Chemical Safety Engineer

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At Chris Mee EHS International, we deliver exceptional employment services to clients and candidates in the core areas of safety, health, and environmental employment. Our newly expanded recruitment team brings over 20 years of business experience across multiple industries throughout Ireland, the UK, and Europe.

Responsibilities

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

Additional qualifications

• Working knowledge of ATEX Directive requirements and hazardous area classification in pharma/API solvent-handling environments
• Experience as a lead or internal auditor against ISO45001 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