CivilStructural Safety Engineer
CivilStructural Safety Engineer
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In this role you will work collaboratively with our team of talented engineers and mill leadership to improve Weyerhaeusers wood product manufacturing and Timberlands operations and provide engineering safety support for various new development efforts.
The Civil/Structural Safety Engineer is a corporate level position; meeting needs across the companys 34 Wood Products manufacturing and Timberlands facilities in the US and Canada. Work location is flexible open for discussion and will likely be a hybrid model blending inoffice remote and travel. This role is a fully remote workfromhome position provided you are currently based (or are planning to move to) one of the following states: Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Florida Georgia Idaho Louisiana Maine Michigan Mississippi North Carolina Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina Texas Utah Virginia Washington Montana West Virginia.
This position works closely with the company Safety and Engineering functions and business operations to eliminate Serious Injuries and Fatalities and ensure regulatory compliance. The Safety Engineer will reduce injury risk through engineering design and controls while maximizing human and process performance. This position resides in the Engineering department with a dotted line to corporate Health and Safety.
The safety engineer is responsible to:
- Contribute to building a safety culture that enables our technical engineering and operational functions to develop safe and compliant processes systems and solutions to reduce risk and eliminate injuries focusing on engineering controls.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to identify engineering solutions to eliminate or reduce risk.
- Apply knowledge of regulatory safety requirements and safety consensus standards in the US and Canada related to machine and equipment safety including fall protection and forestry operations.
- Collaborate with Wood Products Timberlands and Health and Safety in the design of systems and procedures including:
a. Engineered fall protection systems
b. Machine guarding
c. Controlling hazardous energy on machinery robotics and automated systems
d. Reviewing and approving acquisition of and modifications to equipment
e. Support safetyindesign related to production fire prevention and life safety combustible dust electrical safety ergonomics forestry industrial hygiene and environmental initiatives
- Develop implement and maintain a prevention through design (PtD) company standard
- Work with capital project and engineering managers to provide design review and input on the front end of large projects. Assist with criteria for contractor construction safety requirements and controls.
- Apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified safety and related operational needs including internally designed and fabricated equipment to meet standards or source thirdparty resources as needed.
- Serve as a company fall protection Competent Person
- Serve as the company automation safety and robotics safety subject matter expert.
- Coordinate activities and advise the Wood Products Energy Safety Team the Wood Products Electrical Safety Team and Innovation special projects.
- Develop nextgeneration manufacturing concepts and technology roadmap including new technology benchmarking evaluation and deployment to align with company safety strategy & initiatives.
- Identify formulate and solve complex safetyrelated engineering problems by applying engineering science and mathematical principles.
- Communicate effectively with a range of audiences both orally and in writing.
- Develop and use collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals.
- Organize manage and track multiple detailed tasks and assignments with frequently changing priorities in a fastpaced work environment.
- Develop and implement rigorous quality assurance protocols and testing procedures to ensure the reliability and effectiveness of safety around future automation equipment conducting risk assessments failure mode analyses and validation tests.
- Demonstrate a high level of understanding and application ability of both basic and advanced safety process control concepts and technologies.
- Advise operations on consultants for safety engineering projects.
- Review specifications technical documentation and design changes for impacts to safety systems using advanced risk assessment techniques.
- Develop and implement rigorous quality assurance protocols and validation procedures to ensure the reliability and effectiveness of engineered safety systems by conducting risk assessments failure mode analyses and validation tests.
- Degree focus Structural/Civil Engineering
- Professional Engineer status (required) plus Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification (ideal at hire or must strive to obtain within 2 years).
Minimum of 5 years industrial experience preferably in manufacturing. Up to 2530 travel within North America
Our Investment in You: What We Offer
About Weyerhaeuser: We sustainably manage forests and manufacture products that make the world a better place. Were serious about safety driven to achieve excellence and proud of what we do. With multiple business lines in locations across North America we offer a range of exciting career opportunities for smart talented people who are passionate about making a difference.We know you have a choice in your career. We want you to choose us.
About Wood Products: Weve been delivering quality building products and solutions to our customers for more than 100 years. From builders and dealers to specifiers and homeowners we offer exceptional product performance and unparalleled support.For more than a century weve been building our reputation as a leader in sustainable wood products.
Weyerhaeuser is an equal opportunity employer. Inclusion is one of our five core values and we strive to maintain a culture where all our people feel a sense of belonging opportunity and shared purpose. We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and supporting an equitable and inclusive environment that inspires people of all backgrounds to join stay and thrive with our team.
Employment Type
Full-Time
