EHS Technican: Machine Safety

Job Overview

Machine Safety Field Presence & Engagement – Responsible for maintaining a visible EHS presence on the production floor and engaging employees and leaders on machine safety expectations, hazard recognition, safe behaviors, PPE use, and pre‑use checks.

• Maintain a visible EHS presence in production, warehouse, logistics, maintenance, and support areas.
• Engage employees and leaders on machine safety expectations, hazard recognition, safe behaviors, PPE use, and pre‑use checks.
• Communicate safety findings to local production teams, including hand‑off through shift or area huddles.
• Provide respectful coaching, reinforce positive safety behaviors, and escalate concerns when additional support is needed.

• Conduct routine machine safety inspections and walkthroughs to identify hazards, unsafe conditions, damaged equipment, blocked access, housekeeping concerns, and control gaps.
• Support inspection of new or modified machinery following installation and before SAT/commissioning, in partnership with EHS, engineering, maintenance, and operations.
• Support EHS‑led risk assessments by gathering field observations, employee input, task context, and exposure information.
• Verify that temporary controls remain effective until permanent corrective actions are completed.

• Reinforce expectations for guarding, safety devices, emergency stops, signage, and other critical machine safeguards.
• Support hazardous energy control expectations during cleaning, jam clearing, maintenance, troubleshooting, and other non‑routine work.
• Identify potential gaps in procedures, training, verification steps, or work practices and coordinate follow‑up with EHS and area leadership.
• Escalate immediate or uncontrolled machine safety risks in accordance with site EHS procedures.

• Follow up on machine‑related observations, near misses, injuries, property damage, and other incidents as directed by EHS leadership.
• Gather accurate incident information and support root cause discussions, corrective action tracking, retraining needs, and recurrence prevention.
• Ensure safety issues are logged appropriately and that action plans are assigned, tracked, and communicated.
• Monitor repeat findings or overdue actions and escalate when plans are delayed, ineffective, or require additional resources.

• Support broader EHS activities when they intersect with machine safety, including PPE compliance, hazard communication, minor spill response, ergonomics, traffic flow, and contractor work controls.
• Provide field input during equipment changes, layout adjustments, process modifications, maintenance work, and project activity.
• Assist with contractor safety verification, work permit awareness, and JSA expectations where machine or equipment hazards are present.
• Partner with EHS to promote compliance with site procedures, OSHA General Industry expectations, and LEGO safety standards.

• Complete inspections, observations, incident notes, and corrective action updates accurately and on time.
• Track and communicate leading indicators such as hazard reports, near misses, machine safety findings, repeat deficiencies, and corrective action status.
• Use field data and employee feedback to identify trends and recommend practical improvements that reduce risk and strengthen safety culture.

• Intervene when unsafe conditions or behaviors are observed and escalate through EHS and area leadership as appropriate.
• Stop work when imminent danger exists or when work cannot be performed safely.
• Support timely resolution of safety concerns while maintaining clear communication with impacted teams.

• Timely completion of assigned inspections, observations, documentation, and corrective action follow‑up.
• Quality and accuracy of machine safety findings, incident information, and handoff to local production teams.
• Reduction in repeat findings, unresolved machine safety concerns, and overdue corrective…