Chemical Safety Engineer, Cork

Job Description

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 International's 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

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