Safety Enigneer

Southern Recruiting Solutions, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Job summary

Southern Recruiting Solutions, Inc. seeks a Safety Engineer to ensure site compliance with federal, state, and county regulations while driving continuous improvement in safety programs.

You will interpret standards, lead investigations, and collaborate with an Industrial Hygienist to mitigate health risks across the facility. You will own root-cause analyses using ABS Causal Analysis and TOP, develop KPIs, and deliver training for employees and contractors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Safety Engineering or closely related field.
• 5–10 years of relevant field safety experience in an industrial or processing facility.
• Experience in petroleum refining or chemical manufacturing settings.
• Strong knowledge of industrial safety programs, including permit-required confined spaces and hot work.
• Experience on an industrial fire brigade.
• Proven experience engaging and working alongside a unionized hourly workforce.
• Expertise in root-cause analysis frameworks (e.g., ABS Causal Analysis, TOP).
• Must be legally eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship

Responsibilities

• Ensure site regulatory compliance and continuous improvement with federal, state, and county requirements, industry best practices, and internal standards.
• Develop, update, and improve core site safety programs by interpreting regulations and standards.
• Support permit to work, energy isolation, hot work, confined space entry, contractor safety, turnaround safety, and joint health & safety initiatives.
• Collaborate with the Industrial Hygienist to identify, manage, and mitigate health risks.
• Lead and support site incident and near-miss investigations as the primary focal point.
• Track, develop, and execute root-cause preventative and corrective actions; present findings to site management.
• Create and deliver training materials for site employees and contractors.
• Share best practices with safety peers across regional networks and conduct internal health checks.
• Relocation provided.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Incident investigation

Root-cause analysis

Training delivery

KPI development

Safety program management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Safety Engineering

Tools

ABS Causal Analysis

Triangle of Prevention (TOP)

Permit to Work

Confined Space Entry

Hot Work Procedures

Job description

Responsibilities

• The Safety Engineer will ensure site compliance and continuous improvement with federal, state, and county regulatory requirements, industry best practices, and internal standards.
• Interpret regulations and standards to develop, update, and improve core site safety programs.
• Support key regulatory areas including permit to work, energy isolation, hot work, confined space entry, contractor safety, turnaround safety, and joint health & safety initiatives.
• Collaborate with the Industrial Hygienist to identify, manage, and mitigate health risks across the facility.
• Lead and support site incident and near-miss investigations as the primary focal point.
• Become certified in—and utilize—ABS Causal Analysis and Triangle of Prevention (TOP) methodologies.
• Work with site teams to track, develop, and execute root-cause preventative and corrective actions.
• Consult site leadership and staff on investigation workflows and present key findings to site management.
• Develop and maintain key performance indicators (KPIs) to track program efficacy and safety performance.
• Analyze safety data to deliver actionable insights and influence positive operational change.
• Create and deliver training materials for site employees and contractors.
• Collaborate with safety peers across regional networks to share best practices and conduct internal health checks.
• Relocation provided.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Safety Engineering, Occupational Safety, or a closely related field.
• Experience: 5–10 years of relevant field safety experience in an industrial or processing facility.
• Prior safety engineering experience within petroleum refining or chemical manufacturing settings.
• Strong knowledge of industrial safety programs, including permit-required confined spaces and hot work.
• Experience on an industrial fire brigade.
• Proven experience engaging and working alongside a unionized hourly workforce.
• Expertise in root-cause analysis frameworks (e.g., ABS Causal Analysis, TOP).
• Must bel legally eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship