Division: Environmental & Safety
Reference Number: PSP-05-25
Grade: C4
Purpose of the job
The Process Safety Practitioner reports to the SHERQ Manager. The Process Safety Practitioner leads the development, implementation and maintenance of Risk Based Process Safety Management (RBPSM) system in accordance with the company’s SHERQ strategy. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance while promoting a safety culture through risk assessments, the implementation of appropriate safety measures, and incident investigations.
The Process Safety Practitioner is responsible for identifying, evaluating, and coordinating the implementation and execution of risk- mitigation strategies or controls in operational processes. The incumbent identifies improvement opportunities, participates in proposing engineering solutions tailored to ensure compliance.
The Process Safety Practitioner must ensure that plant operations and functional departments adhere to NCP’s SHERQ systems, policies, processes, and procedures, as well as the Responsible Care® (including Process Safety Management) requirements. The incumbent leads the implementation of Process Safety and SHERQ-related plans and initiatives, as well as ensuring continuous improvement and compliance with relevant processes, regulations, and international standards. The incumbent participates in internal and external audits.
The abovementioned activities shall be conducted in compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, No. 85 of 1993 and all relevant NCP policies and procedures.
This position profile acts as a guide to the role only, and additional work outcomes may be required to be performed by the incumbent.
Key performance area
- Risk Based Process Safety Management (RBPSM).
- Conduct risk assessments to analyze probable occurrences and prioritize mitigation actions to minimize on-site incidents.
- Facilitate process hazard analysis/study (PHA) and ad hoc risk assessments using methodologies such as HAZOP, PHR, LOPA, SIL, LOC, Fault/Event Tree, Human Factors, Inherent Safer Design, Explosion modelling and Risk Ranking.
- Facilitate/participate in Pre-startup safety reviews (PSSR) when plant modifications are made, and management of change needs to be done, assist compiling next required steps and reports.
- Conduct incident investigations and analysis using appropriate techniques, compile reports, lessons learned and share the outcomes with relevant stakeholders.
- Identify the impact of proposed or actual process changes, assess their consequences, and optimizing risk management through a hierarchy of controls.
- Ensure PHA information is used for other PSM elements, such as SOPs and emergency procedures.
- Conduct spot-checks on SOPs to verify if procedures cover safe operating limits, and consequences to deviations.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of process risk assessments for internal and external purposes.
- Assist in the development of plant-specific PSM procedures and checklists based on standards, processes, specifications, and recommendations.
- Analyze process flow diagrams, P&IDs, and other engineering documents to identify safety critical elements.
2. SHERQ Management systems.
- Ensure that the PTW and LOTO system meets all safety requirements established by NCP Chlorchem and that any safety deviations are corrected.
- Compile and maintain the proactive events data within area of responsibility and investigate concerns raised and coordinate the corrective actions for long term items identified.
- Continuously monitor process safety compliance through past and projected indicators.
- Review, update, maintain and monitor operations’ environmental aspect and impact risks.
- Assist in ensuring compliance to relevant legislation such as air quality act, waste management act, energy act, water act etc.
- Facilitate and monitor waste management and disposal within your area of responsibility as per the waste management policy.
- Report and escalate any SHERQ non-compliance to NCP policies, procedures and systems relating to operations that could adversely affect compliances and licenses to operate.
- Assist in retaining all current Environmental certifications by ensuring that all findings, corrective actions are managed. Corrective actions closed within target dates.
- Monitor and track the operations performance against the PSM objectives and targets that have been developed. Work with line managers to correct deviations to the agreed performance target.
- Participate in external environmental forums: EIA, CAER, CAIA and Air Quality Forums.
- Respond to queries relating to non-conformance raised during internal and external audits within the specified time frames as requested by the customer, certification management body, CAIA, or suppliers.
- Assist in the consolidation of environmental, process safety and health and safety KPI data for CAIA reporting.
3. Continuous Improvement and Monitoring
- Track the performance indicators, corrective actions, and improvement opportunities for PSM.
