Sr Engineer Safety - Transportation

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Pay range: $92,000.00 - $

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves.

Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well‑being and beyond at

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Working within Risk Management, your mission will be to leverage your expertise to balance proactive protection and real‑time mitigation of risks. Our team, including Claims, Insurance, Finance, and Safety allows for a well‑rounded approach to managing risk across all operations. We serve our organization and guests with solutions that create value, mitigate risk, influence and enable the business while ensuring compliance.

As the Senior Engineer of Safety, you will be responsible as a program owner for partnering with Target business units to ensure new equipment and modifications to existing equipment installed in new/legacy buildings comply with all applicable codes, regulations and accredited standards (ie OSHA/ANSI). This includes integration of safety systems into the design of new and existing equipment in pursuit of building a safer place to work and shop ineer of Safety or SES will partner with various design and engineering teams such as, but not limited to;
Engineering/Automation, Operations Solution Design, Activation, Engineering/Facilities and Field Operations teams, as well as other key stakeholders. You will lead risk assessment processes or RAP and assist in the development/review of equipment designs while providing guidance on requirements on controls and closing findings. The SES will also be required to support your clients by leading projects through the entire go‑live process (from design to activation).

You are an effective communicator and are able to send clear, concise and consistent messages, both verbally and in writing and possess excellent program management skills. As such, you are an accountable self‑drive team member. As an expert in safety and ergonomic design principles, you will put Safety first for Target. You must also have applied understanding of applicable regulations, codes and standards.

Ensure all risk and compliance obligations are reflected within key HQ programs, while establishing proper risk tolerance for the organization. Work with HQ partners to develop and influence on key safety programs/standards, to include establishing/sustaining a strong safety culture. Develop a strategic project plan to deploy digestible safety programs/standards to the field, while aligning to industry and regulatory standards. Ensure alignment with the business during deployment, and support the development of safety standards and training.

Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to the business needs.

• Bachelor’s Degree B.A./B.S in engineering, safety, or equivalent experience
• Direct or indirect proven Safety leadership
• Certification in Safety (CSP) or related professional certification/s
• Ability to influence and direct partners and leadership
• Proven problem solving and analytical skills
• Excellent relationship building and collaboration
• Outstanding communication skills both written and verbal
• Proven knowledge and use of Microsoft products
• Ability to travel as…