Pre-Startup Safety Review (PSSR) Coordinator

Overview

The Pre-Startup Safety Review (PSSR) Coordinator position is an exciting opportunity to join PM Group’s Outsourced Technical Services (OTS) team near Indianapolis, IN. PM Group is an employee-owned, international project delivery firm with a team of 4,000+ people. We are world leaders in the pharma, food, biotech, medical technology, and mission-critical sectors. PM Group works with the world's leading organizations from our network of offices in Europe, Asia, and the US.

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, and facilitate multidisciplinary PSSR meetings and field reviews involving Engineering, Construction, CQV, EHS, Operations, Maintenance, Automation, and Quality representatives.
• Carefully coordinate PSSR activities for new installations, equipment modifications, facility upgrades, and systems returning to service following significant maintenance or shutdown activities.
• Verify that installed equipment and systems align with approved design documentation, including P&IDs, engineering drawings, specifications, equipment data sheets, and applicable change-control records.
• Confirm that required safety, operational, and regulatory documentation is complete and current before startup, including SOPs, operating manuals, emergency procedures, training records, risk assessments, and maintenance requirements.
• Ensure applicable Management of Change (MOC), Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), HAZOP, What-If, and other risk-assessment actions are appropriately addressed and documented.
• Develop, maintain, and manage PSSR checklists, readiness trackers, dashboards, action logs, and supporting documentation.
• Document, categorize, assign, and track PSSR findings through closure, with particular focus on safety-critical items that must be resolved before startup.
• Perform field walkdowns to verify equipment installation, system labeling, guarding, access, emergency controls, safety devices, and general operational readiness.
• Closely coordinate with commissioning, qualification, and turnover teams to align PSSR activities with system completion and startup schedules.
• Escalate overdue, safety-critical, or schedule-impacting actions to the appropriate project and client stakeholders.
• Assemble final PSSR packages and support the client’s formal review and startup-authorization process.
• Participate in project planning and readiness meetings, providing clear updates on PSSR status, risks, constraints, and upcoming milestones.
• Identify opportunities to improve PSSR templates, workflows, reporting tools, and lessons-learned processes.
• Perform all work in accordance with client procedures, PM Group standards, applicable EHS requirements, and current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Occupational Health and Safety, or another relevant engineering or technical discipline.
• 3–5+ years of relevant experience within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical-device, or other regulated manufacturing industry.
• Experience coordinating PSSR, startup-readiness, commissioning, turnover, EHS, or process-safety activities.
• Working knowledge of Management of Change, risk assessments, HAZOP, What-If analysis, and other process-safety methodologies.
• Familiarity with engineering and project documentation, including P&IDs, equipment specifications, SOPs, turnover packages, commissioning documentation, and action-tracking systems.
• Strong organizational and documentation skills, with the ability to manage multiple systems, priorities, deadlines, and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Effective communication, leadership, facilitation, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within an integrated client and project-delivery team.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and electronic document-management or action-tracking platforms.
• Ability to work on-site and participate in field walkdowns in active construction and manufacturing environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional certification such as Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Associate Safety Professional (ASP), or an equivalent EHS or process-safety credential.
• Previous experience coordinating plant shutdowns, turnarounds, outages, or large-scale project turnover activities.
• Familiarity with OSHA Process Safety Management requirements and applicable life sciences industry standards.
• Experience using electronic MOC, PSSR, commissioning, turnover, or project-management systems.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment, clean utilities, process utilities, automation systems, and facility infrastructure.