Safety Engineer, Engineering & Design

VoltaGrid • Houston, TX

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About The Position

VoltaGrid seeks a Safety Engineer to embed within VoltaGrid and VGM Engineering processes and support safety throughout the full project and design lifecycle. The role partners with Engineering, Project Development, Construction, Commissioning, Operations, Safety, Quality, and Technical Training to identify and address safety risks early in equipment selection, system design, engineering changes, and project deployment.

The position integrates Safety by Design principles into engineering decisions and serves as a key liaison to ensure procedures, quality requirements, technical training, and worker support are developed alongside new equipment, systems, and design changes. The role supports projects throughout development, design, construction, commissioning, deployment, and operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Safety Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience working within the engineering and design lifecycle.
• Strong background in both engineering and safety.
• Ability to read and evaluate engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.
• Experience with engineering risk assessments and hazard identification methods.
• Understanding of equipment selection, design changes, commissioning, and operational risk.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work across multiple technical functions.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in industrial, energy, power generation, electrical infrastructure, or similar environments.

Responsibilities

• Participate in engineering and design reviews to identify and reduce safety risks.
• Support equipment, technology, and system selection from a safety and lifecycle risk perspective.
• Review engineering drawings, specifications, layouts, and design packages for safety considerations.
• Lead or support design risk assessments, HAZID, HAZOP, FMEA, and similar reviews.
• Apply the hierarchy of controls, focusing on eliminating hazards through design.
• Support engineering change processes to ensure safety impacts are evaluated before implementation.
• Develop and improve engineering safety standards, specifications, and design requirements.
• Liaise between Engineering, Safety, Quality, and Technical Training to ensure supporting requirements are developed and implemented.
• Incorporate lessons learned from construction, commissioning, operations, incidents, near misses, and site observations into future designs.
• Support projects throughout development, design, construction, commissioning, deployment, and operations.
• Perform duties outside normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level