Health Safety Engineer

Health & Safety Engineer

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What We Offer

We are seeking an experienced Health & Safety Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for implementing and maintaining comprehensive health and safety programs at our Zhangbin site while ensuring compliance with local regulations and company standards.

Key Responsibilities

Health & Safety Management

• Implement and conduct the site health and safety annual plan in accordance with corporate strategy, relevant internal and external standards, requirements, and regulations

Performance Monitoring

• Monitor and report health and safety performance through appropriate indicators
• Ensure periodic reporting of actual performance to authorities and company reporting systems
• Identify deviations and execute corrective actions to minimize discrepancies and achieve targets

Occupational Safety

• Conduct and supervise occupational safety activities according to local OSHA and company requirements:
• Job hazard analysis
• Work permit implementation and audit
• Management of Change (MoC) review
• Hazardous substances management
• Contractor orientation
• Critical equipment regular inspection
• Line inspection/safety observation programs
• Personal protective equipment identification and review
• Exposure risk assessments
• Workplace industrial hygiene regular inspection
• Public building safety

Occupational Health

• Develop site occupational health programs according to local OSHA and company requirements:
• Hazard risk assessment for chemicals
• Health surveillance
• Medical/health concerns case care and tracking
• Ensure sufficient health services for employees

Safety Systems Management

• Lead work permit software implementation process
• Ensure job safety working processes are well implemented and managed in accordance with corporate strategy, relevant standards, and regulations

Audit Management

• Manage health and safety audit activities, including:
• Random inspections/audits from authorities
• Corporate internal audits
• Self-assessments
• Coordinate activities and resources according to audit plans
• Follow up with findings, corrective and preventive actions
• Summarize reports until case closure
• Support self-assessment of other functions and regions

Incident Management

• Lead health and safety incident classification and investigation at site
• Organize investigation teams to conduct root cause analysis
• Track corrective actions progress
• Ensure timely reporting and updates in authority incident reporting platforms

Change Management

• Manage site Management of Change (MoC) systems
• Ensure changes to environment, products/raw materials/processes, equipment, and working steps are properly risk-evaluated

Value Added:

1. Establish and maintain the network with external stakeholders and represent as the site interface with external parties for HS topics and issues. Ensure the most up-to-date information with regard to HS related laws, regulations, and requirements, are collected for site utilization. 2. Execute improvement projects related to safety and health, to provide a safe and health working place better than standards in the market to improve employee's morale. 3. Ensure Zero Recordable Incident Rate at site and contribute to global RIR target via its function expertise.

What You Offer

Qualifications: Education:

- Bachelor above degree from EHS related or engineering department

Skills:

- Level B occupational safety management or above license

- Medium English speak/read/write

- Critical thinking, problem solving, communication and presentation skills

Experience:

- 5 years above experiences of Health and Safety management in chemical industry

Your Application: Are you as curious, courageous and colorful as we are? If so, we can offer you an exciting career opportunity. We look forward to receiving your application including a cover letter, resume/CV, and relevant certificates. Become part of our Team - apply now!

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