Health & Safety Engineer

About the role

Amerex, a global leader in fire suppression products, is hiring a Health & Safety Engineer in Trussville, reporting to the Health & Safety Manager. The role is a subject matter expert in safety programs and processes, supporting the Amerex Health & Safety program so that the facility achieves best-in-class health and safety performance (ISO 45001 and VPP facility). It covers auditing, implementing and training on site-level policies and procedures in line with legal and regulatory requirements such as OSHA, NFPA, NIOSH and ANSI, as well as Amerex and McWane standards.

Key responsibilities

• Work with internal business partners to solve health and safety issues and take part in injury and incident investigations
• Take part in ISO/VPP auditing and maintain the health and safety documentation
• Develop and implement facility health and safety programs, and lead and conduct audits and inspections (physical conditions, program, compliance and permit, machine guarding, machine risk assessments, LOTO, confined space entry)
• Develop safety programs, training initiatives and deliver training
• Conduct or schedule industrial hygiene sampling and identify and support ergonomic solutions and training
• Lead regulatory inspections and investigations, track corrective actions to closure, and support incident investigations and corrective action plans
• Lead projects from requirements definition through deployment, defining schedules, scope, budget estimates and implementation plans, including risk mitigation

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Health and Safety or an equivalent discipline
• 5-7 years' experience preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, technical communication, time management and conflict resolution skills
• Proven success working with all levels of management
• Strong manufacturing industry knowledge preferred; ASP/CSP is a plus

Required skills

• Working knowledge of OSHA, NFPA and ANSI standards and of VPP
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Excellent training and presentation skills

The position may involve exposure to hazardous materials and environmental changes (heat/cold) and occasional lifting of up to 10 pounds, sometimes up to 25 pounds.