Functional Safety Engineer
Job Location:
Liberty, UT - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Posted:
8 September 2026 (11 hours ago)
Application Deadline:
6 December 2026
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
This role will involve the candidate to review our Safety PLC and electrical schematics to ensure they are compliant with OHSA standards.
This candidate will work with a vendor that does this as a specialty. Keeps a third party validation company in check from a technical level.
Set countermeasures to resolve these issues. Spot auditing
Predominantly and redoing Safety PLC logic and safety circuitry.
Job Description:
Added Bonus:
**Talteam Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.**
This candidate will work with a vendor that does this as a specialty. Keeps a third party validation company in check from a technical level.
Set countermeasures to resolve these issues. Spot auditing
Predominantly and redoing Safety PLC logic and safety circuitry.
Job Description:
- Develop detailed area project plans and schedules
- Audit Safety Control Systems (SCS) for compliance to ISO 13849 and ANSI B11
- Identify and document non-conformities within SCS designs
- Design and verify countermeasures to achieve target control category and performance levels
- Develop schedules with deliverables milestones concerns and key performance indicators
- Manage an 3rd Party consultant group by milestones concerns and key performance indicators
- Lead cross-functional communication and collaboration to ensure issue resolution
- Provide written and verbal project status reports to management and stakeholders
- Audit SCS design modifications to ensure correlation with intended design
- Support the Control Reliability team through mentorship and technical coaching
- Perform hands-on troubleshooting and implementation as needed
- Demonstrate a positive team-oriented attitude and contribute to cross-functional success.
- 7-10 years of experience
- 5 years of experience in functional safety engineering within industrial or automation sectors and Technical Associates Degree or higher in a related discipline.
- Safety and PLC experience
- Functional Safety Expert certification engineer or similar
- Education: FSE - Functional Safety Expert certification
- Functional Safety Certification such as TUV Functional Safety Engineer or equivalent
- Certification credentials included with resume
- In-depth knowledge of ISO 13849-1 ANSI B11 and other relevant standards
- Demonstrated technical problem-solving and countermeasure implementation skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Safety PLC programming experience including the ability to read interpret modify and configure logic
- Experience with PLC/SPLC communication protocols and system integration
- Availability to support weekends off-shifts and holidays as required
- Ability to work during scheduled shutdowns (July and December)
- Capability to navigate large industrial facilities: standing walking climbing stairs bending and kneeling as needed
- Ability to safely lift push or pull up to 25 pounds
Added Bonus:
- Experience with risk assessment tools
- FMEA/FMEDA methodologies
- Proficiency with one or more Safety PLC platforms including:
- Allen-Bradley GuardLogix
- Omron - Sysmac (Safety)
- Keyence - GC Configurator
- Toyopuc PCWin Safe
- Siemens TIA Portal / Step 7 (Safety)
**Talteam Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.**
Required Experience:
IC