Senior Specialist Safety & Environment PSM

Location: Hybrid, West Point, Pennsylvania, United States; responsibilities also cover North Wales and Springhouse Innovation Park.

Salary: $106,200–$167,200 per year, plus potential annual bonus and long-term incentive.

Company

hirify.global develops and manufactures vaccines and supports pharmaceutical research, development, and regulated manufacturing operations.

What you will do

• Provide site-level technical leadership for Process Safety Management (PSM), EHS Management of Change (MOC), and Loss Prevention.
• Maintain PSM procedures, tools, templates, training, inventories, process-owner assignments, and PHA revalidation schedules.
• Lead and oversee PHAs, including HAZOP, What-If, and LOPA, and coordinate ALARP reviews and risk-reduction commitments.
• Support capital projects from design through startup and turnover, including PHA planning, design reviews, PSSERs, and closure of startup-critical actions.
• Verify safeguards, process descriptions, operating limits, P&IDs, mechanical-integrity interfaces, and field conditions.
• Coordinate investigations, audits, risk surveys, corrective actions, and reporting of emerging risks and overdue actions to site leadership and EHS councils.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Occupational Safety, or a related technical field.
• At least 5 years of process safety, engineering, or technical EHS experience in manufacturing, pilot plant, research, or similarly complex settings, including direct process safety program implementation.
• Experience conducting or supporting PHAs using HAZOP and What-If, applying LOPA, and developing actionable risk-reduction recommendations.
• Working knowledge of EHS MOC, pre-startup reviews, process safety information, mechanical integrity interfaces, and hazardous-process lifecycle management.
• Ability to interpret P&IDs, process descriptions, operating limits, and technical records; assess safeguards and identify when specialized expertise is needed.
• Ability to apply company standards, regulations, engineering codes, and recognized good engineering practices to designs, equipment changes, field conditions, and capital projects.
• Strong risk assessment, investigation, problem-solving, project coordination, action-verification, prioritization, and escalation skills.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams, deliver training, explain technical risks to operations and leaders, and use Microsoft Office and digital risk, MOC, and action-management systems.

Nice to have

• Experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical, or other highly regulated manufacturing or research environments.
• Formal training or qualification in PHA facilitation, HAZOP, LOPA, or related process safety risk-assessment methods.
• Capital-project process safety experience from design through startup and turnover, including inherently safer design and independent protection layers.
• Experience with loss prevention, insurer surveys, fire protection interfaces, flammable and combustible material risks, or asset-protection improvement plans.
• Experience implementing PHA software, Enablon workflows, digital record migrations, or standardized process safety reporting.
• Professional certification or relevant credential such as CSP, Professional Engineer, or a recognized process safety qualification.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement with no travel required.
• Regular employee status with medical, dental, vision, insurance, retirement, 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and sick and compassionate days.
• Inclusive workplace focused on diverse perspectives, respectful challenge, and collective problem-solving.
• No relocation assistance and no visa sponsorship.