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Shell · Presencial · Louisiana - Norco
Louisiana, United States of America


Job Family Group:

Health, Safety, Security, and Environment


Worker Type:

Regular


Posting Start Date:

November 3, 2026


Business Unit:

Downstream and Renewables


Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals


Job Description:

What’s the role

 

As a Process Safety Engineer, you will play a critical role in ensuring new facilities, modifications, and capital projects are designed, constructed, commissioned, and handed over safely. You will work closely with project teams to identify process safety risks, evaluate safeguards, and ensure hazards are effectively managed throughout the project lifecycle.

 

This role partners with Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, Construction, HSSE, and Project teams to support safe, reliable, and compliant project delivery while protecting people, assets, and the environment.

 

What you’ll be doing

 

  • Provide process safety support throughout the capital project lifecycle, from concept development through commissioning and handover.
  • Lead, facilitate, or support process hazard assessments, including HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA, and other risk studies.
  • Identify process safety risks and support the development of effective mitigation strategies and safeguards.
  • Review engineering deliverables, including P&IDs, plot plans, equipment layouts, process safety information, and operating documentation to ensure process safety requirements are incorporated.
  • Support Management of Change (MOC) activities associated with capital projects.
  • Participate in design reviews, technical assurance reviews, and risk assessments to support safe project execution.
  • Ensure process safety recommendations and action items are documented, tracked, and closed appropriately.
  • Support commissioning readiness, Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSR), startup activities, and operational handovers.
  • Collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Construction, Maintenance, Reliability, HSSE, and Project teams to embed process safety requirements throughout project execution.
  • Communicate process safety risks, recommendations, and concerns to project stakeholders and leadership.
  • Support incident investigations, lessons learned, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Promote compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, industry standards, and recognized good engineering practices.

 

What you bring

 

  • Must have legal authorization to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis for any employer other than their current employer.
  • Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
  • 5+ years of experience in Process Safety, Process Engineering, Project Engineering, Technical Safety, Engineering Assurance, Operations Support, or a related field.
  • Experience working in refining, petrochemical, chemical manufacturing, oil & gas, LNG, or other high-hazard industries.
  • Working knowledge on HAZOP, Management of change (MOC), ALARP principles, facility siting, safeguarding, and recognized good engineering practices
  • Ability to interpret P&IDs, plot plans, equipment layouts, cause-and-effect documents, relief and flare information, process safety information, operating procedures, and risk assessment documentation.
  • Experience supporting capital projects through design reviews, hazard studies, technical assurance, commissioning readiness, and handover is preferred.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex technical risk information into clear messages for project teams, Operations, and leadership.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority, challenge constructively, and collaborate across disciplines in a project delivery environment.

 

What we offer

 

The base salary range for this position is $124,000- $186,000 per year.  Individual pay will be based on various factors, such as relevant work experience, education, certifications, skill level, seniority, and internal equity.

 

For regular full-time or regular part-time employees of the Company (participating companies as listed in the Summary Plan Description), insurance coverage options include medical, dental, vision coverage, life Insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs. Employees also participate in a company pension plan and a 401(k) plan. Paid leave includes up to 6 weeks of paid vacation time, up to 11 paid holidays, and parental leave offering 16 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents, and 8 weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents.

 

Additionally, employees are eligible for short-term disability leave for up to 26 weeks at 100% or 50% of base pay as well as Long-Term Disability insurance. Shell also offers other compensation such financial reimbursement for adoption, wellness, education, and personal learning expenses, and some roles are eligible for discretionary long-term incentives.  For interns, eligible benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs; participation in a 401(k) plan; and paid leave for up to 11 paid holidays.  Additional information on Shell’s US benefit programs can be found at https://www.shell.us/careers/about-careers-at-shell/rewards-and-benefits.html.

 

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

  • Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together
  • Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead
  • Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices
  • Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise
  • Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself
  • Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working
  • Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
  • Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents
  • Join an organization working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply
  • Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams
  • Gain access to a wide range of training and development programs

 

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world’s most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here.

 

 

Shell in The United States

 

With more than 11,000 employees, Shell has been in the US for more than 100 years and is delivering secure energy supplies across America.

 

From producing a reliable supply of oil and gas in the US Gulf of America to biofuels, our retail sites and EV charging network, to marketing and trading electricity generated by gas plants, solar and wind power, we are one of the few countries where every Shell business is represented.

 

We are working with our customers to deliver the energy the world needs today and building the energy systems of tomorrow, all while creating value for society and shareholders.

 

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