Equipment Safety Engineer

AESC is looking to add an Equipment Safety Engineer - EHS to our team in Florence, SC

• Full-Time
• On-site

About AESC US LLC

AESC is a global leader in the development and manufacturing of high-performance batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage systems. The company's leading-edge technology and reliability are enabling and accelerating the transition to clean energy solutions. Through rapid expansion, AESC batteries will soon power more than 1,000,000 electric vehicles for the world's top automakers. AESC is headquartered in Japan and has battery manufacturing locations in Japan, China, UK, France, Spain, and the U.S.

AESC Mission

Our mission is to solve the challenges for a sustainable future. Together, we can make a meaningful impact.

About the Role

The Staff Safety Engineer will play a key role in developing a site Safety Engineering team. This candidate will provide safety engineering technical support for engineering design, construction, and sustainable operations. Engineer focus areas include Equipment Safety, Process Safety, and Ergonomics. The Safety Engineer will support all EHS site initiatives.

What You Will Do

• Provides technical environmental, safety, and health support and information to production and corporate personnel.
• Supports Process Safety Management (PSM) Program and owns execution of high-quality risk assessments & risk management deliverables.
• Supports facilitates risk studies including: PHA, HazOp/LOPA, HAZID, and other risk assessment methods.
• Facilitates reliability studies including: FTA, PFMEA, DFMEA
• Leads design engineering technical deep dives for green field and brown field engineering projects.
• Drives scoping & implementation of engineering safety/ hazard mitigation design strategies.
• Lead efforts for modeling scenarios and working with external consultants/ partners as needed to conduct modeling such as CFD, FDS, PHAST, Canary, iPRISM, ALOHA, and other risk modeling tools.
• Leads follow-through reviews/coordination to ensure identified risks & mitigation efforts have been included in engineering design.
• Develop standardization of equipment safety specifications.
• Perform machinery safety risk assessment (MRA), equipment buyoffs, and support safety controls change requests.
• Review equipment design to ensure equipment and tooling adhere to ANSI, ISO, RIA, EN, NFPA, GB, and OSHA equipment, machinery, and electrical safety standards components that could be affected by new or modified equipment.
• Perform Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) to ensure manufacturers have incorporated applicable ANSI and OSHA standards into the equipment.
• Perform (SAT) Site acceptance testing, to ensure equipment is safe for operation.
• Conduct safety functionality testing on newly installed or modified equipment to ensure the safety control devices perform as intended by the safety logic.
• Lead routine Safety Audits to ensure machinery is operated as designed and all safety devices are functioning as intended and identify opportunities to mitigate risks.
• Implement project management tools to follow equipment from design through start of production.
• Uses ergonomic guidelines to address current manufacturing injury concerns and future model planning.
• Assist in chemical approval requests and updating HMIS permit accordingly.
• Ensure compliance with Local, State, and Federal health and safety regulations.
• Supports overall EHS site initiatives.
• Understands and follows all standards of IATF16949 and VDA 6.3 quality standards.
• Understands and follows all standards of ISO14001 environmental standards.
• Performs all other related assignments (including special projects) as required in a professional and cooperative manner.

What You Need

The requirements listed below are minimum requirements for the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities who are otherwise qualified to safely perform the essential functions of the job, unless such accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the Company.

• A minimum of three years in an engineering discipline.
• A minimum of two years of experience supporting safety, health and environmental operations in a manufacturing/production environment.
• Knowledge of battery manufacturing, EV manufacturing, or refinery operations is a plus.
• Extensive knowledge of State and Federal safety standards. A working knowledge of ergonomic standards and evaluation tools; working knowledge of the company manufacturing processes.
• Able to work cross-functionally with staff in Operations, Maintenance, Production, Engineering, and Quality.
• Experience working and leading a team across cultural and discipline boundaries.
• Life Safety Design - Familiar with IBC & IFC for life safety design requirements.
• Fire Protection Engineering - Engineering basis of design for identified hazardous areas and associated fire control systems.
• Process Controls- Understanding safety system requirements for the basic process control loop (BPCS) and safety instrumented systems (SIS) as they pertain to SIL/PL ratings.

What is "Nice to Have"?

• Bachelor's degree in process controls, electrical, chemical, safety engineering, or mechanical engineering, preferred.
• Proficient in MS Office applications and knowledge of AutoCAD and Inventor.
• Intermediate to advanced skills in MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, OneNote, SharePoint).
• Proficiency with conferencing systems (Microsoft Teams)
• Experience or familiarity with the dynamics of start-up environments, showcasing an ability to thrive in agile and fast-paced settings.

Travel

Occasional domestic and international travel required.

What We Offer

Welcome to AESC, where you'll have the opportunity to tackle the world's most fascinating challenges alongside exceptionally talented individuals who are driven to make a difference. We strive to ensure that our employees are well taken care of, enabling them to focus on their work and contribute to our collective mission.

We offer:

• Comprehensive compensation packages including a competitive salary and a rewarding bonus program.
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development.
• Highly automated, clean, safe, and temperature-controlled production environment
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• HSA and Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401K with company match
• Life Insurance (Company paid and additional voluntary life available)
• Paid Vacation and 14 Paid Holidays
• Short term and long-term disability coverage (Company Paid)
• Tuition reimbursement

Application Process

Even if you don't meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. Your application allows us to learn more about you and find potential fits within our team. We strive to respond to all applicants promptly, though times may vary with submission volume. If you don't receive an immediate response, it doesn't reflect on your candidacy; we'll keep your application for future opportunities. Thank you for your patience and enthusiasm as we improve our application process.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At AESC, we are committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) to all individuals. We participate in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S Join us in our passion to design, manufacture, and sell high-performance products, contributing to a sustainable and zero-carbon emission future.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, for shifts lasting up to 12 hours, the employee is required to read, write, speak, hear; sit; stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach and lift with hands and arms, bend, twist, stoop, kneel or crouch while frequently working in confined areas repeatedly throughout the day.
• Frequently required to lift, push, pull and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally required to lift, push, pull and/or move up to 50 pounds. Occasionally required to climb, balance or crawl.

Work Environment

The work environment is primarily an automated manufacturing plant with a concrete floor and is characterized by some temperature extremes, moderate noise, and forklift traffic. The individual must be able to perform all essential functions as appropriate on the plant floor, in meetings, and with employees, management, customers and suppliers.

Candidate must perform the essential duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation efficiently and accurately, and without causing significant safety threat to self or others. The statements made herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive and inclusive list of all responsibilities, duties, and/or skills required of personnel so classified.

Hiring is contingent upon successful completion of drug screen and background check. AESC US LLC is a drug-free workplace.

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