Senior EHS Engineer

About the role

The Senior Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Engineer at Micron Penang is an outstanding chance to join a world-class team focused on occupational safety and environmental health. This position plays a key role in maintaining smooth site operations while following Micron's EHS standards, Malaysian laws, and global certifications.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and support ambitious occupational safety programs across diverse site areas including manufacturing, facilities, and external locations.
• Conduct workplace inspections, Gemba walks, and compliance assessments to determine and implement corrective actions successfully.
• Manage contractor EHS prequalification, evaluation, onboarding, training, performance monitoring, and compliance with Micron's stringent requirements.
• Assess contractors' EHS plans, HIRARC, job hazard analyses, method statements, pre-task plans, and safe work procedures.
• Manage and provide support for permit-to-work procedures related to high-risk activities including work at height, confined spaces, lifting, rigging, hot work, electrical work, and chemical handling.
• Conduct field verification to ensure approved controls are effectively implemented and exercise Stop Work authority when unacceptable risks are identified.
• Lead and facilitate EHS risk assessments for site operations, equipment, projects, and workplace changes, ensuring risks are controlled according to the hierarchy of controls.
• Lead or support investigations of injuries, near misses, property damage, and high-potential events, including root-cause analysis and corrective-action efficiency verification.
• Coordinate implementation of Global EHS alerts, CIT actions, lessons learned, and site-wide preventive measures.
• Support compliance with applicable Malaysian EHS legislation and liaison with DOSH, BOMBA, and other relevant authorities when assigned.

About you

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety and Health, Environmental Health and Safety, Engineering, Applied Science, or a related field.
• Applicable background in occupational safety, contractor safety, manufacturing EHS, semiconductor operations, industrial facilities, or construction environments.
• Strong knowledge of Malaysian occupational safety requirements, contractor safety controls, permit-to-work systems, and high-risk activities.
• Proven capability to assess HIRARC, method statements, job hazard analyses, pre-task plans, and contractor EHS submissions.
• Experience in incident investigation, root-cause analysis, audits, inspections, corrective-action management, and EHS performance reporting.
• Strong contractor management, communication, collaborator coordination, analytical, and decision-making skills.
• Proactive, diligent, and capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing and project environment.
• Able to support urgent EHS matters, abnormal situations, or emergencies outside normal working hours when required.

About us

Micron Penang is a world-class team focused on occupational safety and environmental health, maintaining smooth site operations while following Micron's EHS standards, Malaysian laws, and global certifications.