Emmi Schweiz AG
Bischofszell
Health & Safety Lead Region Eastern Switzerland 50 - 80%
- 27 October 2026
- 50 – 80%
- Bischofszell
Job summary
Join Emmi, a leading Swiss dairy producer with a global presence. Embrace an opportunity to enhance health and safety standards in a dynamic environment.
Tasks
- Identify and assess hazards, risks, and unsafe conditions effectively.
- Implement health and safety standards and support harmonization efforts.
- Coach site leaders to ensure effective safety and health practices.
Skills
- Experience in industrial production with safety qualifications preferred.
- Strong analytical skills to recognize risks and patterns.
- Excellent communication in German to engage stakeholders.
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About the job
What you can achieve
• You identify and assess hazards, risks as well as unsafe conditions and actions and derive effective prevention measures from them.
• You implement central Health & Safety standards at the supported locations, make local deviations visible and support harmonisation between the plants.
• You advise, coach and enable site managers and executives so that they effectively assume their responsibility for safety and health in everyday work.
• You analyse accident events, near misses and recurring patterns, derive appropriate measures and check their effectiveness.
• You assess work-related health and stress factors, such as ergonomics, physical strain and influences of the working environment.
• You conduct H&S inspections, audits and reviews, support risk assessments and root cause analyses, and plan training, instructions and prevention campaigns.
• You bring Health & Safety requirements at the interfaces to HR/BGM, Engineering, Facility Management, Sustainability and Production and ensure the consistent follow-up of agreed measures.
What you bring with you
• You have experience in industrial production and understand the challenges of an operational environment, ideally also in shift work.
• You hold a recognised qualification as a specialist in occupational safety according to ASA guidelines, at least as a safety specialist or specialist ASGS. Alternatively, you are willing and suitable to acquire this qualification within 24 months after taking up the position.
• You convince people, create commitment and drive sustainable changes even without direct authority.
• You appear both demanding and supportive towards managers and strengthen Health & Safety as a leadership task.
• You think analytically, recognise risks, causes, patterns and trends and consistently keep an eye on the implementation and effectiveness of the derived measures.
• You bring a broad understanding of occupational safety and health protection, for example regarding hazardous substances, fire, gas and explosion protection, emergency organisation, legal compliance and work-related stresses.
• You communicate fluently and appropriately in German, build sustainable networks and address safety-critical topics clearly.
What we offer you
Welcome to the Emmi world
Emmi is the leading manufacturer of high-quality dairy products in Switzerland with its own presence in 15 countries. Emmi distributes its quality products in around 60 countries and produces them at 73 own production sites in 13 countries. With around 12,800 employees, of whom around 75% work outside Switzerland, the listed Emmi Group (EMMN) generated sales of CHF 4.7 billion in 2025.
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We look forward to receiving your online application.
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