Job description Senior Construction Safety Engineer

The department Global Engineering Solutions (GES) is organized in a Technology organization (responsible for the design of projects) and a Delivery organization (responsible for the realization of projects).
The GES EU Delivery organization supports the delivery of projects to all MSD sites on the continent of Europe Human Health as well as Animal Health. With a mixture of experienced project managers, project engineers, cost controllers, schedulers and estimators in co-operation with external partners (EPCM and or General Contractor), the project will be managed together with our Technology colleagues through Frond-end loading till Commissioning, Qualification till handover.

The position Under the direction of the IRL/UK Construction Safety Lead the Senior Safety Engineer will have the following responsibilities:

• Lead the implementation of the GES construction safety strategy across the project lifecycle, in particular the Behavior Bases Safety program Safe by Choice;
• Review of the Construction and Commissioning & Quality HSE-plans;
• Review of project specific work permits and Safe Plan of Action (SPA), Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and or Task Risk Assessments (TRA)
• Support/advise the GES project manager during all phases of the project in relation to the project safety performance (leading and lagging indicators);
• Coach/support the EPCM safety professional with the GES practices and procedures;
• Coach/support the contractors with the GES practices and procedures;
• Roll out / implement of the safety incentive plan;
• Participate in the EHSE checklist review;
• Participate in the constructability reviews;
• Track safety statistics and initiate improvement plan if needed;
• Monitor and Evaluate the EPCM Safety Performance against Project Plan and identify improvements as required
• Establish relationship with client and local GSE team and get familiar with the local (safety) procedures;
• Lead and/or support incident investigations.

Desired skills & experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field of education;
• At least five years of experience in a comparable environment (pharmaceutical, oil and gas and or food industry);
• Proven construction safety management excellence, demonstrated over multiple assignments;
• Knowledge of Pharmaceutical product development and manufacturing facilities and plant operations are highly desirable;
• Subject Matter Expert in respect to safety;
• Familiar with MS Office;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.

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