Tyler Union-Safety Engineer

Tyler Union, a division of McWane, Inc., is the nations leading manufacturer of Ductile Iron Waterworks Fittings and Appurtenances has an immediate opening for a Safety Engineer at Anniston facility. Tyler Union's main manufacturing facility is located in Anniston, AL.

The Safety Engineer will review, evaluate, and analyze work environments and design programs and procedures to control, eliminate, and prevent disease or injury caused by chemical, physical, and biological agents, or ergonomic factors. Conduct inspections and enforce adherence to policies, laws, and regulations governing health and safety of individuals. Plan, implement, and coordinate safety programs, requiring application of engineering principles and technology, to prevent or correct unsafe environmental working conditions. Proactively promotes The McWane Way principals, values, and behaviors and lives the Compass Culture.

This is a salaried exempt position, with an excellent benefits package with health, life, dental, and vision insurance, short-term and long-term disability, vacation, holiday pay and 401(k).

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All candidates offered employment must submit to a drug screen, physical, and background check.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBLITIES include the following:

• 1st Responsibility Ensuring personal safety and providing a workplace free of all recognized health and safety hazards
• Wears appropriate PPE which may include fall protection, respiratory protection, hearing protection, foot, hand, head, and eye protection.
• Proactively promotes The McWane Way principles.
• Follow all processes and procedures associated with the Tyler Union Safety Program. Advise management of any deviations from this program.
• Maintain and apply knowledge of current policies, regulations, and industrial processes.
• Recommend process and product safety features that will reduce employees exposure to chemical, physical, and biological work hazards.
• Inspect facilities, machinery, and safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance.
• Install safety devices on machinery, or direct device installation.
• Investigate industrial accidents, injuries, or occupational diseases to determine causes and preventative measures.
• Review plans and specifications for construction of new machinery or equipment to determine whether all safety requirements have been met.
• Report or review findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, or environmental testing.
• Interview employers and employees to obtain information about work environments and workplace incidents.
• Evaluate adequacy of actions taken to correct health inspection violations.
• Review employee safety programs to determine their adequacy.
• Conduct or direct testing of air quality, noise, temperature, or radiation levels to verify compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Conduct or coordinate working training in areas such as safety policies, laws, and regulations, hazardous condition monitoring, and use of safety equipment.
• Provide technical advice and guidance to organizations on how to handle health-related problems and make needed changes.
• Interpret safety policies and regulations for others interested in industrial safety, such as managers and supervisors, labor representatives, and safety inspectors.
• Maintain liaisons with outside organizations such as fire departments, mutual aid societies, and rescue teams, so that emergency responses can be facilitated.
• Write and revise safety policies, guidelines, regulations, and codes.
• Confer with medical professionals to assess health risks and to develop ways to manage health issues and concerns.
• Compile, analyze, and interpret statistical data related to occupational illnesses and accidents.
• Design and build safety equipment.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Industrial Engineering, or related field. Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be substituted.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local safety standards and regulations.
• Solid computer experience including proficiency with Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint.
• Ability to maintain effective relationships at all levels of the organization.

Physical Demands

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 accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This is a traditional office position with an expectation of hands on training in the facility with exposure to a wide range of temperatures, humid conditions, moving machinery, dust, fumes, gases, odors, vibrations, and varying noise levels.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
McWane is a Federal VEVRAA contractor, and an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices. McWane will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran or service member status, marital status, citizenship status (In IL - sex, including same sex, ancestry, order of protection status, physical or mental disability, military status, pregnancy, unfavorable discharge status, genetic information), (In IA - gender identity), (In CA- gender identity or expression, and genetic information) or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.