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Job Summary
Job summary:
To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a EHS Engineer located in Guadalajara North
Reporting to the EH&S Manage the EHS Engineer is responsible for ensuring that all electrical, mechanical, chemical, energy sources, particularly those exceeding standard voltages, are safely isolated before maintenance or repair. This role combines technical electrical expertise with strict administrative safety protocols (STPS, NFPA 70E, OSHA 29 CFR 1910.147) to prevent accidental re-energization, which can cause severe injuries or fatalities in high, medium and low voltage
What a typical day looks like:
- Prepare and implement LOTO procedures for equipment and create switching orders when applicable and Coordinate site LOTO-related activities in the affected work areas with all parties.
- Incidents investigation: Participate in investigations of incidents related to LOTO failures
- Energy Isolation Verification: Ensuring all high-voltage sources are de-energized, locked, and tagged in compliance with NFPA 70E standards.
- Manage permit to work LOTO system: documented authorization (PTW) with physical isolation (LOTO) to prevent accidental startup and protect personnel and Manage permit to work system by LOTO Program
- Procedure Development: Writing and reviewing hazardous energy control procedures (procedures for de-energizing high-voltage systems).
- Qualified Personnel Assignment: Ensuring that only certified high-voltage electricians (Authorized Employees) manage LOTO for high-voltage systems.
- Stored Energy Control: Managing the safe discharge of stored energy (capacitors, transformers).
- Safety Audits: Conducting inspections and audits of LOTO procedures to ensure compliance.
- Training & Certification: Training authorized and affected personnel on the dangers of high-voltage systems.
- Advanced LOTO & Isolation Governance
- Complex Tagout Procedures: Unlike 480V systems, 115 kV requires a High Voltage Isolation Plan. As an EHS Engineer, you audit the "Single Line Diagrams" (SLD) to ensure there are no "sneak circuits" or back-feed possibilities from the grid or the cogenerator itself.
- Grounding Coordination: Verification that temporary protective grounding is applied after de-energization to protect against induced voltage.
Critical Infrastructure Integrity
The "Must-Have" KPI's for your Role:
Zero Energy Verification (ZEV) audit scores.
PPE Integrity: Recertification logs for high-voltage gloves (tested every 6 months) and hot sticks.
The experience we’re looking to add to our team:
- Experience in EH&S or related position.
- Managing people / Direct reports experience
- Ability to comprehend, manage and / or guides Sustainability projects
- Demonstrates expert operations, technical and people and/or process skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills. Demonstrates mastery of expertise in multiple areas and industry. Demonstrates mastery of functional knowledge in relation to other functions and a complete comprehension of the function and those of related businesses. Demonstrates detailed expertise in very complex functional/technical area or broad breadth of knowledge in multiple areas; comprehends the strategic impact of the function across sites.
- Ability to read, research and interpret safety guidelines, general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations. Ability to read, research and interpret common technical journals, financial reports and legal documents. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to acknowledge common inquiries or complaints from customers and regulatory agencies. Ability to effectively present information and acknowledge group questions of managers, customers and vendors. May be required to present to top management.
- Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry
- Certificates, Licenses, Registrations NFPA 70E training, Natural Gas Training, ISO 45001/14001 Auditor, ISO 31000 Risk management, Emergency medical certification and Hazmat desired
What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:
- Competitive Salary.
- Life & Medical insurance.
- Christmas Bonus.
- Food Coupons.
- Saving Fund.
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Job Category
Operations
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