Engineer, Occupational Safety

To ensure a safe manufacturing environment, our Occupational Health and Safety Engineering team plays a crucial role in hazard prevention, conducting safety audits, providing training, and implementing risk mitigation strategies.

• Design & Build Reviews:
  Conduct 100% design and build reviews and sign-offs in accordance with Ford Global Safety Standards.
• Tooling & Facility Buy-offs:
  Perform tooling, machine, and facility safety design reviews and buy-offs for program launches.
• Material Handling Safety:
  Conduct safety design reviews and sign-offs for material handling equipment following Ford Global Safety Standards.
• PROTAG Management:
  Complete plant floor buy-offs utilizing the Ford PROTAG procedure, and coordinate/track the process using the Digital PROTAG system.
• Vendor Compliance:
  Collaborate with Vehicle Operations (VO) Engineers and Plant Safety to ensure the VOME organization and tooling vendors adhere to the Tooling Buyoff Procedure per Ford Global Safety Standards.

• Subject Matter Expertise:
  Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for machine guarding and control systems to ensure compliance with industry regulatory requirements and Ford Machine Guarding Standards.
• Controls
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Partner with VOME Controls teams to ensure compliance with company standards for Safety-Related Parts of the Control System (SRP/CS).
• Standards Interpretation:
  Interpret, clarify, and communicate the requirements of international safety standards.
• Standards Feedback:
  Provide continuous input and feedback regarding internal Ford standards and external regulatory/governing bodies.
• Problem Solving:
  Participate in standards reviews, locate relevant standards, and communicate them effectively to stakeholders to resolve complex issues.

• Risk Assessments:
  Lead and participate with cross-functional teams to conduct comprehensive risk assessments.
• Safety Tool Utilization:
  Utilize and govern tools specified by Vehicle Operations safety procedures, including Risk Assessments, Pre-Task Analyses (PTA), Workstation Readiness, and Energy Control and Power Lockout (ECPL) placarding.
• Contractor Alignment:
  Partner with vendors and contractors on Risk Assessments, Pre-Task Analyses, and ECPL placarding reviews.

• Launch Leadership:
  Assist with or lead program safety launches, including demolition, construction, and commissioning phases.
• Construction Safety:
  Drive robust construction safety processes during all VOME launches.
• Contractor
  
  Coaching:
  
  Coach, teach, and mentor contractors on safety protocols during launch activities.
• Ongoing Plant Support:
  Support VOME functional areas in resolving plant-specific safety issues, including non-launch-related concerns.

• Safety Forums:
  Represent VOME in diverse safety forums, including the Construction Safety Council, Manufacturing Safety Council, engineering alignment meetings, and joint communication meetings with the UAW National Ford Department.
• Lessons Learned:
  Communicate safety lessons learned between Manufacturing Engineering and Plant Safety, integrating these insights into standards and specifications for future programs.
• Proactive Engagement:
  Actively engage and communicate proactive safety processes to the VOME engineering community.
• Global Team Support:
  Support the VOME Safety team with global safety processes, training, development, and administration.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Occupational Health and Safety, or an equivalent technical discipline.
• 3+ years of safety experience in the field of occupational safety (or equivalent) within a manufacturing environment.
• 1+ years of working knowledge of state and federal OSHA regulations.
• 25% Travel (including locations in Mexico and Canada) to support launch activities.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we’ve outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

• Master of Science (MS) degree in Occupational Safety,…