Chemical Safety Engineer

We are looking to hire a Chemical Safety Specialist who has operated at the centre of that standard not on its periphery. Someone who has owned the chemical risk programme on a GMP-regulated site: the assessments the inventory the documentation the regulatory interface and the day-to-day operational decisions that keep a complex chemical environment safe and compliant.

This is a consultancy role. You will be deployed across EHS Internationals client base working with sites that expect you to arrive with expertise and leave with completed defensible work.

Conduct and lead chemical risk assessments across client sites in pharma biopharma and analogous GMP environments REACH/CLP-compliant audit-ready and site-specific

Manage and review chemical inventory programmes SDS governance incompatibility analyses and chemical segregation standards

Support or participate in process hazard reviews (HAZOP What-If LOPA) interpreting outputs and translating findings into site-level safety actions

Interface with client quality and validation teams to ensure chemical safety documentation aligns with GMP change control and batch record requirements

Advise clients on compliance obligations under the Safety Health and Welfare at Work (Chemical Agents) Regulations REACH CLP and where relevant Seveso III

Prepare investigation reports gap analysis outputs and audit-ready documentation suitable for HPRA or equivalent regulatory scrutiny

Deliver chemical safety awareness and regulatory briefings to site personnel and management

Requirements

Minimum 7 years EHS experience with at least 5 years in a pharma biopharma API manufacturing or equivalent GMP-regulated environment

Demonstrable ownership of a site-level chemical risk assessment programme including COSHH-equivalent assessments SDS management and chemical inventory governance

Working knowledge of REACH CLP Regulation and the Chemical Agents Regulations 2001 (as amended)

Degree in Chemistry Chemical Engineering EHS or a cognate discipline

NEBOSH General Certificate minimum; NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent Level 7 preferred

Client-facing capability: able to operate autonomously on site present findings to site management and interface with regulatory contacts without day-to-day supervision

What would strengthen your application:

Working knowledge of ATEX Directive requirements and hazardous area classification in pharma/API solvent-handling environments

Experience as a lead or internal auditor against ISO 45001 or an equivalent EHS management system

Familiarity with HAZOP facilitation or active participation in PHAs at process safety level

Experience delivering chemical safety training to site populations

IOSH membership or working toward Chartered status