Safety Officer

About the job

Based in Vouvry (Chablais Valaisan)

Do you want to put your safety expertise at the service of a pharmaceutical and biotechnological environment? For our laboratory located in Vouvry, we are looking for a 100% Safety Officer, for an indefinite period.

As an international Swiss pharmaceutical group present in more than 60 countries, TRB Chemedica has been a major player for 40 years in the production and distribution of reference therapies for the treatment of ophthalmological, rheumatological and neurological conditions. Our human-sized company places autonomy, trust and creativity at the heart of its culture to promote professional fulfilment. Our project-based organisation allows the development of cross-functional skills and encourages versatility as well as internal promotion.

Specialised in the production of rheumatological injectables and a neurological active ingredient, our Vouvry site meets the highest standards, notably through its GMP and ISO 13485 certifications.

Your mission:

It revolves around the needs in terms of safety, security and protection of people and property.

In compliance with occupational safety standards, you develop and implement the site’s safety and occupational risk prevention policy. You are responsible for assessing and preventing occupational risks within the company. Together with management and other departments, you develop and implement prevention and awareness programmes for industrial and natural risks to reduce incidents and their human and financial consequences. You set up monitoring and evaluation tools for workplace accidents or industrial accidents and develop protocols to correct and reduce these events. You will also be required to manage specific projects and liaise with external contacts. You are responsible for the service status and operation of the protection equipment for installations and infrastructures as well as measures to protect staff health. You are the point of contact for emergency services, the site security service and cantonal security and environmental services. You manage the site access control concept and are responsible for implementing all necessary measures to maintain site security. You may be required to handle certification or labelling procedures related to hygiene and safety issues.

Your profile:

You hold a technical qualification complemented by an MSST safety officer certificate (or equivalent) with significant experience in the pharmaceutical and/or chemical industry and possess a keen sense of observation.

Your communication skills and pedagogy enable you to advise and motivate departments on all matters relating to safety, health, security and also environmental risk management. You organise and deliver training sessions and courses on these topics.

You are fluent in French with a good knowledge of English. You have excellent computer office skills combined with very good writing abilities, especially for drafting PGHS, safety instructions and procedures.

You are familiar with risk analysis methods (workstation risk analyses, ATEX, HAZOP, etc.) and know how to develop and execute these methodologies.

You know how to lead concrete improvement projects and involve employees in this process.

Finally, your ability to communicate concisely and effectively, your organisational skills and team spirit are all qualities that complete your profile.

For ease of reading, the masculine form is used in this announcement. All positions are open to anyone with the required skills, regardless of gender.

Start: immediately or to be agreed

Our offer:

• Joining TRB Chemedica SA means benefiting from:
• A welcoming environment within a competent and dynamic team, attentive to personal development.
• Top-class social benefits: pension fund and insurance for loss of earnings due to illness and accident.
• A 13th salary, at least 25 days’ holiday per year and additional days off on top of the official public holidays of the canton of Valais.
• Free parking and preferential rates for meals.
• Benefits offered by our regional partners.

Interested in this position? We invite you to send us your complete application file: CV, cover letter, work certificates and diplomas.

Find our vacancies on our website: https://www.trbchemedica.com/careers/