Senior EHS Engineer

Micron Technology; George Town; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Micron Penang seeks a Senior Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Engineer to lead safety programs across manufacturing and facilities, drive compliance, and support contractor safety management.

You will conduct inspections, risk assessments, and safety training, ensuring adherence to Malaysian EHS laws and Micron standards while enabling site operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in OSH or related field.
• Proven experience in occupational safety, contractor safety, and manufacturing EHS.
• Strong knowledge of Malaysian safety rules and permit-to-work systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety programs across manufacturing, facilities, and external sites.
• Conduct inspections, Gemba walks, and risk-based corrective actions.
• Manage contractor EHS prequalification, onboarding, and training.

Skills

EHS management

Contractor safety

Incident investigation

Risk assessment

Auditing

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety and Health

Job description

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all.

Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever.

The Senior Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Engineer at Micron Penang is an outstanding chance to join a world-class team focused on occupational safety and environmental health. This position plays a key role in maintaining smooth site operations while following Micron’s EHS standards, Malaysian laws, and global certifications.

Job Scope:

• Lead and support ambitious occupational safety programs across diverse site areas including manufacturing, facilities, and external locations.
• Conduct workplace inspections, Gemba walks, and compliance assessments to determine and implement corrective actions successfully.
• Manage contractor EHS prequalification, evaluation, onboarding, training, performance monitoring, and compliance with Micron’s stringent requirements.
• Assess contractors’ EHS plans, HIRARC, job hazard analyses, method statements, pre-task plans, and safe work procedures.
• Manage and provide support for permit-to-work procedures related to high-risk activities including work at height, confined spaces, lifting, rigging, hot work, electrical work, and chemical handling.
• Conduct field verification to ensure approved controls are effectively implemented and exercise Stop Work authority when unacceptable risks are identified.
• Lead and facilitate EHS risk assessments for site operations, equipment, projects, and workplace changes, ensuring risks are controlled according to the hierarchy of controls.
• Lead or support investigations of injuries, near misses, property damage, and high-potential events, including root-cause analysis and corrective-action efficiency verification.
• Coordinate implementation of Global EHS alerts, CIT actions, lessons learned, and site-wide preventive measures.
• Review new and modified equipment, engineering controls, workplace layouts, and facilities changes for EHS compliance and operational readiness.
• Support emergency preparedness, response equipment readiness, evacuation drills, traffic safety, and abnormal-event response.
• Support compliance with applicable Malaysian EHS legislation and liaison with DOSH, BOMBA, and other relevant authorities when assigned.
• Support ISO 14001, ISO 45001, RBA, corporate, customer, and regulatory audits, including evidence preparation and findings closure.
• Develop and deliver EHS training, contractor safety orientation, safety communication, and employee engagement programs.
• Collect, analyze, and report site and contractor EHS performance, including incidents, safe labor hours, observations, inspection findings, and corrective-action closure.
• Drive continuous improvement through EHS data analytics, process standardization, digitalization, and cross-functional initiatives.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety and Health, Environmental Health and Safety, Engineering, Applied Science, or a related field.
• Applicable background in occupational safety, contractor safety, manufacturing EHS, semiconductor operations, industrial facilities, or construction environments.
• Registration as a Safety and Health Officer with DOSH is highly desirable.
• Proficiency in working at height, confined spaces, lifting, scaffolding, first aid, ISO 14001/45001 auditing, scheduled-waste management, or radiation safety is beneficial.
• Strong knowledge of Malaysian occupational safety requirements, contractor safety controls, permit-to-work systems, and high-risk activities.
• Proven capability to assess HIRARC, method statements, job hazard analyses, pre-task plans, and contractor EHS submissions.
• Experience in incident investigation, root-cause analysis, audits, inspections, corrective-action management, and EHS performance reporting.
• Strong contractor management, communication, collaborator coordination, analytical, and decision-making skills.
• Proactive, diligent, and capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing and project environment.
• Able to support urgent EHS matters, abnormal situations, or emergencies outside normal working hours when required.
• Demonstrate AI proficiency by effectively applying approved AI and automation tools to improve efficiency, quality, decision-making, and collaboration. Continuously learn and adopt AI-enabled ways of working in support of Micron’s AI transformation and future workforce requirements.

This is your chance to contribute to something outstanding!

About Micron Technology, Inc.

We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions transforming how the world uses information to enrich lifefor all. With a relentless focus on our customers, technology leadership, and manufacturing and operational excellence, Micron delivers a rich portfolio of high-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory and storage products through our Micron® and Crucial® brands. Every day, the innovations that our people create fuel the data economy, enabling advances in artificial intelligence and 5G applications that unleash opportunities — from the data center to the intelligent edge and across the client and mobile user experience.

To learn more, please visit micron.com/careers

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