Safety Engineer

Company: Sun Hydraulics Corp.
Location: Sarasota
Posted on: May 3, 2021

Job Description:

In this role, you will be instrumental in providing technical support in all facets of the safety programs, to ensure we are doing what we can design or modify work with the goal to eliminate risk of injury. This role will also be heavily involved with the understanding, design and specifications for new safety standards, as it relates to manufacturing process, tooling, assembly, and use of machinery or equipment throughout our organization. You will also be an active participant in equipment acceptance testing and commissioning as well as evaluate proposed changes to process, equipment, and machinery for safety requirements.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership on the development of the safety architecture to support systems requirements, safety requirements, and safety of the intended function (SOTIF)
• Provide technical leadership for the root cause and corrective action analysis, and implementation for any safety incident or near miss incident
• Perform safety analysis activities, including heavy focus on related safety and scenario analysis (Fault tree analysis (FTA), Systems theoretic process analysis (STPA) and dependent failure analysis (DFA))
• Lead safety assessments, audits, confirmation reviews and subsequent continuous improvement activities across all facilities
• Use a systems-level, data-driven approach to drive decision making
• Communicate effectively to make recommendations and drive consensus amongst all stakeholders (e.g., executive team, product, customer, engineering, test)
• Develop equipment safety standards where needed and continuously improve existing standards
• Define and drive the transformation that enables the ability to achieve ISO 14001 & ISO 45001 certification within next 2yrs
• Complete Risk Assessments and Job Safety Analysis
• Conduct Pre-startup safety reviews with a cross-functional team
• Create and deliver training related to equipment and machinery safety
• Determine and rank risk as well as the effectiveness of controls in place
• Participate in learning teams, investigations, inspections, audits, etc. as needed
• Work with vendors, suppliers, contractors as well as internal teams for design, commissioning support
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Knowledge of modern safety engineering techniques, tools and processes
• Results driven leader that can drive the transformation of the safety system
• Strong communication skills and leadership abilities to work with cross-functional engineering teams and drive towards decisions
• Proven ability to design or modify the work to fit the employee, eliminating discomfort or risk of injury
• Strong experience in Microsoft and Excel

Education and Experience:

• BS/BA in Safety Engineering, with MSc degree in Safety Engineering preferred
• 3-5 years of equipment safety experience, risk assessments, equipment commissioning
• 5+ years' experience in Systems and Safety Critical Development, Functional Safety, or SOTIF
• Technical knowledge/experience of OSHA code regulations and compliance

Keywords: Sun Hydraulics Corp., Sarasota , Safety Engineer, Other , Sarasota, Florida