Safety Risk Reduction Project Lead

Job Description

Location: Warren, MI (Onsite)

Work Arrangement: Full-time onsite. The successful candidate is expected to report to a major engineering and technology center in Warren, Michigan on a daily basis.

The Opportunity

A leading global manufacturer is seeking an EHS Risk Reduction Project Lead to identify high-consequence occupational safety risks, implement effective controls, and scale proven risk-reduction solutions across facilities, equipment, processes, and emerging technologies.

This role will lead cross-functional initiatives that transform operational insights, field observations, data, and safety-by-design principles into practical engineering solutions. The successful candidate will work closely with safety, manufacturing, facilities, operations, engineering, and technology teams to proactively reduce risk before employee exposure occurs.

About the Team

The Advanced Risk Mitigation team focuses resources on the highest-priority risks where targeted actions can create the greatest impact for employees, operations, and the business.

The team combines risk engineering, safety-by-design principles, field insights, operational data, and emerging technologies such as automation, computer vision, and artificial intelligence to create scalable solutions and safety standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead risk-reduction projects from concept and prioritization through pilot, implementation, validation, and long-term sustainment.
• Partner with manufacturing, facilities, engineering, environmental health and safety, industrial hygiene, ergonomics, skilled trades, suppliers, and operational teams to identify and mitigate risk.
• Apply safety-by-design principles during project planning, risk assessments, design reviews, commissioning, startup activities, and final verification.
• Facilitate hazard analyses and risk assessments while documenting hazards, controls, corrective actions, and residual risk.
• Translate field observations, incident learnings, operational data, user feedback, and risk findings into practical controls, standards, specifications, and process improvements.
• Manage risks, dependencies, decisions, and corrective actions through closure, escalating unresolved high-risk concerns as needed.
• Evaluate emerging technologies including AI, computer vision, automation, analytics, wearables, and low-code solutions to improve risk identification and control effectiveness.
• Develop technical documentation, leadership communications, training materials, and implementation plans.
• Share best practices and lessons learned to improve enterprise-wide safety standards and risk-reduction methodologies.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Health, Manufacturing, or a related technical discipline. Equivalent experience may be considered.
• Experience leading projects, process improvements, or technical implementations within safety, engineering, manufacturing, facilities, or operations environments.
• Strong ability to transform ambiguous challenges into structured plans, priorities, and executable solutions.
• Experience conducting risk assessments, hazard analyses, design reviews, corrective-action planning, and control verification.
• Excellent written, verbal, analytical, and presentation skills.
• Ability to communicate technical risk concepts effectively to operators, engineers, suppliers, and leadership.
• Willingness to work onsite and travel to facilities, project sites, and suppliers as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing, automotive, industrial, or large-scale operational environments.
• Familiarity with AI, automation, computer vision, or advanced analytics applications in workplace safety.
• Experience implementing safety-by-design or prevention-through-design methodologies.

G-TECH Services, Inc. is a leading certified recruitment and placement firm that specializes in providing highly skilled staff in technical fields such as engineering, IT, procurement, finance and accounting. We have well-established relationships with some of the most respected companies in the country and know our clients' job requirements and corporate cultures. Once we understand your experience and career aspirations, we aim to connect you with the right opportunity.

G-TECH Services, Inc. is a leading certified recruitment and placement firm that specializes in providing highly skilled staff in technical fields such as…