Process Safety Facility Champion

Responsibilities:

Process Safety Commitment

• Lead or support regulatory compliance efforts (such as OSHA PSM/EPA RMP).

• Work with the PS Manager(s) and PS Consultant(s) to

  • provide proper interpretation and guidance of the mandatory process safety requirements and recommended practices.  

  • use knowledge of Corteva’s process safety standards and guidelines to define and document gaps in the plant design and operating practices versus Corteva’s process safety mandatory requirements.

  • drive consistency in implementation of Corteva’s process safety standards and guidelines from a local requirements perspective.

• Lead the implementation of the process safety programs in the facility.

• Act as the communication focal point for the PSM Portfolio Manager(s).

• Ensure the gaps and closure plans are entered into the EtQ CAPA module and periodically update and issue progress reports.

• Committing to presence in assigned facilities (i.e. morning meetings, staff meetings, unplanned event teams, etc.)

Understand Hazards & Risk Mitigation

• Advocating for facility efforts to maintain PSM documentation accurate and updated at all times (i.e., PSI, CoreAI, etc.).

• Support the development of Facility Process Safety norms and policies (i.e., cardinal rules, etc.) and actively promote these in the plant.

• Assume responsibility for MOC (facilities and technology) reviews of process safety sections, escalating for further review for changes outside the expertise of the PSM Facility Champion.

• Support facility PHA development efforts

Manage Risks

• Support proper PSSRs, and RTO procedures.

• Support the development and delivery of facility specific process safety training and leverage enterprise training to the facility.

• Support New Member Integration Process specific to Process Safety Topics

• Work closely with maintenance on Core Asset Integrity, ensuring applicable RAGAGEPs are identified, in collaboration with others.

• Support facility emergency planning and response, in collaboration with others.

• Support the development of process safety related immediate response drills, including high consequence related drills.

Learn from Experience

• Assume responsibility for PSM metric reporting.

• Lead the development of leading and lagging, facility specific metrics.

• Track and report the enterprise required PSM metrics.

• Support the facility leadership in PSCE reporting and incident investigations for PSM events.

• Ensure self-assessments are conducted as per Corteva’s requirements.

• Participate in, and help prepare for, PSM audits.

• Follow up on recommendations from audits.

• Support Management System Reviews (Site MSRs)

Qualifications:

• 4 year college degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent

• 3-5 years related manufacturing experience

• Process safety work experience preferred