Specialist III, Health & Safety, Sweeny Refinery

Phillips 66 & YOU - Together we can fuel the future

As a Specialist III, Health & Safety , you will develop, implement, and monitor programs that prevent injuries and protect the health of our workforce. You will serve as a trusted safety resource for operations, maintenance, and engineering teams, helping them plan and execute work safely and in compliance with local, state, and federal regulations. In this role, you will combine strong field presence with data-driven insights to reduce risk, strengthen our safety culture, and support continuous improvement across the site.

What You'll Do

• Develop, implement, and monitor health and safety programs that prevent injuries and protect worker health, aligning with company and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain a strong field presence to observe work, anticipate hazards, and coach teams on safe work practices, safe work plans, and stop work initiatives.
• Investigate incidents and trends, provide expert advice to leaders, and drive corrective and preventive actions that reduce risk and strengthen compliance.
• Manage and support health and safety audits, inspections, and program evaluations, ensuring findings are documented, communicated, and resolved.
• Serve as subject matter expert and requirement owner for assigned safety programs and site policies, including risk assessments, Management of Change (MOC), Pre-startup Safety Reviews (PSSR), and contractor safety management.
• Support emergency preparedness and response by partnering with Emergency Response teams, participating on the Emergency Response Team, and supporting Incident Command System monitoring responsibilities.
• Lead or support training, communications, and safety committees to build understanding of health and safety policies, procedures, and culture across the refinery.
• Analyze health and safety data, maintain key databases and reports, and share insights that inform decisions and continuous improvement efforts.

What You'll Bring - Required

• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
• Bachelor's degree in occupational health discipline
• Possess a valid driver's license
• 3 or more years of safety experience in Refining, Petro-Chem, PSM regulated or related industry
• Must be willing and able, with or without reasonable accommodations, to comply with the following:

• • Work extended hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays, and occasional on-call duties
  • Operate company vehicle on site premises and/or public roads up to 25%
  • Work 12-hour shifts and a high intensity work schedule during projects, outages, and turnarounds requiring twenty-four-hour onsite safety coverage, including night shift
  • Work safely near large, hot, high-speed machines, around chemicals and hydrocarbons under high pressure and heat, and in harsh weather conditions
  • Wear fire retardant clothing and personal protective equipment
  • Join emergency response team, fire crew/team or the hazmat crew/team
  • Maintain face daily for proper respirator/face mask seal (some examples include being free of facial hair and/or clean shaven)

What Makes You Stand Out - Preferred

• 6 or more years of safety experience in Refining, Petro-Chem, PSM regulated or related industry
• Professional Health & Safety certifications (e.g., OHST, ASP, CSP)
• Working knowledge of health & safety program management and cross functional team facilitation
• Dedicated health and safety experience in heavy or elevated risk industries such as refining, petrochemical, or other PSM-regulated operations
• Experience supporting or serving on fire, hazmat, medical, industrial hygiene or rescue emergency response teams
• Experience working with third-party contractors and vendors to achieve health and safety goals
• Experience speaking to groups and delivering effective health and safety training
• Strong understanding of priority safety programs such as energy isolation, working at heights, confined space (including inert entry), hot work, permitting, and heavy equipment use
• Experience with OSHA recordkeeping, case management, and interpreting and implementing regulations
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Teams, Excel, AI models, SharePoint, and health and safety data and reporting tools

Compensation Range


This position has a base salary range of $125,100 - $152,900.

At Phillips 66, we are committed to pay transparency and competitive, equitable compensation. Each role is assigned a salary grade with a defined pay range, benchmarked against industry peers. Where a candidate offer falls within the posted range depends on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with the role's requirements. Offers are made to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and support career growth.

The Sweeny Refinery is located in Old Ocean, Texas. Refinery facilities include crude distilling, naphtha reforming, fluid catalytic cracking, alkylation, hydrodesulfurization, and aromatics units, as well as access to the on-site vacuum tower and delayed coking unit, which is an asset owned by Phillips 66 Partners. Sweeny processes heavy, high-sulfur crude oil and some light, low sulfur crude oil. Domestic, Canadian and other foreign crude oil is transported by truck, pipeline, marine transportation and terminals. The refinery produces a high percentage of transportation fuels. Other products include petrochemical feedstocks, heating oil and petroleum coke. The refinery receives crude oil by pipeline and via tankers, through terminals on the Gulf Coast, including a deepwater terminal at Freeport. Refined products are distributed throughout the Midcontinent region, southeastern and eastern United States by pipeline, barge and rail car. Refined products are also exported to Latin America by waterborne cargo.

Total Rewards


At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being - physical, emotional, social, and financial - is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results - personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:

• Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
• 8% 401k company match
• Cash Balance Account pension
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
• Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services

Learn more about Phillips 66 Total Rewards .

Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. We have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Department of Labor and the Military Times for our continued commitment to inclusive practices and policies in the hiring and retention of those in the LGBTQ+ community and military veterans. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, cultivate an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and pursue excellence.


Learn more about Phillips 66 and how we are working to meet the world's energy needs today and tomorrow, by visiting phillips66.com.

To be considered

In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of 08/27/2026 .

Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1). Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Phillips 66 is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Nearest Major Market: Houston