Global Process Safety Lead

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**Reimagine What’s Possible**

We are seeking a Global Process Safety Lead - Risk & Consequence within our Global Process Safety team at Air Products The Global Process Safety team provides direction and support to the regional businesses. This position location may in the United States (Allentown-PA, Houston, TX, or Louisiana), Shanghai, China, The Hague, Netherlands, or Hersham-UK, with approximately 10% travel globally.

This role serves as the global senior expert in process safety risk and consequence assessment, focused on developing and implementing best-in-class methods and tools to quantify process safety risks and assess mitigations, as well as providing senior-level independent review of high-risk projects with potential major business implications.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Owner of the technical content of the company PSAM (Process Safety Analysis Methods). PSAM are the formal documents that provide the methods to be used by all process safety engineers across the company. Ensure they reflect industry best practices, effective training is available, and technical issues addressed.
- Owner of the process safety software tools used by the company to assess risks and consequences. Air Products uses a mix of industry standard software and internally developed software tools.
- Conduct timely, independent review of high-risk assets (existing and new projects) to ensure accurate risk quantification and effective mitigation strategies. Provide risk management recommendations to executive management.
- Collaborate with other industry experts through involvement in industry associations and research consortia, to establish best in class approaches for company tools and methods. Identify where gaps exist, and drive development of common solutions.

**Key Deliverables**:

- Up-to-date, robust, accurate and user-friendly PSAMs.
- Internal and external reliable process safety tools with training and technical support.
- Accurate senior reviews of high-risk assessments and actionable risk reduction strategies.

**Required Skills and Experience**:

- Proven technical leadership in process safety methods and tools.
- Innovative problem-solving for complex safety challenges.
- Strategic influence across teams, driving safety improvements in design and operations.
- Effective engagement with industry experts and safety committees to advance standard methodologies.
- Strong teacher and mentor, with a history of driving safety excellence.

**Requirements**:

- Engineering or science degree or equivalent work experience
- 20+ years of engineering experience, primarily in process safety
- Proven expertise in process safety hazard consequence fundamentals and risk assessment techniques.
- Recognized industry leadership in process safety.
- Strong mentoring and technical consulting skills supporting process safety engineering teams.

**What's In It for You**:
At Air Products we foster a culture of inclusion where every voice is heard, and everyone feels they belong and matter. Additionally, we offer competitive pay and great benefits for our employees. Check out some of our benefits below
- Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (starts day 1 of employment)
- 401k with 100% vested company core AND company match (8%)
- Paid Vacation, holidays, flexible holiday + sick time
- Paid Parental leave (Up to 8 weeks for both parents)
- Backup Child and Adult Care benefit
- Adoption assistance
- Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent daycare)
- Life Insurance (AD&D- Paid for by Air Products), Supplemental AD&D
- Legal Plan & Identity theft coverage
- EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
- Many more supplemental benefits available

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We are the world’s largest hydrogen producer with over 80 years of industrial gas experience. We are hydrogen and industrial gas experts delivering safe, end-to-end solutions, investing in real, clean energy projects at scale, and driving the industry forward to generate a cleaner future.

At Air Products, we work in an environment where we put safety first, diversity is essential, inclusion is our culture, and each person knows they belong and matter. To learn more, visit About Air Products.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid holidays and vacation, affordable medical, dental, life insurance and retirement plans. You will be eligible for benefits and also be 100% vested in your retirement benefits on your first day of employment.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (U.S.). You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, citizenship, gender, m