Chemical Safety Engineer

Chemical Safety Engineer

CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research

Geneva, Switzerland

What you'll do

As a Chemical Safety Engineer, you will join the HSE department, which supports CERN in the implementation and application of its Safety Policy. With the HSE department, you will join the OHS Group, which is in charge of providing advice, monitoring, and following up on the implementation and accomplishment of safety objectives, aimed at a continuous improvement of a safe working environment. Within this group, you will join the General Safety and Equipment Integrity (GI) section.

You will be one of the CERN specialists for Chemical Safety, joining a multidisciplinary team of Safety experts.

Your responsibilities

• Provide advice and support, including for risk assessments, in the Chemical Safety domain.
• Perform safety verifications on installations and activities.
• Provide support in the definition of requirements for the compliant transport of dangerous goods.
• Provide support in safety audits, technical reviews, and projects.
• Check the conformity to safety requirements of the engineering and tendering specifications.
• Write CERN Safety documentation including rules, instructions, and guidelines.
• Design and deliver safety training in collaboration with the CERN Safety Training service.

Your profile

• Demonstrated experience in managing chemical safety engineering aspects of large-scale industrial facilities or projects.
• Demonstrated experience in providing advice and support on chemical and biological hazards, including the transport of dangerous goods.
• Knowledge of relevant European regulations or equivalent national standards for the chemical safety domain.
• Master's degree or equivalent relevant experience in the field of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or a related field.

Your skills

• Occupational safety and risk management, knowledge of chemical risks and protection.
• Occupational safety and risk management, including hazard identification and analysis, risk assessment and compensatory measures definition.
• Knowledge of personal protective equipment.
• Safety conformity assessment.
• Has a structured and organised approach towards work; is able to set priorities and plan tasks with results in mind.
• Ensures that information, procedures and decisions are appropriately documented.
• Adapts quickly and resourcefully to shifting priorities and requirements.
• Gains trust and collaboration from others.
• Recognises what is essential; discriminates between important and peripheral information and is able to see the whole picture.
• Spoken and written English or French, with a commitment to learn the other language.