Senior Manager, Manufacturing Safety Engineering
Core
Lead the Manufacturing Safety Engineering team to design safety into production systems, equipment, and processes, applying formal risk assessment and the hierarchy of controls to engineer hazards out of manufacturing operations.
Role type
Senior Manager, Manufacturing Safety Engineering
Builds
Safe production equipment, fixtures, test stations, and work instructions for defense systems
Domain
Defense manufacturing and machine safety
Required skills
formal machine risk assessment, machine safeguarding, OSHA 29 CFR 1910 engineering controls, management of change, hazard analysis, safety requirements definition, team building, strategic planning, executive reporting
Preferred skills
ISO 12100, ISO 13849, ANSI B11 standards, M.S. in engineering, professional safety certification (CSP/CMSE), scaling safety functions, multi-site program management
Technologies
OSHA 29 CFR 1910, ISO 12100, ISO 13849, ANSI B11
Responsibilities
Build and scale the manufacturing safety engineering team; establish standardized risk-assessment frameworks and safety sign-off gates; lead formal machine and task-based risk assessments; define functional-safety requirements for control systems; partner with EHS to ensure compliance with OSHA requirements; support incident investigations and root-cause analysis; manage resource allocation and budget across sites.
Seniority
Senior Manager, hands-on technical leader with organizational leadership
