Product Safety Machinery Engineer

Product Safety Machinery Engineer

Vanderlande is the global market leader in baggage handling systems for airports and sorting systems for parcel and postal services. The company is also a leading supplier of warehouse automation solutions. With over 11,000 employees worldwide, Vanderlande is committed to delivering innovative, reliable automated material handling solutions across diverse industries.

• Ensure machinery product safety design, product safety integration and product safety sustaining of Vanderlande’s North American automated conveyor system products and systems.
• Conduct basic product safety testing and create product safety machinery test reports.
• Perform detailed risk assessments on machinery and processes to identify potential hazards and determine necessary safeguards.
• Perform new and sustaining product design reviews.
• Perform regular safety audits and machine capability checks, investigate incidents, and manage corrective actions for machine safety deficiencies.

Education Required: Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Occupational Safety and Health Engineering.

Experience

Required:

Minimum 3 years’ proven experience in machinery safety standard applications, safety design, and safety validation of machine guarding.

Compliance Engineering Knowledge: OSHA 29

CFR
1910 Subparts A, D, O; NFPA
70 (National Electrical Code), NFPA
79 (Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery); ANSIB
20.1, ANSIB
11 series (Machine Safety); UL2011; EN60204‑1; ISO
13849 (Safety‑Related Parts of Control Systems); IEC
62061 (Functional Safety); ISO
12100 (Methodology – risk assessments); and Canadian and Mexican equivalents.

Knowledge of safety components and their operation (e.g., light curtains, safety mats, interlocks, and emergency stop devices).