Vanderlande is the global market leader in baggage handling systems for airports and sorting systems for parcel and postal services. The company is also a leading supplier of warehouse automation solutions. Established in 1949, Vanderlande has over 11,000 employees, of whom 1,900 are in North America, all committed to moving its customers’ businesses forward at diverse locations on every continent. With a consistently increasing order intake of more than 1 billion euros, it has established a global reputation over the past seven decades as an exceptionally reliable partner for value-added automated material handling solutions.
The Product Safety Engineer ensures machinery product safety design, product safety integration and product safety sustaining of Vanderlande’s North American automated conveyor system products and systems by doing safety design reviews and implementing machine safety solutions and programs across the North American markets and operations to protect the public, operations staff, and maintenance staff.
Key responsibilities include:
- Machinery product safety engineering to national, regional, and local machinery product safety regulations and standards.
- Conduct basic product safety testing
- Create product safety machinery test reports
- Conduct detailed risk assessments on machinery and processes to identify potential hazards and determine necessary safeguards.
- Perform new and sustaining product design reviews.
- Perform regular safety audits and machine capability checks, investigating incidents, and managing corrective actions for machine safety deficiencies.
Compliance engineering knowledge:
OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subparts:
- A = General Provisions
- D = Walking-Working Surfaces
- O = Machine Guarding
NFPA:
- NFPA 70 - National Electrical Code
- NFPA 79 - Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery
Others desired, but not required:
- ANSI B20.1
- ANSI B11 series (Machine Safety),
- ISO 13849 (Safety-Related Parts of Control Systems),
- IEC 62061 (Functional Safety for Safety-Related Electrical, Electronic and Programmable Electronic Control Systems).
- ISO 12100 (Methodology - risk assessments)
- Canadian equivalents of the above
- Mexican equivalent of the above
Education Required
Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Occupational Safety and Health Engineering.
Experience Required
Min 3 years Proven experience in safety standard applications, safety design, safety validation of machine guarding, knowledge of safety components and their operation (e.g., light curtains, safety mats, interlocks, and emergency stop devices.
Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering or Occupational Safety and Health Engineering
- 3 years proven experience in safety standard applications, design, and validation
What We Do
Vanderlande is the global market leader for future-proof logistic process automation at airports. The company is also a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses and in the parcel market. Vanderlande’s baggage handling systems are capable of moving over 4 billion pieces of baggage around the world per year. Its systems are active in more than 600 airports including 12 of the world’s top 20. More than 52 million parcels are sorted by its systems every day, which have been installed for the world’s leading parcel companies. In addition, many of the largest global e-commerce players and retailers have confidence in Vanderlande’s efficient and reliable solutions. The company focuses on the optimisation of its customers’ business processes and competitive positions. Through close cooperation, it strives for the improvement of their operational activities and the expansion of their logistical achievements. Vanderlande’s extensive portfolio of integrated solutions – innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services – results in the realisation of fast, reliable and efficient automation technology. Established in 1949, Vanderlande has more than 7,500 employees, all committed to moving its customers’ businesses forward at diverse locations on every continent. With a consistently increasing turnover of 1.8 billion euros, it has established a global reputation over the past seven decades as a highly reliable partner for future-proof logistic process automation. Vanderlande was acquired in 2017 by Toyota Industries Corporation, which will help it to continue its sustainable profitable growth. The two companies have a strong strategic match, and the synergies include cross-selling, product innovations, and research and development.
