Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Machine Safety

Action Staffing Group; Irvington (NJ); On-site; USD 165,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Action Staffing Group is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Machine Safety for a manufacturer in Irvington, NJ. The role serves as site owner for the Machine Safety Program and leads machine safety, risk assessments, and lifecycle management to ensure compliance with OSHA, ISO and related standards.

The position requires 8–10 years of experience in manufacturing engineering and safety, with leadership responsibilities for cross-functional teams and capital projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, industrial, mechatronics or related engineering.
• Minimum 8–10 years of manufacturing engineering and safety experience preferred.
• Experience with safety standards and risk reduction projects is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the site Machine Guarding Program and safety initiatives.
• Conduct machine risk assessments and develop engineered risk reductions.
• Lead safeguarding, remediation, and capital improvement projects across facilities.
• Maintain machine inventories and prioritization for risk assessments and remediation.
• Validate Safety PLCs and SIL/PL calculations and ensure compliance with standards.
• Provide guidance to engineering, operations, and maintenance, and support site lifecycle management.

Skills

Machine safety

Functional safety

Risk assessment

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Manufacturing/Industrial/Mechatronics or related engineering

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Machine Safety for our client, a manufacturer in Irvington, NJ. The Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Machine Safety serves as the site owner and technical authority for the Machine Safety Program at the manufacturing facility. This position is responsible for leading machine safety, functional safety, machine risk assessments, and machine lifecycle management activities to ensure compliance with applicable U.S. regulatory requirements, recognized industry standards, and internal corporate standards.

The role focuses on leading the Machine Guarding Program, conducting machine risk assessments, managing risk reduction and safeguarding projects, validating functional safety systems (PL/SIL), supporting capital equipment projects, and ensuring new and existing machinery meets safety requirements. It also supports Manufacturing Engineering through capital projects, equipment improvements, automation initiatives, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement efforts.

Salary range $165,000-175,000/year, commensurate with experience

Monday-Friday onsite

Key Responsibilities

• Own and lead the site's Machine Guarding Program and machine safety initiatives, collaborating with all stakeholders on cross-functional teams.
• Conduct machine risk assessments and develop engineered risk reduction solutions.
• Lead machine safeguarding, remediation, capital improvement projects, productivity enhancements, and equipment reliability initiatives.
• Maintain ownership of the Site Master Machine List and ensure equipment inventories remain current and accurate.
• Maintain ownership of the Priority Assessment List and establish prioritization criteria for machine assessments and remediation activities
• Validate functional safety systems, including Safety PLCs, PL/SIL calculations, and safeguarding solutions.
• Develop, approve, and oversee corrective action strategies including equipment elimination, machine consolidation, machine upgrades, automation improvements, or new machine procurement.
• Develop machine safety requirements for new equipment and participate in FAT, SAT, commissioning, and lifecycle management activities.
• Lead machinery lifecycle management activities including installation, modification, relocation, modernization, and decommissioning.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, ANSI B11, NFPA 79, ISO 12100, ISO 13849, IEC 62061, and related standards.
• Lead the site machine safety team, train stakeholders, establish KPIs, and drive continuous program improvement, and root cause investigations.
• Provide technical guidance to Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, and EHS.
• Provide technical engineering support for troubleshooting, equipment modifications, and root cause investigations.
• Provide periodic machine safety support to manufacturing facilities in Ohio and Puerto Rico.

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or related engineering or automation discipline.

Certifications

• Preferred but not required: TÜV Certified Machinery Safety Expert (CMSE®), TÜV Certified Safety and Machinery Expert (CSME®), or equivalent TÜV-recognized safety certification required.
• Required: complete internal machinery safety certification program within 6 months of start date.

Experience

• Minimum 8–10 years of proven experience in manufacturing engineering, functional safety, automation engineering, or related manufacturing engineering functions required.
• Demonstrated previous experience working in a mature, established, & operationalized EHS culture where manufacturing engineering was responsible for conforming to Management of Change, Machine Safety, and other EHS requirements.
• Demonstrated previous experience utilizing influence and relationships to accomplish engineering or safety goals, objectives, and priorities.
• Experience developing and executing capital improvement and remediation projects.
• Experience working with, influencing, and managing equipment suppliers, integrators, and cross-functional teams.
• Strong technical understanding of machine guarding and machinery safety principles.
• Preferred but not required: demonstrated experience leading machine safety risk assessments and machine safeguarding and risk reduction projects and programs within a manufacturing environment.