Safety Engineer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• College, university, or equivalent degree in health, safety, environment, engineering or related field required.
• Minimal to intermediate level of experience required
• Strong communication skills
• Highly adaptable
• Demonstrates initiative
• Experiences and education in manufacturing or supply chain functions.
• Must be ready for full time work in August 2026.

Nice To Haves

• Professional certification in HSE-related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Actively demonstrates safety awareness and promotes a positive health, safety and environmental culture.
• Ensures employees are consulted and given the opportunity to contribute to the development and implementation of programs, policies and procedures.
• Works cross-functionally, providing technical expertise, to improve hazard prevention and rick control measures, non-conformities, corrective and preventive actions, driving continual improvement within the site(s).
• Contributes to daily health, safety and environmental operations within the site(s) providing support to solve technical issues.
• Leads hazard identification, environmental aspect identification and risk assessment programs to identify risk improvement opportunities and gaps in health, safety and environmental compliance obligations.
• Meets targets and objectives for the design, implementation and maintenance of complex hazard prevention and control systems to reduce or eliminate potential risk.
• Develops and leads training, skills development and internal communications related to hazard prevention and control for employees within the site(s).
• Develops and maintains technical content ensuring it is up to date, controlled and available while adhering to data privacy regulations.
• Evaluates site health, safety and environmental data, legal compliance findings, and internal and external audit results to develop improvement plan using a risk-based, data driven approach.
• Contributes to site(s) Health, Safety, Environmental Management Systems review annually in conformance with Cummins internal requirements.
• Participates in site audit preparation and formal audit processes.
• Coaches cross-functional teams based on stakeholder feedback, and observations.
• Actively seeks opportunities for self-development through professional health, safety and environmental organizations, as a champion of emerging trends.
• Examines HSE incidents by completing quality, evidence based investigations with accurate root cause analysis, resulting in effective corrective actions, accurate reporting and avoiding repeated incidents.
• Interprets and applies international standards through practical application within the operating environment to achieve and maintain an effective management system and external certification.
• Selects and implements risk control methods by utilizing the hierarchy of controls to implement sustainable control measures in order to protect people by reducing overall risks to as low as reasonably practicable.
• Champions positive health and safety behaviors by influencing leaders and employees to create the right environment.
• Identifies, interprets and manages legal and other requirements by implementing controls, monitoring and reporting on operational performance to ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental related regulations and standards.
• Collects and analyzes data by creating key performance indicators to evaluate performance trends, deliver improvement goals and objectives, inform strategy and protect employees and the environment.
• Evaluates hazards within the work environment by applying hazard identification and risk assessment techniques to analyze and prioritize risk, enabling a selection of control measures that reduce risk as low as reasonably practicable.
• Instructs learners in a manner that engages and adjusts to individual and group needs resulting in knowledge, skills and abilities that can be applied on the job.