In this position...
The Engineer 2, Occupational Safety, working under general supervision and acting as a contributing team member, is responsible for applying technical safety standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques to assist with solutions for occupational safety problems of moderate scope and complexity, such as hazard control and prevention, safety systems and equipment, compliance, risk, etc. with consistency in a timely manner. The role would support the plant-wide safety processes such as the company’s Safety Operating System (SOS) with the application of technical standards, principles, theories, and concepts. The role supports plant-wide safety processes including emergency procedure and planning, off-standard approvals and understanding, injury reporting and statistics, etc. The role would also work with senior engineers and managers to contribute to the completion of milestones within specific projects as per function priorities.
What you'll do...
- Supports the implementation of the plant-wide safety processes including safety operating system, emergency response planning, safety training, and injury reporting and statistics.
- Supports regular inspections and audits to identify and assess workplace hazards and risks and related issues such as monitoring safety equipment and systems, hazard identification and risk evaluation, engineering principles, preventive maintenance completion, and technical documentation.
- Assists with industrial hygiene sampling and testing across the responsible facility calibrates and maintains associated testing equipment and communicates results to the relevant stakeholders.
- Assists with analysis and review of plant requests for new equipment, off-standard approvals, digging and excavation, hot work etc. for safety concerns, and highlights findings to senior engineers.
- Analyzes safety incidents, corrective actions, training hours etc. to report trends to senior Health and Safety management, regulatory compliance, and onsite plant management team.
- Supports the development of company policies and practices to complete daily activities related to supporting, sustaining, and improving all safety programs, risk mitigation, investigations, reporting, etc. Liaises with the plant and network medical, security functions, and UAW Health & Safety Representatives.
- Assists with the design and implementation of training programs across departments on the technical aspects of occupational safety issues such as hazardous materials management, machine guarding, industrial hygiene monitoring, manufacturing process safety, energy control, power lockout, root cause analysis, fire safety, new employee orientation etc. to prevent employee injuries and illnesses and the elimination of hazards in the work environment. Supports and actively participates with the training leader and operations to manage and ensure completion of all required health, safety, and ergonomic-related training.
- Assists senior engineers in the delivery of internal Occupational Safety projects by applying technical principles, theories, concepts, and techniques to devise solutions to a variety of safety problems of moderate scope and complexity and contributes to the completion of project milestones. Recognizes when there is insufficient information to solve problems and brings the same to the attention of others.
- Assists senior team members with the preparation of Occupational Safety-specific communications and standards as per established processes to encourage the adoption of Safety practices, focused on incident avoidance and regulatory compliance.
- Assists senior engineers, specialists, and managers to regularly update existing Occupational Safety specific guidelines and procedures related to occupational health and safety in the workplace, hazardous materials management, industrial hygiene monitoring, equipment safety systems etc. to ensure consistency with technical safety principles, relevant laws and Corporate Safety and Health policies.
This will be a rotating shift for day and afternoon – split shift.
You'll have...
- Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Safety/Health Sciences, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience.
- 1+ year of occupational safety work experience with a Master’s degree or 2 years of work experience with a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Health and Safety, Occupational Safety, or a related field.
Even better, you may have...
- Master’s degree in occupational safety, industrial hygiene and safety or related field
- ASP/CSP/CIH certification
- Experience working in a union environment
You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
- Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
- Tuition assistance
- Established and active employee resource groups
- Paid time off for individual and team community service
- A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
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This position is a salary grade 6.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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