Process Safety Manager (Remote-Based)

Position Summary

The Process Safety Manager for the STERIS Applied Sterilization Technologies (AST) business segment will establish and ensure compliance with organizational standards and policies aligned with U.S. OSHA and applicable country-specific regulations governing ethylene oxide and other gas processing safety and security across the U.S., Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic. Partner with business unit facilities to manage ethylene oxide safety programs through the development and implementation of assessment tools, models, and reports.

This position is U.S. Home- Based and will travel domestically to STERIS AST locations in the U.S. as well as internationally to Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.

What You'll do as a Process Safety Manager

Regulatory Compliance (45%)

• Develops, maintains, and delivers training on the ethylene oxide process safety management program, ensuring compliance with OSHA and applicable regional requirements.
• Performs, or ensures a qualified individual performs, OSHA process safety management (PSM), EPA risk management plan (RMP), and California accidental release program (CalARP) compliance audits at least every three years. Ensure process hazard analyses (PHAs) are reviewed and revised at least every five years, or sooner when a change could increase the risk of process failure. Ensures all audit and PHA findings and recommendations are documented, presented to management, and supported by appropriate follow-up mechanisms to ensure compliance.
• Partners with operations to ensure timely completion of PHA and audit recommendations.
• Partners with engineering, maintenance, and operations to maintain recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices (RAGAGEP) for covered processes.
• Develops process safety and risk management programs and procedures.
• Facilitates process hazard analyses (PHAs) and participates in safety workshops (e.g., HAZID, HAZOP), including workshop preparation, scribing, and reporting.
• Conducts mechanical integrity (MI) and pre-startup safety review (PSSR) audits and gap assessments, partnering with plant management and AST engineering to address findings.

Program Management (40%)

• Manages projects supporting OSHA PSM, EPA RMP, CalARP, and PHA programs, as well as broader process safety risk management.
• Advises each facility on how effectively its mechanical integrity (MI) program meets current requirements.
• Guides administration of a uniform ethylene oxide process safety management training program for all personnel who interface with ethylene oxide operations.
• Provides oversite and guidance to all Customer processing programs that include hazardous materials such as biological, energy-containing, flammables, etc. by developing, implementing and managing solutions for those Customer Products.

The Experience, Skills and Abilities, Needed

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree (Preferred in Occupational Health and Safety, Chemical, Environmental Engineering / Science, or related field).
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in process safety engineering and/or management, preferably in the chemical industry.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with development of written PSM programs, Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), and PSM/RMP/CalARP auditing.
• Minimum of 5 years of general industry health and safety experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in developing and providing safety and health training.

Preferred:

• Professional Certification – (Certified Safety Professional or Certified Industrial Hygienist preferred)

Other:

• Ability to effectively read, write and verbally communicate.
• Ability to work independently under general guidelines and supervision.
• Requires computer literacy to include word processing, spreadsheet, and software capabilities.
• Effective interpersonal skills as demonstrated through prior experience.
• Above average organizing, analyzing and Level 4 math skills (practical application of fractions, percentages, proportions, measurements, and basic algebra) to determine organization, Customer and regulatory problems and formulate corrective action plans; attention to detail.
• Ability to adapt to changing duties and responsibilities.
• Ability to influence people in their opinions, attitude, or judgments; to generalize, evaluate and make decisions in stressful situations.
• Normal hearing range sufficient to hear alarms, bells, horns, etc.

What STERIS Offers

We value our employees and are committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that supports your health, wellbeing, and financial future.

Here is just a brief overview of what we offer:

• Market Competitive pay
• Extensive Paid Time Off and added Holidays
• Excellent Healthcare, Dental and Vision benefits
• Long- and Short-Term Disability coverage
• 401(k) with a company match
• Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Additional add- on benefits / discounts for programs such as Pet Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement and continuing education programs
• Excellent opportunities for advancement in a stable long-term career