Occupational Health & Safety Specialist

Your mission & challenges

You make sure that safety keeps pace with our growth. As our occupational safety specialist, you take responsibility for health and safety across all NEURA sites. You advise management, leaders and employees on every question of occupational safety. You also build a safety culture that people actually live by in a fast-growing tech environment.

• Safety advisory: Provide occupational safety support for all NEURA sites and advise management, leaders and employees on all questions of health and safety at work.

• Risk assessments: Create, update and document risk assessments (Gefährdungsbeurteilungen) for all relevant areas.

• Safety concepts: Develop operating instructions (Betriebsanweisungen) and safety concepts.

• Training & safety culture: Plan and deliver safety briefings, trainings and site inspections, and establish a lived safety culture across the company.

• Incident investigation: Investigate workplace accidents and near misses, derive corrective actions and follow up on their implementation.

• Coordination: Coordinate the company doctor, safety officers, first aiders and fire safety assistants; prepare and moderate the occupational safety committee (ASA).

• Authorities & inspections: Act as the point of contact for the employers’ liability insurance association (BG), trade supervisory authorities and external inspection bodies, and ensure work equipment is inspected on time.

• Safety by design: Bring safety requirements into construction and renovation projects, layout planning and the design of new workplaces at an early stage.

• Management system: Build an occupational health and safety management system and further develop KPIs, reporting and digital tools for safety.

What we can look forward to

• Education: A completed qualification as a master craftsperson (Meister) or technician (Techniker), or a degree in engineering, safety engineering or a comparable field.

• Safety qualification: Completed training as an occupational safety specialist (Sifa) according to DGUV Grundsatz 303-003 / § 7 ASiG.

• Experience: Several years of experience in occupational safety at a manufacturing or technology-driven company; experience with robotics, mechanical engineering or development labs is a plus.

• Regulatory know-how: Confident command of the relevant regulations: ArbSchG, ASiG, BetrSichV, GefStoffV, ArbStättV, DGUV regulations, the Machinery Regulation and applicable standards.

• Additional qualifications: Certifications such as fire safety officer or hazardous substances officer are a plus.

• Hands-on mindset: You find pragmatic solutions that combine safety and development speed instead of just quoting regulations.

• Persuasiveness: You come across confidently with engineers, leaders and authorities, and you enjoy winning people over for safety.

• Working style: You work in a structured, self-directed way and have experience building processes and documentation.

• Languages & travel: Very good German and good English skills, written and spoken; willingness to travel to our sites in the region.