Safety Specialist, Senior

About Us

BorgWarner is a global product leader in delivering innovative and sustainable mobility solutions. We are a company of innovators and independent thinkers that brings together talented employees, meaningful work and amazing technology in a unique environment.

At BorgWarner, we constantly work towards our vision of a clean and energy-efficient world.

Our Culture

BorgWarner promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive environment, honors integrity, strives for excellence, commits to responsibility for our communities and the environment, and builds on the power of collaboration.

We believe the health and safety of our employees are a top priority.

Career Opportunities

We manage talent as seriously as we manage our businesses and encourage you to learn about our proud history, strong culture, technologies, and vision for the future.

We offer positions locally and globally with over 80 locations in 19 countries.

If this position energizes you and you feel you can help us achieve our mission and vision, you are invited to apply. We seek applications from people of all races, color, ages, religions, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability status, military status, and second-chance hires.

Some candidates may see the list of qualifications and feel they do not meet the requirements and shy away from applying.

BorgWarner thinks differently. We want to encourage you to share your lived experience and skills with us by submitting an application for consideration.

Job purpose

Plan, direct, and implement health and safety programs at the Propulsion Technical Center (PTC) and World Headquarters (WHQ) facilities to ensure a safe, healthy, and accident-free work environment that meets customer, employee, corporate, state, and federal expectations and / or regulations.

Key responsibilities

• Responsible for maintaining and improving the Occupational Health & Safety Management System for the facility and assists with the Environmental Management System and Sustainability program.
• Develop programs and procedures designed to reduce occupational and non-occupational accident / injury / illness experiences and ensure a safe work environment.
• Promote health and safety awareness throughout the organization through effective employee communication, participation, and programming.

Develops comprehensive programs tailored to the plant-specific issues with a high degree of employee involvement on safety teams, inspection teams, etc.

• Assist with sustainability projects, where applicable.
• Ensure compliance of all programs meets or exceeds MIOSHA standards. Responsible for maintaining a work environment that meets regulatory requirements.
• Identify, evaluate, manage, and minimize all safety and health risks for the sites.
• Responsible for safety compliance and audits (internal and third-party).
• Write and develop formal programs, policies, and procedures that promote a safe work environment.
• Develop formal job hazard analysis process for purpose of controlling hazards and minimizing safety risks. Create, review, and update Job Safety Analysis documentation to identify and mitigate work-related hazards.
• Oversee workplace inspections, closing of findings, incident investigations, and the corrective action process.
• Establish safety team, safety training for all employees, and safety projects.
• Establish annual goals and create action plans to meet the goals. Track, communicate, and provide updates on progress to goals.
• Prepare and maintain safety records. Prepare reports and analyze required internally and externally; communicate on a regular basis with various levels of the organization internally and externally including required compliance reporting / documentation.

Review statistics and KPIs to evaluate, detect, and respond to trends and patterns.

• Lead the investigation of accidents and injuries and cooperates in the preparation of material and evidence for organization use in hearings, lawsuits, and insurance investigations.
• Inspect organization facilities to detect existing or potential accident and health hazards, determines corrective or preventative measures where indicated, and follows up to ensure measures have been implemented.
• Maintain safety files and records including the SDS database.
• Assist in the completion of required environmental compliance and reporting.
• Compile and submit accident reports required by regulatory agencies.

We are looking for :

Bachelor's degree in a technical field from a four-year college required

Five plus years in an Environmental, Health & Safety role, in a manufacturing environment required

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental, Health, and Safety, preferred;
• Five plus years of related experience in an automotive or chemical environment a plus;

ISO (45001 or 14001) Lead Auditor training preferred.