Safety Specialist

FORVIA HELLA; Región Centro; On-site; MXN 279,000 - 469,000; Full time

Job summary

FORVIA HELLA in El Salto, Jalisco is seeking a Health & Safety Specialist to support the chief safety engineer and ensure compliance with health & safety laws across facilities.

You will advise on workplace design, equipment, and procedures; train staff on hazards; inspect processes; and collaborate with safety officers and external bodies to maintain safe working conditions. Fluency in English required.

Qualifications

• English advanced.
• Industrial protection and health protection knowledge and experience.
• ISO 45001 and ISO 14001.

Responsibilities

• Advise on planning, execution, maintenance and modification of facilities, social and sanitary facilities and working methods.
• Provide support with procurement of equipment, design of workstations and ergonomics, and evaluation of working conditions.
• Instruct employees about accident/health hazards and measures to avert hazards.
• Assist in selecting and specifying personal protective equipment.
• Monitor and accept operational processes, lines, equipment and workstations before use and after changes.
• Check fire protection, explosion protection measures and first aid equipment.
• Organize and document plant tours to observe health & safety issues.
• Suggest improvements and work toward eliminating problems.
• Investigate causes of accidents and participate in processing accident cases.
• Draft company instructions and safety guidelines.
• Support injured employees and those with occupational illnesses.
• Involve in training safety officers.
• Organize and participate in internal and external safety training.
• Develop targets and implement safety projects, initiatives and tools.
• Cooperate with safety engineers, company doctor, Works Council and external bodies.

Skills

English advanced

Job description

Location El Salto, Jalisco

FORVIA HELLA is a listed international automotive supplier. As a company of the FORVIA Group, FORVIA HELLA stands for high-performance lighting technology and vehicle electronics and, with the Lifecycle Solutions Business Group, also covers a broad service and product portfolio for the spare parts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special vehicles. With currently around 34,000 employees at over 125 locations, the company is active worldwide and generated adjusted sales of €8.0 billion in the fiscal year 2025.

YOUR TASKS

Job Objective

Supporting the chief safety engineer in carrying out tasks in line with the health & safety laws, as well as providing legally compliant support and advice to Hella KGaA and the Hella companies within his responsibility, taking state and liability insurance requirements into account, as well as the defined deployment times and tasks in all matters of health & safety, accident prevention and humane working conditions.

Tasks / Area of Responsibility

• Advising with the planning, execution, maintenance and modification of company property, social and sanitary facilities as well as with the introduction of working methods and materials.
• Providing advice and support with the procurement of technical equipment, the design of workstations, workflows and working environments, as well as in questions of ergonomics and in the evaluation of working conditions.
• Supporting superiors in instructing employees about accident and health hazards, as well as about equipment and measures for averting such hazards.
• Involvement in the selection, testing and specification of personal protective equipment.
• Safety-related monitoring and acceptance of operational processes, lines, equipment, technical equipment, working methods, materials and workstations, particularly before they are introduced and/or put into operation and after major changes.
• Checking fire protection and explosion protection measures as well as escape, rescue, emergency and first aid equipment.
• Organizing, carrying out and documenting tours of the plant to observe health & safety issues and working safety.
• Making suggestions about and working towards eliminating problems.
• Investigating the causes of accidents at work and involvement in processing accident cases.
• Drawing up company instructions and company guidelines/information about safety at the workplace.
• Involvement in supporting and advising those injured in accidents and those with occupational illnesses.
• Involvement in training safety officers.
• Organizing and involvement in internal and external further qualification and training measures for employees in health & safety matters.
• Involvement in the development of setting targets, as well as implementing and testing new health & safety. processes and projects, initiatives and tools, company regulations and programs.
• Cooperating with the main safety engineer, chief safety engineer, company doctor, Works Council, safety officer, company officer, state health & safety office, employers' liability association, specialist associations. and other positions inside and outside the company.
• Informing all the employees involved in health & safety and environment protection within the company about news from these areas.

Your Qualifications

• English advanced.
• Industrial protection and health protection, Fire protection and Environmental protection knowledge and experience.
• ISO 45001 e ISO 14001.

FORVIA HELLA stands for the variety of all employees. Inclusion and diversity are firmly anchored in our company culture. We are continuously looking for new team players and welcome applications from all interested parties, regardless of their ethical and social background, age, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation or identity.

HELLA Automotive Mexico S.A. de C.V.

Nayeli Ines Vega Alcantara

El Salto

Carretera a El Castillo; Km. 10.5

El Salto, Jalisco, México.

C.P. 45680