- Keep abreast of current legislation, standards and requirements in order to provide foresight, guidance and advice on risk-based issues.
- Sharing process safety information and providing operational knowledge support to line management.
- Advice, and support the site leadership team to comply with legal requirements and company risk management standards.
- Assist operations with PSM technical aspects and interpret PSM standards as required.
- Review and assess previous process risk evaluations and provide recommendations.
- Apply lessons learned to prevent future incidents.
- Assist with the consolidation of process safety information for the site.
- Arrange and maintain PSM, notices as appropriate throughout the premises.
- Facilitate the communication and collaboration among the different stakeholders, such as management, engineers, operators, contractors, suppliers, and regulators.
- Collaborate with operations personnel to address safety concerns and implement improvements.
4. Legal Compliance and adherence to MHI
- Ensure that the PSM elements are implemented, monitored, and reviewed according to the regulatory and industry requirements.
- Analyze MHI regulation requirements, identify gaps and facilitate with the closing out of actions from MHI studies and gap analysis.
- Provide input in the design, development and maintenance of the PSM system.
- Participate in MHI Risk assessment reviews and provide input where required.
5. Related SHERQ responsibilities
Knowledge/Skills/Competencies
- Knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety Act
- Knowledge of Driven Machinery Regulations
- Knowledge of Risk Management and conducting Risk Assessments
- Knowledge of Process Safety Management (PSM) and Responsible Care®
- Knowledge and understanding of Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing Principles
- Knowledge of conducting Root Cause Investigations (RCI)
- Process Safety design and operational requirement
- Knowledge of MHI Regulations.
- Excellent analytical skills
- Ability to interpret and translate legislative needs for the company.
- Able to interpret technical / hazard / operational data and apply the appropriate risk assessment methods and expertise.
- Expertise in risk assessment methodologies like HAZOP, What-If analysis, and FMEA.
- Planning and organizational skills
- Excellent report writing skills
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to present and explain PSM & SHERQ topics
- Computer literacy in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint).
- Have good persuasion skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Proactive problem-solving abilities – use initiative
- Good time management skills – deadline driven
- Self-motivated, energetic, and positive
- Good team player, yet can also work independently
- High level of integrity
- Able to handle conflict management
- Reliable / responsible / dependable / trustworthy
- Focus on best business practice and ethics
- Quality and results oriented
- Be able to physically walk between plant labs, main labs, production plants etc.
Experience
- Minimum 1 – 3 years Continuous Chemical Manufacturing Environment.
- Minimum 1 – 3 years Process Safety Management Environment.
Qualifications:
- Matric with Science and Mathematics.
- National Diploma in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering studies.
- Degree in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering studies (Advantage)
Certifications:
- ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 accreditation training
- Integrated Management System (IMS).
- Process Safety Training (must).
Reporting structure:
This position reports to the Business SHERQ Manager.
Personal Circumstances:
- Must be able to obtain a satisfactory medical report from the companies’ medical centre.
Other requirements:
Please ensure:
- That the application form is fully completed and attached with your CV.
- That the reference number and/or position name of this advertisement is quoted on your application form.
- That recently certifiedcopies of all qualifications referred to on your application form and cv, are submitted.
- Applications can be handed in at the HR offices (Head Office) or sent electronically (email below) on or before the closing date.
- Only applications that are submitted to HR directly with either of the 2 methods mentioned above will be considered.
External Applicants:
Please attach a copy of your most recent payslip. We regret we cannot consider any applications received without this information.
Failure to comply with the above requirements will result in your application being disqualified.
Persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply, should the applicant be successful the incumbent will be reasonably accommodated depending on the inherent requirements of the job.
All applicants are thanked in advance for showing interest however correspondences will only be entered into with the shortlisted candidates.
Closing date: 15 May 2025
Applications to be sent to: careers@ncp.co.za
Recruitment for this position will be conducted with the intention of progressing our Employment Equity policy, targets, and objectives. The Company reserves the right not to fill this position.