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DuPont Water & Protection is looking for a Machine Safety professional to support its Kevlar®, Nomex® and Tyvek® operations. This position will be located at the DuPont Spruance Site in Richmond, VA.

The successful candidate will provide oversight, guidance, competency, and leadership to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and DuPont Corporate Standards, with regards to machine design, operation, and maintenance. This role will lead, monitor, audit, and provide the site with engineering solutions to eliminate, reduce, and guard against personnel exposure to machine hazards and to achieve Plant safety goals and objectives. This role will report to the Spruance Site EHS Leader.

Qualifications:

• BS degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar required

• 5-10 years of manufacturing or related experience required

• Knowledge of machine design, operation and maintenance

Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement, and maintain a documented site machine safety program

• Ensure machine hazards are included in operating and maintenance procedures

• Assist in site projects to help ensure that machine systems are designed using engineering solutions to minimize hazards.

• Ensure employees are trained in the residual hazards and the operating modes of safeguarding and safety functions of the machines.

• Conduct and review machine safety risk assessments and develop engineering solutions to improve machine safety (physical guarding, safety functions)

• Maintain and keep technology files current

• Ensure reliability of the machines safety devices and functions by ensuring tests and inspections are completed

• Be part of pre-start-up safety reviews in case of MOC-processes or new equipment installation

• Participating in all site machine incident and high potential near miss investigations

• Participating on the business and/or region machine safety team appropriate for the site to leverage and share information related to machine safety.

• Perform audits to verify compliance

Capabilities Required for this Role (Knowledge Skills & Abilities):

• BS in Engineering discipline with Mechanical Engineering preferred

• Five (5) to ten (10) years of industry experience

• Experience in high hazard chemical process manufacturing environments preferred

• In depth knowledge of machine design, operation, and maintenance

• Understanding of hazards associated with machinery as well as related safety protocols such as lockout tagout, electrical safety, etc.

• Knowledge of machine related industry standards and local regulations

• Strong organizational, project management and problem solving skills

• Microsoft Office experience (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

• Strong influence leadership to achieve robust, sustained systems, and processes that support compliance

• Communicate effectively, orally (public speaking) and in writing to audiences at all levels within DuPont and sometimes to external agencies.

• Auditing skills

• Experience in coaching, training, networking and facilitation

• The ability to multi-task and prioritize workload

Behaviors Required for this Role:

• Accountable - Takes responsibility for actions; communicates with transparency; recovers from mistakes; owns their impact

• Playing to win - Just won’t give up; finds a way when others find excuses; will not let obstacles get in the way; goes beyond “tolerating” complexity and grey zones

• Inspiring trust - Earns the respect of others; follows through on commitments; authentic; open to feedback; acknowledges and affirms contributions of others

DuPont is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or any other protected class. If you need a reasonable accommodation to search or apply for a position, please visit our Accessibility Page for Contact Information.