Machinery safety expert

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The opportunity

As Machinery Safety Engineer you will report directly to the HUB HSE Manager (Europe) and act as a technical lead and subjectmatter expert for machine risk assessment functional safety for machinery and machine safeguarding according to industryconsensus (regional/local) and internal business standards.

We are looking for a professional who has a holistic view and understands the complexities in processes of change and project management.

You will work closely with regional and factoryoperations teams and take an active role in the decisionmaking process to advise and support the implementation of safety criticalcontrols for industrial machinery capital projects and upgrades.

You will take a lead role in identifying and sharing transferrable
practices evaluating and developing local machine safety competency.

How youll make an impact

• Lead risk assessment initiatives and risk mitigation in the scope of machine safety.
• Support the build of organizational capability by providing machine safety training and development of people competency(technical) at local sites.
• Lead the deployment strategy and plan for successful crossfunctional implementation of relevant internal corporate andbusiness standards in the scope of machine safety.
• Support the investigation process of incidents (including near misses recordable injuries) to determine root causes and preparecorrective and preventive action plans.
• Support response and containment actions to emergencies related to machine safety.
• Facilitate continuous improvement of the machine safety process by acting as a regional business partner involving sitefunctional and business leaders.
• Provide technical safety advice and risk review for capital projects related to machinery tools and equipment cooperating withinternal global process and equipment technical experts and key equipment suppliers.
• Provide support in defining necessary scope for preventative maintenance plans to be implemented on machinery / equipment.
• Expected to travel regionally to support local sites.

Your background

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Mechanical or Process Engineering (HSE education or similar experiences is desirable).
• Understanding of the requirements relevant to the EU Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC ISO 12100:2010 Safety of machinery
• Fundamental concepts general principles of design.
• 5 years of regional experience with an emphasis on machine safety process/program management maintenance riskassessment and design.
• Experience reading and designing diagrams in electrical electronic hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• Experience in Lean Manufacturing.
• You have proactive mindset to selfinitiate actions and take decisions.
• You have excellent communication and influencing skills to address and build trust with people on different organizational levels.
• You like to travel and broadening your experience.
• Fluency in English is required both written and spoken.

More about us

We offer you the opportunity to work with fantastic people and develop yourself on projects that present great technical challenges and have a real impact.

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