Process Safety Management Engineer (Minerals)

Location: Houston, TX, United States; on-site

Company

hirify.global is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company developing critical-mineral supply chains for energy, AI, and defense technologies through industry expertise, software, automation, and data-driven decision-making.

What you will do

• Administer and improve process safety and major hazard risk management workflows, including planning, facilitation, documentation, action tracking, and closeout.
• Lead or support PHAs, HAZOPs, HAZIDs, LOPAs, bowties, what-if/checklist reviews, and formal risk assessments across labs, pilot operations, projects, and operating systems.
• Support Management of Change and Pre-Startup Safety Review processes by evaluating technical changes, safeguards, training, procedures, startup readiness, and open actions.
• Review process and facility design information, including PFDs, P&IDs, equipment specifications, layouts, control narratives, chemical inventories, and utility interfaces.
• Provide engineering input on hazardous materials, ventilation, detection and alarming, emergency shutdown, pressure relief, containment, life safety, fire protection, and hazard classification.
• Support incident investigations, contractor and project safety, emergency preparedness, field verification, training, procedures, and continuous improvement of safety systems.

Requirements

• B.S. or higher in Chemical, Mechanical, Mining, Metallurgy, Fire Protection, Safety Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in process safety, process engineering, plant design, operations, commissioning, EHS, or risk management.
• Hands-on experience with PHAs, HAZOPs, HAZIDs, LOPAs, MOC, PSSR, incident investigations, formal risk assessments, or similar processes.
• Ability to interpret PFDs, P&IDs, layouts, equipment data sheets, operating procedures, control narratives, chemical inventories, and safety-critical design information.
• Working knowledge of OSHA PSM, EPA RMP, IFC/IBC concepts, NFPA standards, pressure systems, hazardous materials, electrical safety, fire protection, ventilation, and emergency planning.
• Strong technical writing, facilitation, action tracking, data organization, communication, decision documentation, and practical risk-control skills.

Nice to have

• PE, CSP, CCPSC, CFPS, HAZOP/LOPA facilitation training, or equivalent process safety credentials.
• Experience with pilot plants, lab-scale hazards, scale-up projects, hazardous-materials permitting, fire/life-safety coordination, commissioning, or operational readiness.

Culture & Benefits

• Extreme ownership and responsibility for outcomes.
• Emphasis on simplifying and optimizing requirements before automating for scale.
• Open collaboration, knowledge sharing, and cross-functional contribution.
• Opportunity to support responsible mineral sourcing and supply.