expert areas of work.
• Conduct PSM audits and plant inspections to assure the effectiveness of actions taken in response to process safety activities.
• Assist management in preparation for 2nd, 3rd party audits and insurance engineers’ visits by collecting info, organising, planning, tracking follow up.
• Research, propose and assist in the impl of best practices and fit for purpose solutions to meet changing business and work requirements.
• Gather and analyse data on risk based analysis e.g. PHA, MHI reports, observations, audits, incidents, and advise management on high process safety risks.
• Assist managers to be PSM leaders.
• Build and maintain stakeholder relationships.
• Liaise with accredited engineering facilities.
• Liaise with neighbouring Sasol and non-Sasol plants on potential incident escalation scenarios.
• Demonstrate influential relationships.
• Attend sharing and networking activities internal and external.
• Deliver knowledge based process safety training.
• Participate in process safety culture transformation programmes and other initiatives.
• Audit and make recommendations on permit to work system.
• Participate in the development and revision of PSM standards, procedures, specs and guidelines through researching, benchmarking, and interpreting technical, legal info and best practices.

Formal Education

• University Bachelor’s Degree / B-Tech in chemical / Mechanical Engineering

Working Experience

• Experience: 6+ relevant years