# Engineer, Occupational Safety **Company**: Ford Motor Company **Location**: Dearborn, MI **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $99,100-$166,200 **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Automotive **Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294 **Apply**: https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/66304?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_75e43512-cb5 ## Description 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. ## Skills ### Required - Occupational Health and Safety - Engineering - OSHA regulations - Risk Assessments - Safety Design Reviews ### Nice to have - Master of Science (MS) degree in Occupational Safety - Associate Safety Professional (ASP) or Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification - Experience working in a unionized manufacturing environment --- Source: [Apply at efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com](https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/66304?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)