Process Safety and Risk Management (PS&RM) Lead Engineer

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Process Safety and Risk Management (PS&RM) Lead Engineer

Business: Qnity Electronics
Location: Taiwan – Jhunan (Hsinchu II), Dayuan, or Hsinchu I - with routine visits to all Taiwan sites
Travel: ~10–20% within APAC; occasional international travel
Reports To: Director, Global Process Safety & Risk Management

Position Summary

Qnity Electronics is seeking a Lead Engineer – Process Safety and Risk Management (PS&RM) to lead and strengthen our process safety and risk management program across Taiwan manufacturing sites and capital projects.

This role plays a critical part in ensuring that process hazards are consistently identified, evaluated, and mitigated, with particular focus on high‑hazard materials and operations. The position also serves as a key technical authority for process safety–related incident investigation, classification, and trend analysis at the corporate level.

Key hazards include toxic, flammable, explosive, reactive, and combustible dust risks involving liquids, gases, and solids in advanced manufacturing environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate Process Hazard Analyses (PHA), Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA), and Dust Hazard Analyses (DHA) for routine revalidations and capital projects; mentor site-based facilitators.
• Serve as a process safety subject matter expert, providing technical guidance on risk identification, evaluation, and mitigation.
• Guide sites in the application and interpretation of Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices (RAGAGEP).
• Partner with site leadership, engineering, and EHS teams to drive measurable improvements in process safety performance.
• Lead targeted initiatives to reduce risk associated with high-hazard materials, technologies, and operations.
• Support and participate in audits, compliance reviews, and internal or external process safety assessments.
• Contribute to process safety incident investigations, including incident classification, root cause analysis, and enterprise trend analysis.
• Support development and deployment of corporate process safety training programs for engineering and operations personnel.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in process safety and risk management within high‑hazard manufacturing or chemical processing environments.
• Strong working knowledge of international process safety standards and best practices.
• Demonstrated experience with HAZOP, LOPA, PHA, and DHA methodologies.
• Proven background in process safety auditing, compliance assurance, and management system implementation.
• Ability to lead across functions and influence at all organizational levels, including senior leadership.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; effective facilitator and collaborator.
• Must be fluent in both written and spoken English and Mandarin Chinese
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally.

Preferred / Additional Attributes

• Certified Process Safety Professional (e.g., CCPS or equivalent).
• Experience in project engineering and capital project risk reviews.
• Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence; effective in global, multicultural environments.
• Self‑directed, organized, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced setting.

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