Health and safety specialist
Gävle, Sverige
Type of Employment Full-time
Job position Safety engineer
Work model On location
Application due date 5 June 2025
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Company description

AFRY offers services in engineering, design, digitalization and consulting. We are dedicated experts in industry, energy and infrastructure, creating value for future generations. AFRY has a global reach with deep roots in the Nordics. Together, we are accelerating the transition to a more sustainable society.  

Job description

To meet the exciting developments in Central Sweden and increasing demand for our services, we are looking for you who want to work with Health and Safety in the process industry.

As a Health and Safety Specialist, you will work with our customers' projects, facilities, machines, working methods and staff to achieve a better safety culture, process safety, workplace and work environment. This is done by developing our customers' skills, behavior and technical solutions with the aim of reducing risks in their facilities.

In our assignments, you can work with, for example:

  • Responsible for Health and Safety in investment projects: Act in roles such as Safety Manager, Safety Officer, BAS P/U, HSE Expert
  • Ensure that Permits and Regulatory Requirements are complied with; Chemical work environment risks, Flammable goods, Seveso advice, SIL determination, Machine safety, Pressure equipment.
  • Resource reinforcement in organizations such as Work Environment Engineer, Interim Manager,   Project Manager of HS related projects at the customer.
  • Business Management System:  ISO 9001, ISO 45001, ISO 14001
  • Safety Culture, Safety Procedures, Safety Training, Current Situation Analysis in Safety.
  • Risk management; e.g. HAZOP, Rough analysis, PHA

Our customers are mainly in the Process Industry, such as Bio-industry, Chemical, Mining, Battery, Metal and Paper and Pulp. You will work with a mix of short and long assignments.

In your role as a Health and Safety Specialist with us, there may be travel around Sweden and outside Sweden as our area of activity is both national and international. Locations can be Gävle or Borlänge. AFRY also has opportunities in other locations, so do not hesitate to contact us.

Qualifications

We are looking for you with relevant education and/or experience of working in Health & Safety in roles such as engineer, project manager, operations consultant, manager and specialist, from industries such as the consulting industry, the process industry, etc. You are independent but also like to work with colleagues to develop and learn from each other. To succeed in the role of consultant, you need to be responsive, flexible and like challenges. Of course, you are careful and quality conscious with good knowledge of Swedish and English, both in speech and writing.

To work with health and safety, high demands are made, and the ability to communicate is important.

We therefore require that you master the Swedish language fluently and are well acquainted with English.

As travel occurs, you should have a B driving license.

Additional information

At AFRY you get to develop and at the same time contribute to something meaningful. You will make a difference by developing sustainable solutions with a long-term perspective. We have a strong focus on sustainability - it is a central part of our vision and business strategy.

Together we create sustainable solutions for future generations.

We will go through the selection on an ongoing basis. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions!

We look forward to receiving your application!

The deadline for applications is 2025-06-05

Contact person

Max Allemo
Section Head, Project Services 
070-5286422
Max.allemo@afry.com

We refrain from direct contact with staffing and recruitment agencies and sellers of additional job advertisements.

At AFRY, we drive change in everything we do. We believe that change happens when bold ideas come together, when we collaborate, innovate and embrace creative solutions, that's how we create the future. We are constantly looking for qualified candidates to join our inclusive teams around the world. Join us and accelerate the green transition