Senior Safety Engineer
Curitiba, BR, 81260-900
Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.
What you will do
The Senior Employee Health & Safety Engineer is responsible for developing, implementing, and continuously improving engineering and organizational solutions to mitigate workplace hazards, ensuring a safe, healthy, and compliant working environment.
The role applies to advanced technical knowledge and leadership to ensure alignment with corporate standards and regulatory requirements.
Additionally, the role holds a regional scope, being responsible for coordinating and aligning Health & Safety practices across multiple countries in Latin America, ensuring consistency in standards, compliance, and performance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Coordinate and provide functional guidance to Health & Safety professionals across multiple countries (Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Chile, and Mexico), ensuring alignment with corporate standards, best practices, and regulatory requirements.
- Influence regional HSE teams, coordinating activities across different business units and geographies without direct reporting lines.
- Drive harmonization of safety processes, tools, and performance metrics across Latin America.
- Act as the regional focal point for HSE, interfacing with global stakeholders and ensuring consistent deployment of corporate initiatives
- Apply Lean principles through the Volvo Performance System (VPS) to drive continuous improvement in Health & Safety processes, systems, and performance.
- Conduct frequent travel across Latin America (Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Chile, and Mexico) to perform HSE audits, site assessments, and ensure compliance with corporate standards, regulatory requirements, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Act as a subject matter expert in safety engineering, providing guidance to leadership and cross-functional teams.
Your future team
You will be part of a team of 10 people who are engaged and passionate about communication and people development. We work in a highly collaborative way, creating business value by fostering a culture of care and high performance, and inspiring colleagues to be their best.
Who are you?
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Production, Environmental, Mechanical or related field).
- Postgraduate studies or certifications in Occupational Health & Safety Engineering
- Relevant experience in Health & Safety Engineering, preferably in industrial or manufacturing environments and especially in multinational companies.
- Experience with Lean methodologies and continuous improvement frameworks.
- Availability and willingness to travel frequently across Latin America.
- Experience in risk assessment methodologies, incident investigation and audits.
- Fluency in English and Spanish (written and spoken) is mandatory
Key Competencies:
- Advanced problem-solving and analytical skills
- Strong leadership and coaching capabilities
- Effective communication and stakeholder management
- Continuous improvement mindset (Lean / Six Sigma is a plus)
- High level of ownership and accountability
- Ability to work independently in a complex environment
What to expect from us:
We offer in Volvo do Brasil:
- A people-oriented culture where care, respect, and wellbeing are part of our everyday work. At Volvo, we value individuals and believe in creating an inclusive and safe environment where everyone can thrive.
- A collaborative and supportive team atmosphere, that promote a healthy work-life balance and trust-based relationships.
- Opportunities to learn, develop, and grow through hands-on experience, exposure to different areas, and interaction with regional and global teams, supporting your long-term career development.
Ready for the next move?
If you are passionate about safety, care and enjoy collaborating with colleagues around the world, we encourage you to apply. Join us and be a part of our journey towards excellence. We look forward to meeting you!
What Volvo Group Offers:
- Health and Well-being for You and Your Family:
- Medical and dental insurance plans;
- On-site medical clinic;
- Pharmacy assistance program;
- Reimbursement for corrective lenses (ophthalmology);
- Sick leave assistance;
- Childcare allowance;
- Special education allowance;
- Extended maternity and paternity leave.
Meals:
- Meal and food vouchers and on-site meals (depending on work location).
Transportation:
- Company-provided shuttle transportation.
Financial Security:
- Private pension plan – Vikingprev;
- Life insurance.
Convenience and Quality of Life:
- Volvo Association Club;
- Access to a wellness app with partner gyms and fitness studios.
* * Benefits are granted in accordance with legal eligibility requirements and internal company policies.
This selection process will be conducted with the support of Manu Mourão Consulting
At Volvo do Brasil, we value the candidate experience and collaborate with approved partners to ensure a professional selection process aligned with our values.
We reaffirm our commitment to protecting the personal data of all participants, in full compliance with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (LGPD). Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful experience at every stage of the process.
We value your data privacy and therefore do not accept applications via mail.
Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
At Volvo Trucks you will be part of leading the way towards a sustainable transport industry. For nearly a century we have been innovating for people – to make life easier, better and safer. Driving progress is our promise to customers, to the industry and to society. At Volvo Trucks we share a curiosity to learn, we work with passion and we embrace change to stay ahead. Join us, together we move the world we want to live in.