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Chemical Process Safety Leader

Georgia Pacific
life insurance, parental leave
United States, Oregon, Toledo
Mar 26, 2025
Your Job

Georgia-Pacific has an immediate opening for a Process Safety Leader to support the operations at our containerboard mill in Toledo, OR. This role is responsible for the development, implementation, and management of process safety programs and management systems. As a member of the Toledo Safety Team, this position reports to the Safety Leader and is responsible for supervising a Process Safety Engineer. Toledo Operations is an integrated pulp and paper mill producing linerboard and corrugating medium.

Our Team

Georgia-Pacific Toledo is a producer of brown paper used to make cardboard and is a leader in recycling in the Northwest. The Toledo Mill is located within a 10-minute drive to the Pacific Ocean. Many outdoor activities are available near the mill including fishing, hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, and boating.

What You Will Do
* Lead and support the performance and development of the Process Safety Engineer role.
* Provide process safety influential leadership for the site, working with the safety team, with specific focus on ensuring that mill process safety systems reduce risk and ensure compliance.
* Facilitate and grow process safety ownership across the operations and maintenance organizations through leadership, coordination, and coaching in keeping with risk-based process safety and our Principle-Based Management (PBM) culture.
* Lead risk assessments at the facility for anticipating, identifying, and evaluating hazards as well as more formal Process Hazard Analyses (PHA).
* Partner with corporate process safety and compliance IT groups to develop and improve training, tools, and policies that support the sites.
* Lead the development of short and long-term process safety objectives, targets, strategies, and measures that prioritize and mitigate risks.
* Provide analysis of process safety incidents and near misses to assure sustainable corrective actions are implemented and detailed technical direction to improve process safety performance.
* Review and validate process equipment design specifications, safeguard specifications, and operating procedures.
* Coordinate the engineering review capability for process hazard analyses (PHA), management of change (MOC), and pre-startup safety reviews (PSSR).
* Provide chemical process safety support and expertise to the mill's Emergency Response Team (ERT).
* Position will participate in on-call rotation as needed (in general, once every 8 week period, and may include one holiday per year).

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
* Bachelor's Degree
* Operations, engineering, mechanical integrity, or reliability experience within a PSM regulated manufacturing or industrial environment that included process safety covered assets
* Experience and working knowledge of Process Safety regulations (i.e.: 29 CFR 1910.119 and 40 CFR 68, OSHA)

What Will Put You Ahead
* Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Safety
* Supervisory experience within a chemical, petrochemical, or pulp and paper mill
* Professional Engineer (PE), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) or equivalent certifications
* Experience in the pulp & paper industry
* Experience with and in-depth knowledge Risk Assessments Processes such as Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy [1] here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company and leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 300,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day - to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our [2] business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click [3] here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click [4] here, [5] aqui, or [6] tu).
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