Lead Machine Safety Eng.

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An excellent career opportunity is currently available for a Machine Safety Engineering Lead in the Industrial Automation (IA) Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) Engineering Team. The Machine Safety Engineering Lead will provide global leadership for driving Machine Safety excellence, focused on implementation of effective solutions that assure regulatory compliance and management of Machine Safety risk across the IA portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading a Global team of engineers to schedule, plan and execute machine safeguarding projects consistent with national and global regulatory standards and Honeywell Corporate procedures and processes.
• Traveling to Honeywell sites to perform safety assessments of industrial machinery including machine safeguarding and functional safety system reviews.
• Completing design/drawing reviews, engineering and implementing safety solutions to address any required remediation.
• Providing expert hands-on technical advice on issues, programs, and processes involving compliance with Machine Safety standards and policies and interpretation of local, national and global requirements and regulations.
• Reviewing, interpreting, and communicating new Honeywell Corporate and governmental requirements regarding Machine Safety systems
• Co-leading and driving Machine Safety system improvement plan across all businesses within IA (engineering and remediation)
• Managing consultants and other Machine Safety system services used for needs that occur across the business (assessments, design, validations, etc..)
• Leading or participating in significant Machine Safety system related incident investigations and root cause analyses
• Assisting in resolving potential Machine Safety system non-compliance and enforcement actions, and claims, disputes, and litigation regarding Machine Safety system matters
• Training new manufacturing engineers on Machine Safety systems/processes
• Coordinating with NRTL recognized Field Evaluation Bodies and machine suppliers for new capital installations as needed
• Evaluate safety function components (field inputs, final elements, and controllers/logic solvers) to drive optimization and standardization to applicable standards).

Must Haves:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• 10+ years of hands-on progressive experience in leading & managing machine safeguarding and equipment safety system programs and activities.
• Must have or be able to obtain within 12 months of hire, certification as a functional safety engineer (CSME or TUV certified functional safety engineer). Training and certification, if needed, will be provided by the company.
• Ability to travel 50-70%

We Value:

• Advanced degree in engineering and/or professional Machine Safety system certifications
• Excellent knowledge of US and global Machine Safety system regulations (ANSI, ISO, EMD, etc.)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Familiarity with ISO 13949-1 Safety of Machinery- safety related parts of Control Systems
• Familiarity with Safety devices and components such as Light curtains, Lidar safety scanners, Door Interlocks, Lock out tag out hardware
• Strong understanding of electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic components and controls (stack valves, valve blocks, check valves, and pressure monitoring)
• Understanding of sound engineering principles including ergonomics and noise control
• Exposure to robotics and automated manufacturing within high volume manufacturing
• Exposure to both industrial and collaborative robots

Additional Information

• JOB ID: HRD220721
• Category: Integrated Supply Chain
• Location: 2101 CityWest Blvd,Houston,Texas,77042,United States
• Due to US export control laws, must be a US citizen, permanent resident or have protected status.

Honeywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status.