Process Safety Management (PSM) Specialist (Field Based)

ERM is hiring a Process Safety Management (PSM) Specialist in West Deptford, NJ. This is an excellent career opportunity to work with an expert consulting team on challenging safety and risk projects for large global clients. Access to ERM's international risk management experts provide knowledge, sharing of best practices across the industry and on-going learning opportunities for our team. This is a full-time, fixed-term position with a duration of 6 months with possibility of renewal.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support Process Hazard Analyses (PHA), including HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA, and What-If reviews, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and client standards.
• Provide technical guidance on process safety management systems (PSM) implementation, gap assessments, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop and maintain process safety programs, procedures, and risk registers, ensuring findings are translated into actionable risk mitigation plans.
• Advise on Management of Change (MOC) processes and support operational readiness and mechanical integrity reviews.
• Collaborate with EHS, engineering, and operations teams to ensure consistent application of process safety principles across projects and facilities.
• Prepare and deliver process safety training, workshops, and awareness sessions for client and internal teams.
• Support incident investigations and root cause analyses to identify systemic issues and recommend preventive measures.
• Contribute to process safety culture development by promoting awareness and best practices across sites and project teams.
• Track and report on project progress, key performance indicators, and budget adherence, escalating risks as needed.
• Act as a liaison between client leadership, ERM technical teams, and third-party vendors to ensure successful delivery of process safety initiatives.

REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in process safety.
• Bachelors in engineering, safety or related field preferred.
• Experience with development of written PSM programs, Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), including Hazard Identification (HAZID) and Hazard Operability (HazOp), Mechanical Integrity (MI) evaluations, change management and operational readiness reviews, etc.
• Experience working in pharmaceutical, chemical, or manufacturing industries.
• Experience facilitating or leading multidisciplinary workshops (HAZOP, LOPA).
• Proficiency in risk analysis tools (PHA-Pro, BowTieXP, etc.) considered an asset.
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong client relationship skills.
• Excellent verbal, writing, meeting facilitation and computer skills

Pay Transparency:

For the Process Safety Management (PSM) Specialist position, we anticipate the annual base pay of $100,474.00 - $127,553.00, $48.30/hr. - $61.32/hr. USD, limited-term, non-exemp...