Safety Project Engineer (5243)

You have a choice of where you want to work! We invite you along on our journey to Purify and Protect, with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World. We aim to attract, retain, and energize passionate people, like you, by investing in your professional development and providing opportunities for personal growth. Do your values align with ours? Accountability, Growth mindset, One team, Care and a fair and inclusive work environment for everyone, everywhere! We strive to meet the highest standards of corporate citizenship by protecting the health and safety of our team, safeguarding the environment, and creating a long-lasting, positive impact on the communities where we do business. Are you with us?!?

As the Safety Project Engineer you will be responsible for continuous improvement in safety by supporting the safety, operations, and maintenance teams to develop solutions and drive projects to completion. You will work closely with the team to understand concerns and root causes of incidents, and develop plans to implement the more complicated corrective actions to reduce risks. This position reports to the Health & Safety Manager.

Essential Functions and Primary Responsibilities:

• Must follow Ahlstrom's manufacturing and hygiene processes, procedures and policies, as applicable, to the position's areas of responsibility, in order to meet and maintain the safety, quality, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Provide support throughout the facility to reduce risk and improve safety.
• Support root-cause analysis investigations understand issues following safety incidents or reported hazards, and work with the team members to identify and implement solutions.
• Utilize continuous improvement processes to identify and eliminate high-risk tasks through review of historical incident data, risk assessments, and safety audits.
• Identify, implement and solidify best-known preventive/compliance safety and health standards and practices into all operations.
• Ensure adequate safety and health controls are properly designed, installed, trained and operating on equipment.
• Design process/mechanical systems/equipment to provide a useful and safe workplace, and ensure projects meet safety codes, specifications and budgetary limitations.
• Ensure new systems are compatible with existing systems and operate without causing issues.
• This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and may not necessarily comprise all the "essential functions" for purposes of the ADA.

Minimum Occupational Requirements:

• A mechanical engineering degree or similar background and at least 2 years of experience in a manufacturing environment, internship/co-op included.
• Ability to successfully plan and lead projects to completion.
• Ability to effectively present information to executive management and public groups, and to facilitate meetings.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs, i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. Experience in pulp and paper mill operations preferred but not required.
• Regular attendance at work is required. Ability to work additional hours during the week, on weekends, or outside of regular office hours may be required.
• The ability to work in a normal office environment to include: sitting or standing for long periods of time, operating various standard office equipment, carrying paper documents/files, reaching and bending, speaking on the telephone.

Ahlstrom is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Equal opportunity is a sound and just concept to which we are firmly bound. Ahlstrom will not engage in discrimination against, or harassment of, any person employed or seeking employment with our company based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, non-disqualifying disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law.

About Us.

Ahlstrom is a global leader in combining fibers into sustainable specialty materials. Our purpose is to Purify and Protect, with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World. Our vision is to be the Preferred Sustainable Specialty Materials Company for all our stakeholders. Our three divisions, Filtration and Life Sciences, Food and Consumer Packaging, and Protective Materials, address global trends with safe and sustainable solutions. Our net sales in 2024 amounted to EUR 3.0 billion and we employ some 6,800 people. Learn more at www.ahlstrom.com