PSM Specialist Job at MECS Ltd
by MECS Ltd
in
Job role overview
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Date posted
October 20, 2026
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Closing date
November 20, 2026
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Hiring location
Western Cape
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Experience
5 years
Description
- To support safe, reliable and efficient refinery operations by implementing and monitoring Process Safety Management (PSM) processes, identifying operational risks and ensuring compliance with process safety standards.
- Please note that this is a 6-month Fixed Term Contract position.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate Management of Change (MOC) processes and monitor the closure of process safety action items.
- Participate in Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), HAZOP, What-if and LOPA studies.
- Monitor safety-critical equipment, Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), process safety deviations and performance metrics.
- Conduct process safety risk assessments, incident investigations and root cause analyses.
- Coordinate process safety audits, safeguard verifications and Safe Work Practice audits.
- Track corrective actions, analyse operational deviations and communicate incident learnings.
- Support process safety risk management for major capital projects.
- Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Reliability and Maintenance, and Technical Services teams.
- Maintain process safety systems, records and reports.
Minimum Qualifications and Experience
- BSc, BTech or National Diploma in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering.
- Minimum five years' refining experience in SHEQ, Operations, Engineering or Reliability and Maintenance.
- Three years' experience as a Process Safety Engineer preferred.
Technical Skills and Knowledge
- Hazard identification and process risk management.
- HAZOP, What-if, LOPA, SIL determination and SIS.
- Root cause analysis, including TapRooT, Five Whys and Why Tree.
- Safety-critical equipment management and Management of Change.
- Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) modelling using PHAST, SAFETI or Canary.
- Knowledge of API 752, 753 and 754.
- Familiarity with PhaPro, KMS, Isometrix and BowTieXP.
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