Ford-posted 4 months ago
Full-time
Dearborn, MI
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world together. At Ford, we're all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves? 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. In this position, the person selected for the Powertrain and Battery Manufacturing Engineering (PTME/BME) Safety Engineer position will need to have the following qualifications at a minimum with the understanding the job responsibilities can change.

  • Perform tooling/machine and facility safety design reviews and buy offs for launches.
  • Review/lead cross functional teams to perform risk assessments.
  • Work with vendors/contractors on Risk Assessment, Pre-Task Analysis (PTA), Workstation Readiness, Energy Control and Power Lockout (ECPL) Placarding reviews, etc.
  • Communicate safety lessons learned between Manufacturing Engineering, Plant Safety and submit these into standards and specifications for application into new programs.
  • Interpret, clarify and communicate requirements of international standards.
  • Represent PTME/BME in a variety of safety forums as needed including construction safety council, manufacturing safety council, engineering alignment meetings, joint communication meetings with the UAW National Ford Department.
  • Subject matter expert for machine guarding and control systems to meet regulatory and Ford Machine Guarding Standards.
  • Complete plant floor buy-offs utilizing the Ford progressive tagging system (PROTAG).
  • Work with PTME/BME Engineers and Plant safety to ensure the PTME/BME Organization and Tooling vendors are following the Safety Buyoff Procedure.
  • Follow procedures set out in the Ford Global Standards, conduct design reviews and sign-off material handling equipment for safety and ergonomics.
  • Engage and communicate the proactive safety process to the PTME/BME engineering community.
  • Drive construction safety processes during all PTME/BME launches.
  • Use of the tools governed by the Manufacturing Engineering safety procedures and standards, including but not limited to; Risk Assessment, Pre-Task Analysis, Workstation Readiness and ECPL Placarding.
  • Support PTME/BME Safety team in global safety process, training, development and administration.
  • Assist/Lead program safety launches including demo, construction and commissioning.
  • Conduct 100% design and build reviews and sign off per the Ford safety and engineering standards.
  • Support PTME/BME functional areas with safety issues when they come up at plants that may not be launch related.
  • Work with contractors to help teach & coach during launch activities.
  • Participate in standard reviews and be able to find standards and communicate them to the customer to solve problems.
  • Work with PTME/BME Controls teams to ensure compliance to company standards.
  • Flexible for travel to local or out of state and out of state/country up to 30% of the time.
  • Bachelor's degree in Occupation Health and Safety, Engineering or similar (Required)
  • 3+ years manufacturing safety experience
  • Ability to actively participate, lead teams, teach and coach, and drive consensus in multi-disciplinary groups setting with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Experience with machine safety and risk assessment techniques using Hierarchy of Controls (Preferred)
  • Global regulatory/standard knowledge (both internal (Ford Motor Company) and external e.g. ISO Standards) (Preferred)
  • 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.
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