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Ref: GP831-18
Job description / Role
About the Company
Sipchem is a globally recognized chemical manufacturer and plc (2006), generating revenue of over SR 3.5 billion (2015) and employing more than 1,100 people from all around the world. Sipchem was the first chemical manufacturing company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to achieve a "Responsible Care" certification and has also been recognized for creating the "Best Work Environment" in the Kingdom.
Major Duties / Responsibilities
• Report to Responsible care section manager and perform duties as per Industrial Hygiene program requirement
• Provide day-to-day technical advice, expertise and direction to SIPCHEM facilities to ensure compliance with legislative requirements, industry and company standards
• Build workplace assessments to identify, quantify and control risks to people, property and equipment and identify, mitigate chemical, physical, biological and ergonomics issues
• Engage in the development and implementation of hygiene programs and processes that support the business
• Collaborate with other key groups and departments, in safety committees and with regulatory authorities
• Perform statistical analyses from the Industrial Hygiene database
• Incorporate exposure assessment strategies in quantifying health hazards and verifying controls during ongoing operations and maintenance activities
• Work with diverse groups and various subject matter experts to implement or sustain Industrial Hygiene programs
• Engage front line leaders and workers in evaluation, control, communication and education
• Craft program effectiveness evaluations in assigned business areas
• Lead Protective Equipment trials in various business units across various business unit and develop associated implementation plans
• Execute annual work plan sampling
• Develop and monitor Industrial Hygiene KPIs
• Coordinate with external parties for effective IH program implementation
Requirements
About the Candidate
• At least Bachelor in Chemical Engineering with preferably certification in industrial Hygiene from ACGIH USA.
• Related Work Experience (type and years):
• Minimum 8 years in a petrochemical company or oil and gas.
• Must be conversant with ACGIH and OSHA industrial hygiene requirements.
• Language skills
• Strong English language in Writing, Reading and spoken
About the Company
Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) is a Saudi joint stock company owned jointly by private sector investors from Saudi Arabia and GCC countries. The company was established on 22/12/1999, with a total capital of SR 500 milion (currently SR 1.5 billion).
Sipchem actively invests in petrochemical and chemical industries, both basic and intermediate to produce chemicals used to manufacture a multitude of products that improve the lives of people worldwide.
Through its affiliates, International Methanol Company (IMC) and Gulf Advanced Chemical Industries Company (GACIC), Sipchem produces one million mtpa of methanol and 75 thousand mtpa of butanediol.
For the attainment of sustainable growth according to a special strategy that links the company's present with its future, Sipchem continuously explores the prospects of development and renovation to facilitate the process of desired growth and expansion. In the second half of 2006, Sipchem started construction of Acetyl Complex which consists of Acetic Acid plant (460 thousand mtpa), Vinyl Acetate Monomer plant (330 thousand mtpa) and Carbon Monoxide plant (345 thousand mtpa). Commercial operation of these plants is scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2009. The launch of these additional facilities demonstrates the company's aggressive expansion program, which aims to make it one of the largest, fully-integrated, petrochemical complexes in the Middle East, owned and operated by the private sector.
In conducting its activities, Sipchem maintains strict adherence to the highest product quality standard without compromising its commitment to the environment and the safety of its employees and the community.