Safety Engineer / Mechanical Designer at Gonzalez Group – Southfield, Michigan

Safety Engineer / Designer (Calculation Engineer)

Reports to: RAMS Manager (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety)

Function: Engineering Research & Development

Summary:

Safety Engineer plays a vital role in complex engineering projects; core reponsibility for support project team and site on the lines; risk analysis assessment.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Achievement of timing, quality and cost targets
• Assure the use of company standards (product, processes, norms...)
• Develops the risk analysis activity for tooling, robotic cells and automated systems, in order to assure the compliance to all the safety norms
• Conduct risk assessments (e.g. PFMEA, Ergonomic Analysis, Hazard Assessments) for new and modified tooling.
• Ensure compliance with applicable standards such as OSHA, ANSI, ISO 12100, ISO 13849 and local regulations.
• Performing Safety Analysis during all project phases, participate in tooling design reviews giving continuous feedbacks to the project team
• Validate guarding, interlocks, lockout points, pinch-point protection, emergency stop, etc.
• On-site checks in order to verify the correct line installation and commissioning vs the safety requirements
• Verifies the contents of the technical file and develops the CE document certification.
• Investigate tooling-related incidents, near-misses, and failures.
• Lead corrective actions and develop long-term safety improvements.
• Deliver training to operators, maintenance technicians, and engineers on proper tooling use.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Safety and risk assessment analysis
• Safety functional performance level calculation
• Safety standards and norms
• General-purpose I.T. tools
• Technical reports creation
• Functional safety management according ISO26262/ISO13849/IEC62061
• Hazard and risk analyses creation
• Functional and technical safety concepts planning
• Support in creating safety analyses
• Define safety devices list
• Provide support on calculation of safety functions Performance Level (PL)
• Moderation and participation at technical reviews
• Safety proof generation
• Close cooperation with the project manager, developers and customers
• Requirements on machinery maintenance activities
• Requirements on manual instruction structure & developments
• Knowledge and experience of declaration of conformity

Requirements:

• Ability to work independently and within teams
• Ability to travel domestically (5-20%) and internationally as project needs may require for technical support

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Safety Engineering, or related field.
• Reading comprehension of technical documents
• Preferred / Would Like: Minimum three years of work experience in automotive development (Hardware or Software), manufacturing or industrial safety engineering