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3M Process Safety Officer in Maplewood, Minnesota
Job Description:
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Process Safety Officer – Global EHS
Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World
Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.
This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.
The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As a Process Safety Officer – Global EHS, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and people around the world. Here, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by
Provide leadership and strategic direction for process safety to achieve sustained safety performance improvements globally.
Improve and refine process safety standards including training, tools, communication and audit requirements for topics including, but not limited to, mechanical integrity, process safety information and facility siting and provide guidance to implement process safety expectations.
Lead and define requirements to facilitate process safety and hazard assessment reviews, including but not limited to, LOPA scenarios, reactive chemical scenarios, and management of change requests.
Review, support, and approve process safety assessment strategies for HAZOP, LOPA, etc.
Review and approve process safety technology to mitigate process safety risks in partnership with manufacturing technology leadership and develop a program to conduct process safety reviews and scope approval for related CAPEX projects.
Lead incident investigations, as required, and review root cause for all process safety incidents and near misses. Ensure action items are complete, documented and learnings are replicated to other applicable facilities to prevent future incidents.
Lead and/or participate on global process safety audits.
Lead internal process safety networks to connect and coach process safety SMEs globally and facilitate new leader PHA reviews to ensure operations, engineering and site leaders fully understand risks in line with their role and responsibility.
Collaborate across global EHS, area EHS teams, operations, engineering, R&D, legal affairs, occupational medicine, and external stakeholders to drive EHS performance excellence and recognize and replicate EHS best practices.
Foster a culture of trust, collaboration, attention to detail, and standard work to realize a working environment of open communications, project management and prioritization, and a full entitlement mindset toward compliance and risk reduction.
Lead external benchmarking and trade association engagement to ensure the identification and integration of novel techniques and technologies to improve and sustain EHS performance.
Your Skills and Expertise
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:
Possess a Bachelor’s degree or higher in an engineering or science discipline (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution.
Proficient years of process safety experience in a private, public, government or military environment.
Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
Ten (10) years combined supervisory and/or management experience.
Process safety expertise in hazard assessment tools, programs to control risks of unplanned events (e.g. fires, explosions, chemical releases) and deep understanding of process technology and hazards.
Experience with global, regional (US, Asia, etc.), and/or state process safety regulations and risk reduction strategies for manufacturing facilities.
Strategic thinker, high attention to detail, process-oriented, ability to develop and maintain good working relations with clients, ability to communicate (multi-lingual a plus) broadly, clear/concise writing ability and data documentation style, self-starter with the ability to multi-task.
Strong demonstration of project management skills and ability to manage activities and resources to achieve targets and objectives.
Previous experience in process engineering, design engineering or manufacturing.
Expert/master knowledge and experience in one or more EHS professional disciplines (e.g. worker safety, industrial hygiene, environmental compliance).
Master’s degree or higher in an engineering, science or EHS related discipline from an accredited institution.
Certification(s) such as: Professional Engineer (PE), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP) or related EHS credential.
Work location:
- Hybrid - Maplewood, MN (3M Center)
Travel: May include up to 30% domestic/international
Relocation Assistance: May be authorized
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).
Supporting Your Well-being
3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.
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