Operational Safety Lead

Siemens Energy

Guanajuato

On-site

MXN 700,000 - 1,000,000

Full time

8 hours ago

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Paid time off and holidays

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Annual performance bonus

Competitive total rewards package

Job summary

Siemens Energy in Guanajuato is seeking an Operational Safety Lead to partner with Operations, translating risk and learning into prevention strategies for daily production, maintenance, and project activities at our plant.

You will coordinate the safety team, review permits, supervise contractor safety, and lead accident investigations, supporting a 24/7 operation while ensuring compliance with Mexican safety standards.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or technical qualification in Industrial, Environmental, Chemical, or Safety Engineering
At least 4 years of hands-on occupational safety experience in manufacturing, construction, or industrial projects
Experience coordinating field safety personnel or shift-based coverage
Strong knowledge of permit-to-work, risk assessments, and contractor safety practices
Knowledge of Mexican occupational safety regulations and STPS standards
Experience planning large-tonnage lifting operations with cranes and rigging
Experience leading accident and high-potential-event investigations and corrective actions

Responsibilities

Develop risk-based coverage strategies for 24/7 operations and coordinate safety assignments
Review and authorize permits to work for hot work, electrical work, and other critical activities including lifting operations
Conduct field inspections, safety verifications, and audits; stop unsafe work and revalidate controls
Supervise contractor execution; verify training, PPE, and lifting plans; address deviations
Lead investigations of accidents and high-potential events with root-cause analysis
Govern safety KPIs and regulatory compliance; translate trends into prevention strategies

Skills

Permit-to-work systems

Field safety coordination

Accident investigations

Lifting operations

Safety KPIs

Contractor safety management

Risk assessment

24/7 operation support

Education

Bachelor's degree in Safety Engineering

Tools

LOTO procedures

Crane & rigging safety

Job description

A Snapshot of Your Day

The Operational Safety Lead serves as the strategic safety partner for Operations while ensuring the safe execution of daily production, maintenance, project, and contractor activities at the Guanajuato plant. The role translates operational risk, incident learning, and performance data into priorities and prevention strategies while coordinating the operational safety team and critical controls. The position ensures risk-based coverage for a 24/7 operation, governs applicable legal requirements and safety KPIs, and acts as the first quality gate for accident and incident investigations, strengthening decision-making, learning, and the plant's Zero Harm culture.

How You'll Make an Impact

Develop and execute risk-based coverage strategies for a 24/7 operation, coordinating daily assignments, shifts, and resources for the operational safety team and prioritizing high-risk, non-routine, shutdown, construction, project, and contractor activities according to operational needs.
Review, authorize, and close permits to work for hot work, confined spaces, working at heights, electrical work and LOTO, line breaking, excavation, construction, and other critical activities; provide specialized control of complex and large‑tonnage lifting operations, including lift plans, crane and rigging conditions, ground or structural capacity, exclusion zones, and personnel qualifications.
Conduct field inspections, critical‑control verifications, safety observations, and compliance audits; stop unsafe work immediately, ensure conditions are corrected, and authorize restart only after controls have been revalidated.
Supervise contractor execution in the field, verify training, certifications, equipment condition, personal protective equipment, task risk assessments, and lifting or work plans, and upscale repeated or serious deviations through the contractor-management process.
Act as the first quality gate for accident, incident, and high‑potential‑event investigations: confirm initial classification and escalation, ensure immediate containment, preserve evidence, validate the investigation team and methodology, challenge causal analysis, and verify that corrective actions address systemic and operational causes before formal review.
Govern applicable legal and corporate requirements and their operational evidence, and own the management cycle for safety KPIs such as incidents, near misses, severity, high‑risk work, inspections, deviations, and action closure; analyze trends, facilitate performance reviews with Operations, and translate findings into prevention, resource, and 24/7 coverage strategies.

What You Bring

Bachelor's degree or technical qualification in Industrial, Environmental, Chemical, Safety Engineering, or a related field.
At least 4 years of hands‑on occupational safety experience in manufacturing, construction, maintenance, or industrial projects, preferably in transformer manufacturing, heavy electrical equipment, or another high‑risk industrial environment.
Proven experience coordinating field safety personnel or shift‑based safety coverage and managing competing operational priorities.
Strong practical knowledge of permit‑to‑work systems, task risk assessments, contractor safety, LOTO, electrical safety, hot work, confined spaces, working at heights, line breaking, and construction safety.
Knowledge of applicable Mexican occupational safety regulations and STPS standards, with the ability to recognize non‑compliance and maintain complete operational records.
Demonstrated experience planning and supervising complex and large‑tonnage lifting operations, including critical‑lift plans, crane selection, rigging configuration, load control, ground or structural capacity, exclusion zones, and operator and rigger qualifications.
Demonstrated experience leading or quality‑reviewing accident and high‑potential‑event investigations, including classification, containment, evidence preservation, root‑cause analysis, Human and Organizational Performance principles, and validation of corrective‑action effectiveness.
Experience governing safety KPIs and legal‑compliance evidence and translating trends, operational risks, and gaps into prevention and resource strategies; strong business‑partnering and decision‑making skills, availability to support a 24/7 operation, and basic to intermediate English proficiency.
Operational Safety Lead with technical or university education in Safety, Engineering, or a related discipline and at least 4 years of field experience in industrial operations. The successful candidate combines strategic partnership with Operations and practical expertise in permits to work, critical‑risk controls, contractor supervision, investigation governance, legal‑requirement control, safety KPIs, construction safety, and large‑tonnage lifting operations. Experience coordinating 24/7 safety coverage and supporting high‑risk work in transformer manufacturing or a comparable heavy industrial environment is highly desirable.

About The Team

The Operational Safety Lead will report directly to the Safety and Industrial Hygiene Coordinator at the Guanajuato plant and will coordinate the daily activities of the operational safety personnel. The position is the primary strategic safety interface with Operations and combines shop‑floor presence with performance governance, risk analysis, investigation quality control, and prevention planning. It partners with Production, Maintenance, Engineering, Projects, Security, Emergency Response, and contractor supervision. The role is accountable for legal‑compliance control, safety KPI governance, the first review of accident and incident investigations, 24/7 coverage, consistent field execution, and timely escalation, while program ownership, regulatory strategy, machine safety, and industrial hygiene remain with the Safety and Industrial Hygiene Coordinator and the corresponding specialists.

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