Role summary
The Machine Safety Program Leader & serves as the site owner and technical authority for the Machine Safety Program at the Newark, New Jersey the organization facility. This position is responsible for leading machine safety, functional safety, machine risk assessments, and machine lifecycle management activities to ensure compliance with applicable U.S. regulatory requirements, recognized industry standards, and internal corporate standards.
The role will spend approximately 80% of time leading machine safety risk assessments, managing risk reduction projects, overseeing the Machine Guarding Program, and supporting machinery throughout its lifecycle. The remaining 20% of time will support broader the organization Engineering initiatives, capital projects, process improvements, and operational excellence efforts.
The successful candidate will serve as the primary machine safety subject matter expert, ensuring new and existing equipment achieve required safety performance levels and that machine-related risks are reduced to acceptable, low, or negligible levels through engineered solutions and program governance. This is an exciting role with the opportunity to make an immediate impact and offers future career growth opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Machine Guarding Program Leadership, , & Risk Reduction (80%)
- Serve as the overall site owner of the Machine Guarding Program and associated machine risk reduction initiatives.
- Develop, maintain, and continuously improve the site’s written Machine Guarding Program.
- Maintain ownership of the Site Master Machine List and ensure equipment inventories remain current and accurate.
- Maintain ownership of the Priority Assessment List and establish prioritization criteria for machine assessments and remediation activities.
- Develop, approve, and lead machine guarding gap closure plans, including annual and multi-year capital budget proposals.
- Develop, approve, and oversee corrective action strategies including equipment elimination, machine consolidation, machine upgrades, automation improvements, or new machine procurement.
- Establish machine safety objectives, KPIs, project plans, and performance metrics.
- Influence and coordinate all stakeholders necessary to ensure successful execution of the Machine Guarding Program, including Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, EHS, Leadership, and external suppliers.
- Create and lead site machine safety team
- Organize, coach, mentor, and provide training to site Machine Guarding team members on machine safety risk assessment methodologies and company requirements.
- Lead regular meetings to track assessment status, remediation progress, project execution, and compliance metrics.
- Conduct annual reviews of the Machine Guarding Program effectiveness with required stakeholders and site leadership.
- Perform annual machine safety program self-assessments.
- Serve as the site’s primary technical expert on machine guarding and machinery safety principles.
- Lead and facilitate machine safety risk assessments using recognized industry methodologies and company requirements.
- Evaluate machinery and the organization processes to identify hazards and determine required risk reduction measures.
- Develop and manage machine risk reduction projects from concept through implementation, validation, and closure.
- Specify, review, and validate functional safety systems and safety-related control systems to achieve required Performance Levels (PL) and Safety Integrity Levels (), as applicable.
- Ensure all newly purchased machinery meets applicable safety requirements, company machine safety specifications, and required safety performance criteria before acceptance and commissioning.
- Participate in equipment design reviews, factory acceptance testing (FAT), site acceptance testing (SAT), and commissioning activities.
- Develop machine safety requirements for capital projects and equipment procurement packages.
- Review and approve machine safety documentation including machine safety risk assessments, hazard analyses, safety requirements specifications, validation plans, functional safety calculations and verification and validation reports
- Validate engineered safeguarding solutions.
- Conduct machine safety compliance assessments and gap analyses against applicable standards and regulations.
- Support investigations of machine-related incidents, near misses, and audit findings, including development of corrective and preventive actions.
- Provide machine safety and functional safety technical guidance to engineering, maintenance, operations, and plant leadership teams.
- Provide periodic machine safety support to the organization facilities in Ohio and Puerto Rico.
- The organization Engineering Support (20%)
- Support capital project execution and equipment installation activities.
- Assist with the organization process improvements, productivity enhancements, and equipment reliability initiatives.
- Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering teams to improve equipment performance and operational efficiency.
- Participate in facility modernization, automation, and expansion projects.
- Support Lean the organization, continuous improvement, and operational excellence initiatives.
- Provide technical engineering support for troubleshooting, equipment modifications, and root cause investigations.
Requirements
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, the organization Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or related engineering or automation discipline.
Certifications
- TÜV Certified Machinery Safety Expert (CMSE®), TÜV Certified Safety and Machinery Expert (CSME®), or equivalent TÜV-recognized safety certification required.
- Minimum 5–10 years of proven experience in the organization engineering, machine safety, functional safety, automation engineering, or a related industrial environment.
- Demonstrated experience leading machine safety risk assessments and machine safeguarding and risk reduction projects and programs within the organization environment.
- Experience developing and executing capital improvement and remediation projects.
- Experience working with equipment suppliers, integrators, and cross-functional teams.
- Strong technical understanding of machine guarding and machinery safety principles.
Technical Knowledge
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Machine Guarding Requirements
- ANSI B11 Series Standards
- ANSI/RIA Robotics Standards
- NFPA 79 – Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery
- NFPA 70E
- – and Risk Reduction
- ISO 13849 – Safety-Related Parts of Control Systems
- – of Machinery
- Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) Requirements
- Industrial Automation and Control Systems
- Safety PLCs and Architectures
- Robotics and Automated the organization Systems
- SISTEMA
- Bilingual / Spanish a plus.
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