Engineer, Occupational Safety

To ensure a safe manufacturing environment, our Occupational Health and Safety Engineering team plays a crucial role in hazard prevention, conducting safety audits, providing training, and implementing risk mitigation strategies.

The Engineer, Occupational Safety, working under general direction, working as a contributing team member, 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 such as hazard control and prevention, safety systems and equipment, compliance, risk, etc. with consistency in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

Safety Design, Reviews & Buy-offs

• Conduct 100% design and build reviews and sign-offs in accordance with Ford Global Safety Standards.
• Perform tooling, machine, and facility safety design reviews and buy-offs for program launches.
• Conduct safety design reviews and sign-offs for material handling equipment following Ford Global Safety Standards.
• Complete plant floor buy-offs utilizing the Ford PROTAG procedure, and coordinate/track the process using the Digital PROTAG system.
• Collaborate with Vehicle Operations (VO) Engineers and Plant Safety to ensure the VOME organization and tooling vendors adhere to the Tooling Buyoff Procedure per Ford Global Safety Standards.

Standards, Compliance & Control Systems

• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for machine guarding and control systems to ensure compliance with industry regulatory requirements and Ford Machine Guarding Standards.
• Partner with VOME Controls teams to ensure compliance with company standards for Safety-Related Parts of the Control System (SRP/CS).
• Interpret, clarify, and communicate the requirements of international safety standards.
• Provide continuous input and feedback regarding internal Ford standards and external regulatory/governing bodies.
• Participate in standards reviews, locate relevant standards, and communicate them effectively to stakeholders to resolve complex issues.

Risk Assessment & Safety Tools

• Lead and participate with cross-functional teams to conduct comprehensive risk assessments.
• Utilize and govern tools specified by Vehicle Operations safety procedures, including Risk Assessments, Pre-Task Analyses (PTA), Workstation Readiness, and Energy Control and Power Lockout (ECPL) placarding.
• Partner with vendors and contractors on Risk Assessments, Pre-Task Analyses, and ECPL placarding reviews.

Program Launch & Plant Support

• Assist with or lead program safety launches, including demolition, construction, and commissioning phases.
• Drive robust construction safety processes during all VOME launches.
• Coach, teach, and mentor contractors on safety protocols during launch activities.
• Support VOME functional areas in resolving plant-specific safety issues, including non-launch-related concerns.

Collaboration, Communication & Training

• Represent VOME in diverse safety forums, including the Construction Safety Council, Manufacturing Safety Council, engineering alignment meetings, and joint communication meetings with the UAW National Ford Department.
• Communicate safety lessons learned between Manufacturing Engineering and Plant Safety, integrating these insights into standards and specifications for future programs.
• Actively engage and communicate proactive safety processes to the VOME engineering community.
• Support the VOME Safety team with global safety processes, training, development, and administration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Occupational Health and Safety, or an equivalent technical discipline.
• 3+ years of safety experience in the field of occupational safety (or equivalent) within a manufacturing environment.
• 1+ years of working knowledge of state and federal OSHA regulations.
• 25% Travel (including locations in Mexico and Canada) to support launch activities.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, 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
• 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.