Would you like to help create a safe and sustainable work environment? SSAB Special Steels is looking for a driven and dedicated occupational health and safety engineer who wants to help develop and improve our work environment. We offer an exciting and varied role where you’ll have the opportunity to make an impact at both the strategic and operational levels. This position is central to SSAB’s journey toward becoming the world’s safest steel company. You will play a key role in translating these goals into concrete improvements across our operations. As part of our specialist function, you will work to analyze and manage complex occupational health and safety challenges. Working closely with the business, you’ll provide advice and support in identifying risks, proposing measures, and creating action plans to improve the work environment. Your collaboration with the business is crucial to ensuring a safe and sustainable workplace for all our employees.

About the Position

As a workplace safety engineer with us, you’ll play a broad and important role supporting managers and employees in creating a safe and healthy workplace. You will work both operationally and strategically to develop the safety culture, follow up on occupational health and safety goals, and ensure compliance with legal requirements in dialogue with the business.

The role also involves collaborating with contractors, external parties, and authorities to ensure that SSAB complies with applicable legislation and internal guidelines.

Your main areas of responsibility

• TRIF and LTIF, including trend analyses, reporting, and follow-up.
• Investigations and analysis of accidents and near misses, including root cause analysis and recommendations for corrective actions
• Management and follow-up in the IA system, as well as ensuring that safety statistics are used for continuous improvement and providing reports on accident statistics.
• Advising managers and operations on occupational health and safety issues, including interpretation of legislation, risk assessments, and safety inspections.
• Developing, planning, and conducting training programs in occupational health and safety, safety culture, and risk management.
• Coordination of occupational health and safety matters related to contractors and subcontractors, including ensuring that they meet SSAB’s requirements.
• Liaison and collaboration with regulatory authorities regarding inspections, reporting, and occupational health and safety-related issues.
• Developing occupational health and safety procedures, instructions, policies, and advisory documents, as well as creating action plans to address complex occupational health and safety challenges.
• Contribute to our structured annual cycle for health and safety work—where you will both develop systems and work methods and support the business in recurring activities related to legal requirements, ISO standards, and health and safety practices.
• Drive learning and improvement by applying best practices and sharing knowledge derived from both internal experiences and external benchmarking.

About You

We are looking for someone with several years of experience working as a health and safety engineer, health and safety specialist, HSE specialist, or in a similar role. You have relevant education in the field of occupational health and safety, or other education and experience that the employer deems equivalent.

We expect you to have:

• A solid understanding of occupational health and safety legislation and its application in industrial operations
• A solid understanding of machine safety and the regulations governing the field, such as the Machinery Directive, the upcoming Machinery Regulation, relevant regulations, standards, and requirements for risk assessment, technical safeguards, and safe work practices.
• You have a solid understanding of ISO 45001 and are also familiar with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, which gives you a comprehensive understanding of occupational health and safety, quality, and the environment.
• Analytical and solution-oriented skills, with the ability to identify and manage complex occupational health and safety issues
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Experience leading workplace safety projects and implementing workplace safety improvements
• Previous experience dealing with government agencies and conducting workplace safety investigations
• A Class B driver’s license and strong digital skills, including Office 365, the IA system, and other relevant occupational health and safety systems
• As a person, you have the ability to act as a reliable and professional partner to the organization.
• You combine a supportive and solution-oriented approach with the ability to set requirements and provide guidance when needed.
• You can analyze complex issues, create structure, and drive change forward based on legal requirements, governance, compliance, and the organization’s needs.
• You are objective, clear, and confident in your professional judgment, even when different perspectives or interests need to be weighed against one another.
• You have the ability to translate requirements, risks, and analyses into practical solutions that work in everyday situations and contribute to sustainable, long-term occupational health and safety efforts.

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience in the manufacturing industry
• Experience in regulatory enforcement
• Basic knowledge of construction workplace safety coordination
• Experience in a leadership role, such as a manager with personnel responsibility or a project manager

A few words from your future manager

“With us, you’ll be a key player in creating a safe, secure, and sustainable work environment—a prerequisite for our ability to deliver world-class steel. You’ll have significant responsibility for driving and developing our health and safety efforts, where your ability to analyze, guide, and translate insights into concrete actions will be crucial. As a health and safety engineer, you’ll be both supportive and demanding—always with the best interests of the business in mind. We work together with dedication and professionalism to make a difference every day—always with the best interests of the business in mind. We invite you to join our team!”

— Kristoffer Linde, Head of the Occupational Health and Safety Department

Recruitment Process

1. Apply

2. Digital Interview

3. Tests

4. Come Meet Us

5. Background Checks/References

6. Signing the contract

Do you have any questions about the position?

Please feel free to contact Kristoffer Linde, Head of the Occupational Health and Safety Department, kristoffer.linde@ssab.com.