Operational Safety Lead

Location: Guanajuato, Mexico; onsite at the Guanajuato plant with availability to support a 24/7 operation.

Company

hirify.global develops energy technologies and systems supporting reliable, sustainable energy generation and the energy transition.

What you will do

• Develop risk-based safety coverage strategies for 24/7 operations, coordinating daily assignments, shifts, resources, and priorities for the operational safety team.
• Review, authorize, and close permits to work for hot work, confined spaces, work at height, electrical work and LOTO, line breaking, excavation, construction, and other critical activities.
• Plan and supervise complex large-tonnage lifting operations, including lift plans, crane and rigging conditions, load control, ground or structural capacity, exclusion zones, and personnel qualifications.
• Conduct field inspections, critical-control verifications, safety observations, and compliance audits; stop unsafe work and authorize restart after controls are revalidated.
• Supervise contractors, verify training, certifications, equipment, PPE, risk assessments, and work plans, and escalate serious or repeated deviations.
• Quality-review accident, incident, and high-potential-event investigations; govern safety KPIs, legal-compliance evidence, trend analysis, performance reviews, prevention strategies, and corrective-action closure.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or technical qualification in Industrial, Environmental, Chemical, Safety Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 4 years of hands-on occupational safety experience in manufacturing, construction, maintenance, or industrial projects.
• Experience coordinating field safety personnel or shift-based safety coverage and managing competing operational priorities.
• Practical knowledge of permit-to-work systems, task risk assessments, contractor safety, LOTO, electrical safety, hot work, confined spaces, working at heights, line breaking, and construction safety.
• Knowledge of Mexican occupational safety regulations and STPS standards, including recognition of non-compliance and maintenance of operational records.
• Experience planning and supervising complex and large-tonnage lifting operations, including critical-lift plans, crane selection, rigging configuration, load control, ground or structural capacity, exclusion zones, and operator and rigger qualifications.
• Experience leading or quality-reviewing accident and high-potential-event investigations, including classification, containment, evidence preservation, root-cause analysis, Human and Organizational Performance principles, and corrective-action effectiveness validation.
• Experience governing safety KPIs and legal-compliance evidence and translating trends, operational risks, and gaps into prevention and resource strategies.
• Strong business-partnering and decision-making skills, availability to support a 24/7 operation, and basic to intermediate English proficiency.

Nice to have

• Experience in transformer manufacturing, heavy electrical equipment, or another high-risk industrial environment.
• Experience coordinating 24/7 safety coverage and supporting high-risk work in transformer manufacturing or a comparable heavy industrial environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Career growth and development opportunities.
• Supportive work culture and healthy work-life balance.
• Company-paid health and wellness benefits, paid time off, and paid holidays.
• Savings Fund and benefits exceeding statutory requirements.
• Family-building benefits, parental leave, competitive base salary, annual performance bonus, and competitive total rewards package.