Engineer III, Occupational Safety

Ford Motor Company; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 87,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid time off and holidays

Vehicle discount program

Job summary

Lincoln Motor Company is seeking an Engineer 3, Occupational Safety, to apply technical safety standards and independently develop solutions for complex safety problems. You will coordinate with teams to implement SOS, emergency planning, and safety training while ensuring regulatory compliance.

The role involves leading root-cause investigations, coordinating cross-functional safety training, and supporting plant-wide safety initiatives with senior engineers and managers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Safety/Health Sciences, Industrial Hygiene, or related field, or commensurate work experience.
• 1+ year of work experience with Doctorate or 3+ years with Master’s or 5+ years with Bachelor’s in Health and Safety, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supports plant-wide safety processes such as SOS, emergency response planning, and safety training.
• Performs inspections and audits to identify hazards, risks, and compliance across federal, state, local laws and policies.
• Leads investigations and collaborates on corrective actions without compromising safety and functionality.
• Coordinates training across departments on hazardous materials, machine guarding, energy control, and related safety topics.
• Participates in safety projects, communicates with auditors and consultants on technical safety issues.
• Prepares safety communications and serves as liaison with regulatory bodies and corporate reps.

Skills

Safety standards

Hazard analysis

Risk assessment

Emergency response planning

Safety training

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Health & Safety

Job description

In this position... The Engineer 3, Occupational Safety, working under general direction, working as a contributing team member, is responsible for applying technical safety standards, principles, theories, and concepts, to independently develop approaches to solutions for a wide range of difficult occupational safety problems such as hazard control and prevention, safety systems and equipment, compliance, risk, etc. with consistency in a timely manner. The role coordinates with other team members to implement plant-wide safety processes such as the Company’s Safety Operating System (SOS), emergency response planning, safety training, and the application of technical standards, principles, theories, and concepts. The role would also work with senior engineers and managers to contribute to the completion of milestones within specific projects as per function priorities.

What you’ll do

• Assists other team members with the implementation of plant-wide safety processes including safety operating system, emergency response planning, and safety training orientations, with consistency in a timely manner by providing expertise on the application of technical principles, theories, concepts, and techniques.
• Participates in the implementation of regular inspections and audits to identify and assess workplace hazards, risks, and related issues of technical nature in critical domains such as safety equipment and systems, hazard identification, risk evaluation, preventive maintenance, etc. to ensure compliance with all federal, state, local laws, regulations, and corporate health and safety policies.
• Participates and supports launch activities for new projects, facilitates job hazard analysis for new equipment, off-standard understanding, approvals, etc., and anticipates possible safety issues. Liaises with the plant and network medical, security functions, and UAW Health and Safety representatives.
• Leads accident investigations with appropriate cross-functional team members, applies a thorough understanding of technical principles, theories, and concepts to identify root causes, and assists in the development and implementation of corrective actions without compromising functional integrity.
• Coordinates with multiple internal stakeholders for the design and implementation of Training across departments on occupational safety subjects such as hazardous materials management, machine guarding, energy control, power lockout, root cause analysis, manufacturing process safety, fire safety, new employee orientation, etc. to prevent employee injuries and illnesses and the elimination of hazards in the work environment. Supports and actively participates with the training leader and operations to manage and ensure completion of all required health, safety, and ergonomic-related training.
• Participates in the delivery of Occupational Safety projects by leveraging a strong understanding of safety concepts, principles, and theories to analyze a wide range of difficult occupational safety problems and design imaginative and thorough solutions consistent with the organization’s objectives and policies. Anticipates implementation issues to design a practical plan of action. Represents the organization in meetings with auditors and consultants on difficult technical safety issues associated with these projects.
• Prepares Occupational Safety-specific communications and standards as per established processes to encourage the adoption of Safety practices, focused on incident avoidance and regulatory compliance. Communicates effectively and acts as a liaison with statutory authorities, regulatory bodies, and corporate representatives.
• Participates in continuous improvement initiatives to recommend updates to existing Occupational Safety specific guidelines and programs related to safety in the workplace, hazardous materials management, industrial hygiene monitoring, equipment safety systems, etc.
• Demonstrates full knowledge of technical occupational safety subjects such as risk assessment and hazard identification, incident investigation, injury statistics reporting, safety program development, industrial hygiene and exposure monitoring, safety equipment and systems, etc. along with a strong understanding and application of related concepts and principles. Assists in the oversight of employee training programs and can present safety training materials as needed.

You’ll have…

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Safety/Health Sciences, Industrial Hygiene, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience.

Experience

• Minimum 1 year of work experience with a Doctorate or 3 years of occupational safety work experience with a Master’s degree or 5 years of work experience with a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Health and Safety, Occupational Safety, or a related field.

Work Requirements

• Involves frequent (defined as one to two-thirds of the time) lifting of more than 10 to 25 pounds. Work performed requires a good deal of walking or standing and may include some sedentary work and working conditions that include moderate noise levels related to the use of office equipment or machinery. May involve exposure to varying outside temperatures.
• Work Schedule: This role follows a rotating shift schedule. Employees will transition between 1st and 3rd shift on a three-month rotation. Candidates must be available to work both shifts.

This description outlines the general nature and scope of work typically performed in this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, knowledge, skills, work requirements, etc. It may vary slightly based on business or geographic needs and is subject to being reviewed and updated periodically.

Even better, you may have…

Licenses And Certifications

• Certified Safety Professional (Preferred)
• Certified Industrial Hygienist (Preferred)

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• 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
• Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day

This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $86,600-$144,900.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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