Safety Engineer, Engineering & Design

Position Title:Safety Engineer – Engineering & Design
Location:Houston, TX & 50% Travel
FLSA Class:Exempt
Responsible to: VP of Health & Safety

Position Summary: VoltaGrid seeks a Safety Engineer – Engineering & Design to embed within both VoltaGrid and VGM Engineering processes and support safety throughout the full project and design lifecycle.

This role partners with Engineering, Project Development, Construction, Commissioning, Operations, Safety, Quality, and Technical Training to identify and address safety risks early in equipment selection, system design, engineering changes, and project deployment.

The position will help integrate Safety by Design principles into engineering decisions and serve as a key liaison to ensure the necessary procedures, quality requirements, technical training, and worker support are developed alongside new equipment, systems, and design changes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participate in engineering and design reviews to identify and reduce safety risks.
• Support equipment, technology, and system selection from a safety and lifecycle risk perspective.
• Review engineering drawings, specifications, layouts, and design packages for safety considerations.
• Lead or support design risk assessments, HAZID, HAZOP, FMEA, and similar reviews.
• Apply the hierarchy of controls with a focus on eliminating hazards through design.
• Support engineering change processes to ensure safety impacts are evaluated before implementation.
• Develop and improve engineering safety standards, specifications, and design requirements.
• Serve as a liaison between Engineering, Safety, Quality, and Technical Training to ensure supporting requirements are developed and implemented.
• Incorporate lessons learned from construction, commissioning, operations, incidents, near misses, and site observations into future designs.
• Support projects throughout development, design, construction, commissioning, deployment, and operations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Safety Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience working within the engineering and design lifecycle.
• Strong background in both engineering and safety.
• Experience with industrial, energy, power generation, electrical infrastructure, or similar environments preferred.
• Ability to read and evaluate engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.
• Experience with engineering risk assessments and hazard identification methods.
• Understanding of equipment selection, design changes, commissioning, and operational risk.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work across multiple technical functions.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

VoltaGrid is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, arrest record, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

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