EHS Tech: Machine Safety

About the role

The role involves maintaining a visible EHS presence in various production, warehouse, logistics, maintenance, and support areas. The incumbent engages employees and leaders on machine safety expectations, hazard recognition, safe behaviors, PPE use, and pre-use checks. They provide respectful coaching, reinforce positive safety behaviors, and escalate concerns when additional support is needed.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a visible EHS presence in production, warehouse, logistics, maintenance, and support areas.
• Engage employees and leaders on machine safety expectations, hazard recognition, safe behaviors, PPE use, and pre-use checks.
• Communicate safety findings to local production teams, including appropriate handoff through shift or area huddles.
• Support inspection of new or modified machinery following installation and before SAT/commissioning, in partnership with EHS, engineering, maintenance, and operations.
• Support EHS-led risk assessments by gathering field observations, employee input, task context, and exposure information.
• Verify that temporary controls remain effective until permanent corrective actions are completed.
• Reinforce expectations for guarding, safety devices, emergency stops, signage, and other critical machine safeguards.
• Support hazardous energy control expectations during cleaning, jam clearing, maintenance, troubleshooting, and other non-routine work.
• Identify potential gaps in procedures, training, verification steps, or work practices and coordinate follow-up with EHS and area leadership.
• Escalate immediate or uncontrolled machine safety risks in accordance with site EHS procedures.
• Follow up on machine-related observations, near misses, injuries, property damage, and other incidents as directed by EHS leadership.
• Complete inspections, observations, incident notes, and corrective action updates accurately and on time.
• Track and communicate leading indicators such as hazard reports, near misses, machine safety findings, repeat deficiencies, and corrective action status.
• Use field data and employee feedback to identify trends and recommend practical improvements that reduce risk and strengthen safety culture.
• Intervene when unsafe conditions or behaviors are observed and escalate through EHS and area leadership as appropriate.
• Stop work when imminent danger exists or when work cannot be performed safely.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 0-2 years of experience in manufacturing, logistics, warehousing, industrial operations, maintenance support, engineering support, or EHS-related work.
• Interest in developing knowledge of machine safety, OSHA General Industry requirements, guarding, LOTO, PPE, ergonomics, and hazard recognition.
• Ability to work independently on the production floor while knowing when to escalate concerns.
• Strong communication, coaching, documentation, and follow-up skills with hourly and salaried employees.
• Comfort using basic computer applications, inspection tools, and reporting systems.
• Ability to work a shift-based schedule and support multiple operating areas as needed.

Qualifications

• Associate degree, technical certificate, or coursework in Environmental Health and Safety, Occupational Safety, Industrial Technology, Engineering, Maintenance, or a related field.
• Experience in a manufacturing, machine-paced, maintenance, or EHS support environment.
• Basic familiarity with machine guarding, emergency stops, interlocks, conveyors, robotics, automated systems, or similar equipment controls.
• Familiarity with PIT operations, pedestrian safety, ergonomic risk factors, contractor safety, incident follow-up, or continuous improvement activities.

Skills

• Machine guarding awareness training.
• LOTO awareness or authorized employee training.
• Hazard communication / GHS training.
• Spill response or emergency response training.
• Forklift Train-the-Trainer.
• Root cause investigation training.

Benefits

Comprehensive remuneration details, inclusive of benefits, will be communicated upon finalization of the employment offer. This includes family care leave, insurances, well-being initiatives, and a colleague discount program.

Pay

The salary for this position has a range of $35.65 - $35.65 based on anticipated responsibilities, market benchmarks, and organizational constraints. The LEGO Group carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to prior experience, skills, expertise, location, internal equity, and other considerations permitted by law.