Our client, an industry-leading energy innovation business, has an immediate opening for a Safety Engineer. This role will work closely with technical staff and the facilities team onsite to identify hazards, develop procedures, and identify and implement solutions to ensure a safe working environment and maintain operations.

Responsibilities:

• Train new recruits one-on-one as well as working with R&D project teams
• Recognize and respond to unsafe conditions
• Maintain records and documentation of procedures and training activities
• Work with laboratory teams to manage chemical inventories
• Run the company’s program for ensuring a safe and efficient working environment
• Lead evaluation of project safety checklists
• Manage HAZOPS analysis program for new test stands
• Purchase safety supplies
• Manage relationships with Fire Department and OSHA

Requirements:

• B.S. in Engineering, or a science and/or a specific safety-related discipline
• At least three years of related experience working in a laboratory environment
• Experience identifying workplace and research hazards, conducting hazard assessments, managing projects, and participating in engineering solutions, particularly with team approaches
• Thorough knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations (e.g., Massachusetts fire prevention regulations and building code, NFPA codes, and OSHA regulations) and general environmental health and safety expertise
• Proficiency with hazard communication and learning/understanding safety information (e.g., safety data sheets)
• Excellent interpersonal and written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work alone or within a team fully onsite in a highly research-oriented environment that requires frequent interaction with research and manufacturing staff and management
• Experience in workplace with high quality control standards
• Ability to convey complex ideas to personnel with diverse backgrounds and education experience
• Strong planning and organization skills
• Innovation, critical thinking, and problem-solving capabilities
• Proficiency with document and data management tools
• Work conditions: working on feet, ascending ladders and stairs, lifting and transporting weights of up to 50 lbs., exposure to hazardous material, and wearing respiratory protection, including full-face respirator