About Us
At Chris Mee EHS International, we deliver exceptional employment services to clients and candidates in the core areas of safety, health, and environmental employment. Our newly expanded recruitment team brings over 20 years of business experience across multiple industries throughout Ireland, the UK, and Europe.
Job Description
We are looking to hire a Chemical Safety Specialist who has operated at the centre of that standard — not on its periphery. Someone who has owned the chemical risk programme on a GMP-regulated site: the assessments, the inventory, the documentation, the regulatory interface, and the day-to-day operational decisions that keep a complex chemical environment safe and compliant.
This is a consultancy role. You will be deployed across EHS International's client base, working with sites that expect you to arrive with expertise and leave with completed, defensible work.
Responsibilities
Conduct and lead chemical risk assessments across client sites in pharma, biopharma, and analogous GMP environments — REACH/CLP compliant, audit-ready, and site-specific
Manage and review chemical inventory programmes, SDS governance, incompatibility analyses, and chemical segregation standards
Support or participate in process hazard reviews (HAZOP, What-If, LOPA)—interpreting outputs and translating findings into site-level safety actions
Interface with client quality and validation teams to ensure chemical safety documentation aligns with GMP change control and batch record requirements
Advise clients on compliance obligations under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Chemical Agents) Regulations, REACH, CLP, and where relevant, Seveso III
Prepare investigation reports, gap analysis outputs, and audit-ready documentation suitable for HPRA or equivalent regulatory scrutiny
Deliver chemical safety awareness and regulatory briefings to site personnel and management
Requirements
Minimum 7 years EHS experience, with at least 5 years in a pharma, biopharma, API manufacturing, or equivalent GMP-regulated environment
Demonstrable ownership of a site-level chemical risk assessment programme — including COSHH-equivalent assessments, SDS management, and chemical inventory governance
Working knowledge of REACH, CLP Regulation, and the Chemical Agents Regulations 2001 (as amended)
Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, EHS, or a cognate discipline
NEBOSH General Certificate minimum; NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent Level 7 preferred
Client-facing capability: able to operate autonomously on site, present findings to site management, and interface with regulatory contacts without day-to-day supervision
Preferred Qualifications
Working knowledge of ATEX Directive requirements and hazardous area classification in pharma/API solvent-handling environments
Experience as a lead or internal auditor against ISO 45001 or an equivalent EHS management system
Familiarity with HAZOP facilitation or active participation in PHAs at process safety level
Experience delivering chemical safety training to site populations
IOSH membership or working toward Chartered status
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