Job Description:
- Lead risk-reduction projects from problem definition and prioritization through pilot, implementation, validation, and sustainment.
- Partner with manufacturing, facilities, engineering, site safety, industrial hygiene, ergonomics, skilled trades, suppliers, and other stakeholders to identify and reduce risk.
- Apply design-in safety principles during planning, risk assessment, design review, commissioning, start-up, and final-location verification.
- Facilitate hazard analyses and risk assessments; document hazards, required controls, residual risk, and corrective actions.
- Translate risk findings, field observations, incident learnings, user feedback, and operational data into controls, standard work, specifications, and upstream design improvements.
- Track risks, dependencies, decisions, and corrective actions to closure; escalate unresolved high-risk issues with clear options and recommendations.
- Evaluate emerging capabilities-including AI, computer vision, automation, analytics, wearables, and low-code tools-to improve risk identification, control effectiveness, or decision quality.
- Create concise technical documentation, leadership updates, training materials, and adoption plans that support sustainment.
- Share proven practices across GM to improve standards, tools, and risk-reduction methods.
Skills Required:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, occupational safety, industrial hygiene, environmental health, manufacturing, or a related technical discipline; equivalent practical experience may be considered.
- Experience leading projects, continuous-improvement efforts, or technical implementations in safety, engineering, manufacturing, facilities, or operations.
- Ability to convert ambiguous problems into structured plans, priorities, decisions, and implementable outcomes.
- Experience with risk assessments, hazard analyses, design reviews, corrective-action plans, or control verification.
- Strong analytical, written, verbal, and visual communication skills, including the ability to explain technical risk to operators, engineers, suppliers, and leadership.
- Willingness to work onsite and visit operating areas, project locations, and suppliers as required.
- Risk engineer project lead
Education/Experience:
Bachelor's Degree in engineering or related discipline.
2-10 years of experience required.
Must Haves:
Risk assessment experience - Ability to lead hazard analyses, evaluate high-consequence risks, identify effective engineering controls, and verify that controls are implemented and sustained.
Technical project leadership - Experience managing cross-functional safety or engineering projects from problem definition and prioritization through pilot, implementation, validation, and standardization
Technical Fluency and Application - Ability to translate field observations, incident learnings, operational data, and emerging technologies into practical low code risk-reduction solutions (i.e. AI, computer vision, automation, and analytics).