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Engineer III, Occupational Safety

Ford Motor Company Louisville, KY On-site senior full-time

Salary

$86,600-$144,900 per year

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Description

The Engineer 3, Occupational Safety, working under general direction, is responsible for applying technical safety standards, principles, theories, and concepts to independently develop approaches to solutions for a wide range of difficult occupational safety problems.

Responsibilities

  • Assists other team members with the implementation of plant-wide safety processes including safety operating system, emergency response planning, and safety training orientations.
  • Participates in the implementation of regular inspections and audits to identify and assess workplace hazards, risks, and related issues.
  • Participates and supports launch activities for new projects, facilitates job hazard analysis for new equipment, and anticipates possible safety issues.
  • Leads accident investigations with appropriate cross-functional team members, applies a thorough understanding of technical principles, theories, and concepts to identify root causes, and assists in the development and implementation of corrective actions.
  • Coordinates with multiple internal stakeholders for the design and implementation of Training across departments on occupational safety subjects.
  • Participates in the delivery of Occupational Safety projects by leveraging a strong understanding of safety concepts, principles, and theories to analyze a wide range of difficult occupational safety problems and design imaginative and thorough solutions.
  • Prepares Occupational Safety-specific communications and standards as per established processes to encourage the adoption of Safety practices.
  • Participates in continuous improvement initiatives to recommend updates to existing Occupational Safety specific guidelines and programs.
  • Demonstrates full knowledge of technical occupational safety subjects such as risk assessment and hazard identification, incident investigation, injury statistics reporting, safety program development, industrial hygiene and exposure monitoring, safety equipment and systems, etc.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Safety/Health Sciences, Industrial Hygiene, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience.
  • Minimum 1 year of work experience with a Doctorate or 3 years of occupational safety work experience with a Master’s degree or 5 years of work experience with a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Health and Safety, Occupational Safety, or a related field.

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
  • Paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
  • Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments 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
  • Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day

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Skills

Required

  • Occupational Health & Safety
  • Safety/Health Sciences
  • Industrial Hygiene
  • Risk Assessment
  • Hazard Identification
  • Incident Investigation
  • Safety Program Development

Nice to have

  • Certified Safety Professional
  • Certified Industrial Hygienist

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