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Health and Safety Engineer
Nearfield Instruments · Rotterdam
About the role
You will be ensuring safe, compliant, and reliable operations in our ISO 5 cleanroom by monitoring daily activities, identifying hazards, enforcing safe working methods, and providing technical and behavioral safety guidance to operational and engineering teams. Do you have a background in Safety Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Occupational Health & Safety? Your expertise could be the perfect fit to join our team!
What you will do
Conduct daily safety inspections to identify potential hazards, deviations, or unsafe behavior;
Act as the primary on-floor safety resource, providing real-time guidance on safe behavior, correct equipment use, and cleanroom discipline;
Perform workplace evaluations and ensure compliance with internal QHSE standards, regulatory requirements, and cleanroom protocols;
Support safe execution of chemical use procedures and enforce relevant safety rules;
Verify correct LOTO (Lock-Out/Tag-Out) execution during interventions and maintain LOTO procedures with engineering teams;
Provide technical and regulatory safety guidance to resolve operational safety issues;
Collaborate with AIT (Assembly, Integration & Test) and Production Engineering teams during change management and process modifications;
Review work instructions to ensure risks are adequately controlled and processes remain compliant;
Deliver toolbox talks and safety briefings to promote awareness and reinforce safe working practices;
Report safety findings, deviations, and incidents in a clear and structured manner, and track corrective and preventive actions;
Actively drive safety mindset change and promote behavioral safety and operational discipline;
Serve as an active member of the Safety Committee and contribute operational insights and improvement proposals.