Sr. Electrical Controls Engineer / Safety Consultant - ESPO Corporation
Carol Stream, IL 60016
About the Job
Job Title: Senior Safety Services Engineer (Electrical Controls)
Location: Remote with 50% Travel
Job type and Duration: Full-Time – Permanent
Our client, a global machine safety provider, is looking to hire a Senior Safety Services Engineer (Electrical Controls) to join their consulting team out of Elk Grove Village, IL.
As a Senior Safety Services Engineer, you will provide industrial functional safety-related controls advice and industry best practices to customers. The role heavily depends on a deep understanding of machine controls and the related potential hazardous energy sources.
As a Safety Consultant, your primary responsibility will consist of corresponding professionally with our customers and assisting them with properly completing their industrial machinery or application safety upgrades. You will develop safety solutions engineered to reduce customer risks to an acceptable level of safety, verify and validate architecture designs to keep personnel safe when working in or near the industrial environment, and work within a team environment providing guidance and mentorship to junior staff while taking a lead role on larger corporate safety projects.
Responsibility:
ESPO Corporation
Leaders in Technical Recruiting & Staffing since 1965
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and value the benefits of diversity in our workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity and expression, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other attribute or protected characteristic by law.
Location: Remote with 50% Travel
Job type and Duration: Full-Time – Permanent
Our client, a global machine safety provider, is looking to hire a Senior Safety Services Engineer (Electrical Controls) to join their consulting team out of Elk Grove Village, IL.
As a Senior Safety Services Engineer, you will provide industrial functional safety-related controls advice and industry best practices to customers. The role heavily depends on a deep understanding of machine controls and the related potential hazardous energy sources.
As a Safety Consultant, your primary responsibility will consist of corresponding professionally with our customers and assisting them with properly completing their industrial machinery or application safety upgrades. You will develop safety solutions engineered to reduce customer risks to an acceptable level of safety, verify and validate architecture designs to keep personnel safe when working in or near the industrial environment, and work within a team environment providing guidance and mentorship to junior staff while taking a lead role on larger corporate safety projects.
Responsibility:
- Act as a SME, Subject Matter Expert, providing guidance and knowledge to our customers through project assignments.
- Maintain and increase expert knowledge on applicable safety standards.
- Set a professional example for others on the team and mentor junior-level safety engineers.
- Provide fundamental safety consulting focusing primarily on recognized industry standards or customer-specific requirements:
- Lockout Tagout audits and procedures
- Risk assessments
- Safety requirements specifications
- Safety architecture design and engineering
- Safety function verification
- Stop time measurement / safe distance calculation
- Safety system validation
- Safety training
- Manage project milestones or recognize the need to escalate when required to complete projects on time and within budget.
- Responsible for providing input and guidance in identifying, qualifying, and closing machine safety projects.
- Work closely with commercial support teams.
- Work within a team environment; however, capable of working independently.
- Be willing to travel up to 50%. Primarily Monday through Friday; however, an occasional weekend travel may occur.
- Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent industrial controls/safety experience (3-5 years)
- Functional Safety Engineer Certification
- 10+ years of working experience with safety products and industrial safety controls.
- Knowledge and experience with applying OSHA and industrial safety standards (ISO, ANSI, etc.)
- Demonstrate the mastery of a safety project's lifecycle.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Write or assist in writing an industrial safety standard.
- Experience in industrial controls, design, troubleshooting, etc.
- Experience in industrial safety (safety audit, risk assessment documentation, system architecture design, verification, and validation).
- Extensive knowledge of Siemens, Rockwell, and/or Pilz safety hardware and software.
- Experience with training and mentoring others within a team structure.
- Demonstrate the ability to propose and sell safety consulting projects.
ESPO Corporation
Leaders in Technical Recruiting & Staffing since 1965
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and value the benefits of diversity in our workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity and expression, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other attribute or protected characteristic by law.
Source : ESPO Corporation
