Facilities Specialist

Functional Area: ENG - Engineering
Career Stream: FAC - Facilities/Real Estate Engineering
Role: Specialist
SAP Short Name: SPE
Job Title: Facilities Specialist
Job Code: SPE-ENG-FAC
Job Level: Band 08
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Reporting directly to the Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Manager the Safety Specialist is responsible for the daily administration monitoring and enforcement of safety programs across the electronics manufacturing floor. This role focuses on maintaining a safety-first culture ensuring continuous compliance with OSHA General Industry standards (29 CFR 1910) and mitigating hazards unique to electronic component assembly such as automated equipment risks and high-voltage electrical exposure.

Core Responsibilities
Floor Inspections & Hazard Control
Daily Site Audits: Conduct routine inspections of SMT (Surface Mount Technology) assembly lines wave soldering machines and cleanrooms to detect and eliminate safety hazards.
Lockout/Tagout (LOTO): Audit and manage the facilitys OSHA LOTO program during automated machinery maintenance to prevent accidental energy startups.
Electrical Safety Oversight: Monitor compliance around high-voltage testing equipment ensuring appropriate use of non-conductive PPE protective guarding and proper grounding.
Job Hazard Analysis (JHA): Conduct and update risk assessments for new or modified production machinery before integration into workflows. 9

Incident Response & Employee Training
Incident Investigations: Lead root-cause analysis for workplace injuries near-misses and equipment incidents alongside the EHS Manager utilizing tools like the 5 Whys or Fishbone diagrams.
Safety Training Delivery: Facilitate OSHA-mandated onboarding recurrent safety briefings and weekly toolbox talks for floor operators and contract partners.
Emergency Response Team (ERT): Serve as a core member or coordinator of the on-site emergency and spill response teams.

Compliance Data & Tracking
OSHA Recordkeeping: Maintain and organize the facilitys OSHA 300 300A and 301 incident logs under the supervision of the EHS Manager.
Metric Analytics: Track monthly safety performance data identifying trends to propose proactive preventative measures to leadership.

• Education: Bachelors degree in Occupational Health and Safety Industrial Hygiene or a related field preferred (or equivalent combination of high school diploma/Associates degree and hands-on manufacturing safety experience).

• Experience: 24 years of dedicated safety experience within a high-volume manufacturing environment (electronics automotive or aerospace assembly preferred).

• Certifications: Possession of ability to obtain in first 90 daysOSHA 30-Hour General Industry card is required. Progression toward an ASP (Associate Safety Professional) or CSP (Certified Safety Professional) is a plus.

• Technical Skills: Strong familiarity with general machinery guarding electrical hazard protocols and ergonomics related to repetitive electronic assembly tasks.

• Duties of the position are performed in a manufacturing environment with frequent exposure to noise dust chemicals operating machinery temperature extremes hazardous substances etc.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g. data entry using a computer mouse using a calculator etc.) are frequently required.

• Three to six years of relevant experience

• Bachelors degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Educational requirements may vary by geography.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.