Equipment Safety Engineer - Ehs

Job Title:Safety Engineer

Position Summary

Lead role for developing site Safety Engineering team. Provides Safety Engineering technical support for engineering design, construction, and sustainable operations. Engineer focus areas include Equipment Safety, Process Safety, and Ergonomics. Supports overall EHS site initiatives.

Job Functions

• Provides technical environmental, safety, and health support and information to production and corporate personnel.
• Supports Process Safety Management (PSM) Program and owns execution of high-quality risk assessments & risk management deliverables.
• Supports facilitates risk studies including: PHA, HazOp/LOPA, HAZID, and other risk assessment methods.
• Facilitates reliability studies including: FTA, PFMEA, DFMEA
• Leads design engineering technical deep dives for green field and brown field engineering projects.
• Drives scoping & implementation of engineering safety/ hazard mitigation design strategies.
• Lead efforts for modeling scenarios and working with external consultants/ partners as needed to conduct modeling such as CFD, FDS, PHAST, Canary, iPRISM, ALOHA, and other risk modeling tools.
• Leads follow-through reviews/ coordination to ensure identified risks & mitigation efforts have been included in engineering design.
• Develop standardization of Equipment Safety specifications.
• Perform machinery safety risk assessment (MRA), equipment buyoffs, and support safety controls change requests.
• Review equipment design to ensure equipment and tooling adhere to ANSI, ISO, RIA, EN, NFPA, GB, and OSHA equipment, machinery, and electrical safety standards components that could be affected by new or modified equipment.
• Perform Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) to ensure manufacturers have incorporated applicable ANSI and OSHA standards into the equipment.
• Perform (SAT) Site acceptance testing, to ensure equipment is safe for operation.
• Conduct safety functionality testing on newly installed or modified equipment to ensure the safety control devices perform as intended by the safety logic.
• Lead routine Safety Audits to ensure machinery is operated as designed and all safety devices are functioning as intended and identify opportunities to mitigate risks.
• Implement project management tools to follow equipment from design through start of production.
• Proactively engage and train customers on Equipment Safety program and risks
• Manage ergonomic risk assessments for all production workstations.
• Uses ergonomic guidelines to address current manufacturing injury concerns and future model planning.
• Assist in chemical approval requests and updating HMIS permit accordingly.
• Ensure compliance with Local, State, and Federal health and safety regulations.
• Supports overall EHS site initiatives.
• Understands and follows all standards of IATF16949 and VDA 6.3 quality standards.
• Understands and follows all standards of ISO14001 environmental standards.

OTHER JOB DUTIES (Not considered essential to the job)

• Performs all other related assignments (including special projects) as required in a professional and cooperative manner.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (Education and Experience):

The requirements listed below are minimum requirements for the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities who are otherwise qualified to safely perform the essential functions of the job, unless such accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the Company.

Minimum Qualifications -- Experience

• A minimum of three years in an engineering discipline.
• A minimum of two years of experience supporting safety, health and environmental operations in a manufacturing/production environment.
• Knowledge of battery manufacturing, EV manufacturing, or refinery operations is a plus.
• Extensive knowledge of State and Federal safety standards. A working knowledge of ergonomic standards and evaluation tools; working knowledge of the company manufacturing processes.
• Able to work cross-functionally with staff in Operations, Maintenance, Production, Engineering, and Quality.
• Experience working and leading a team across cultural and discipline boundaries.

• Candidate should also be familiar with the following:

• Life Safety Design – Familiar with IBC & IFC for life safety design requirements.
• Fire Protection Engineering – Engineering basis of design for identified hazardous areas and associated fire control systems.
• Process Controls- Understanding safety system requirements for the basic process control loop (BPCS) and safety instrumented systems (SIS) as they pertain to SIL/PL ratings.

Minimum Qualifications – Education

• Bachelor’s degree in process controls, electrical, chemical, or mechanical engineering, preferred. A Safety Engineering degree is also desired.

Computer Skills and Required Software Experience

• Proficient in MS Office applications and knowledge of AutoCAD and Inventor.
• Intermediate to advanced skills in MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, OneNote, SharePoint).
• Proficiency with conferencing systems (Microsoft Teams)

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The physical requirements described below are representative of those an employee must normally meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, for shifts lasting up to 12 hours, the employee is required to read, write, speak, hear; sit; stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach and lift with hands and arms, bend, twist, stoop, kneel or crouch while frequently working in confined areas repeatedly throughout the day.
• Frequently required to lift, push, pull and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally required to lift, push, pull and/or move up to 50 pounds. Occasionally required to climb, balance or crawl.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment is primarily an automated manufacturing plant with a concrete floor and is characterized by some temperature extremes, moderate noise, and forklift traffic. The individual must be able to perform all essential functions as appropriate on the plant floor, in meetings, and with employees, management, customers and suppliers.

The EHS Safety Equipment Engineer must perform the essential duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation efficiently and accurately, and without causing significant safety threat to self or others. The statements made herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive and inclusive list of all responsibilities, duties, and/or skills required of personnel so classified.

TRAVEL

Up to 35%, Occasional international travel as required.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All of us at AESC – regardless of functional area or expertise – share a passion to design, manufacture, and sell high-performance products. It is our policy to provide Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of race, gender, disability, or any other status protected by law. Candidates for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States and will be required to provide proof of employment eligibility at the time of hire.