EHS Design and Compliance Engineer (m/f/d)

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

The EHS Design and Compliance Engineer ensures that Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) requirements are implemented at all stages of an investment project, in line with Lonza's policies, procedures, and legal regulations. This role focuses on evaluating safety impacts throughout the project lifecycle- from feasibility studies to detailed design - while ensuring Lonza's EHS procedures are applied, particularly within the GE Growth project and Visp CAPEX initiatives.

As a member of the EHS team, the role actively fosters a strong EHS culture within CAPEX and investment projects. The EHS Design and Compliance Engineer reports operationally to the EHS Design Manager.

We search for an EHS specialization in Process Safety, or Fire Safety

Fire Safety main accountabilities:

• Responsible for ensuring compliance with fire protection requirements according to VKF Guideline 12 Fire Protection and Organizational Fire Protection on assigned construction sites.
• Ensuring coordination between all internal and external fire protection departments (specialist planners, engineering, etc.).
• Ensuring internal fire protection measures within the framework of construction site continuity.
• Support in ensuring the completeness of all declarations of conformity and declarations of conformity for ongoing and completed projects.
• Independently conducting fire protection audits and defining measures for operators.

Process Safety main accountabilities :

• Conduct ATEX risk assessment
• Prepare Explosion Protection Document
• Conduct Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP)
• Identify potential hazards in process design and operations.
• Document findings and recommend mitigation measures.
• Evaluate and prioritize risks based on likelihood and consequence.
• Recommend controls to minimize or eliminate identified risks.

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.