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Process Safety Specialist (LSNA-PA)

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Location
Conshohocken, PA
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Jacobs is seeking a Process Safety Specialist for its Life Sciences team in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. The specialist will support process safety work on design and construction projects, including HAZOPs, gas detection, and electrical classification studies, under the direction of Senior EHS Specialists. The role involves coordinating with multidisciplinary teams and supporting project execution across concept, basis-of-design, and detailed-design phases.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Microsoft OfficeProject ExecutionProcess Hazard AnalysisHAZOPLOPAFMEAHazard IdentificationGas DetectionElectrical ClassificationDispersion CalculationsFacility SitingDispersion ModelingCFD ModelingOSHA StandardsBuilding CodesNFPA Standards

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Chemical, Mechanical, Environmental Engineering or Related5+ Years Process Safety ExperiencePHA Facilitator TrainingEIT CertificationASP Certification

Full job description

We're looking for an Process Safety Specialist to join our Life Sciences team in Conshohocken, PA who will be excited about working on projects that enable the heart of our clients’ business.

As Process Safety Specialist, you’ll use your skills and on the job training to help deliver and complete challenging and engaging projects, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams to address safety in design and process safety challenges during design and construction phases.

You will assist with Process Safety which encompasses HAZOPs, gas detection, electrical classification studies, and more under the direction of Senior EHS Specialists.

You’ll be a part of diverse multi-discipline teams allowing you to both share what you know and learn so you can grow. Bring your creativity, ambitious spirit, extreme attention to detail, and a willing-to-learn attitude, and we’ll help you pursue and fulfill what drives you - so we can deliver extraordinary solutions for a better tomorrow, together.

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering or a related field from an ABET accredited program

  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs

  • 5+ years of experience in process, process safety, or related fields within the Pharmaceutical/ Life Sciences industry preferred

  • Understanding of and experience in project execution - concept, basis of design, detailed design phases

*Experience with PHAs, including HAZOPs, LOPAs, and FMEAs. An understanding of how to scope and identify hazards within a system

*Exposure to safety in design topics - gas detection, electrical classification, dispersion calculations

Ideally, you’ll also have:

*Experience with gas detection, electrical classification, facility siting, dispersion/release modeling

*Familiarity with CFD modeling

*Familiarity with and experience interpreting OSHA Standards, Building code, NFPA, or other regulatory agency guidance

*PHA Facilitator training

*EIT or ASP certification

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Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,273 open Environmental Health and Safety jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Pennsylvania median$94–147K/yr22 salary ranges
  • US median$24–29/hr204 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 66 open Environmental Health and Safety jobs in Pennsylvania and 1,273 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Environmental Health and Safety postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (944 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 488 of the 1,273 open Environmental Health and Safety jobs (38%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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