Occupational Health and Safety and Environmental Protection Specialist

Additional job description
Arxada is a world-leading company for innovative solutions to protect our world. Our groundbreaking technologies, comprehensive regulatory expertise, and our competence in production and process development support our customers in protecting nutrition, health, and infrastructure in an efficient manner – through chemistry and biotechnology that promote sustainability.

We offer a wide portfolio of ingredients and services for various end markets, including Health & Nutrition, Home & Personal Care, Professional Hygiene, Paints & Coatings, and Wood Protection.

With customers in over 100 countries, the company achieved a turnover of 2 billion CHF in 2024. The headquarters of Arxada is located in Basel (Switzerland). Globally, the company employs 3,200 employees at 24 production sites and in 14 R&D centers, all of which are committed to the success of our customers.

As an Occupational Health and Safety and Environmental Protection Specialist at the Visp, Switzerland location, you will support the legally compliant, effective, and practical implementation of requirements in occupational health and safety and environmental protection. With structured documentation, careful data maintenance, and consistent follow-up, you will contribute to a reliable EHS management system. In doing so, you will work closely with production plants, technical areas, site functions, as well as internal and external specialist departments.

The position offers you the opportunity to take on responsibility, actively drive improvements, and help shape sustainable solutions for a safe and environmentally friendly operation.

Main tasks and responsibility:

Support the implementation and follow-up of measures from hazard assessments, inspections, incidents, audits, and safety programs.
Maintain EHS-relevant documents, registers, key figures, training records, and measure lists and ensure their currency.
Prepare safety inspections, controls, and EHS training, accompany their implementation, and document the results.
Handle tasks in waste management, including declarations, consignment notes, disposal routes, documentation, and quantity evaluations.
Maintain substance data and environmentally relevant information on hazardous and operational substances and support clarifications regarding storage, use, and disposal.
Record, plausibilize, and document emission- and wastewater-relevant data and support the implementation of defined legal and operational requirements.
Coordinate technical inquiries with internal departments and external service providers and consistently follow up on agreed dates and measures.
Participate in EHS projects, continuous improvements, as well as in the preparation of internal and external audits and authority contacts.

Qualifications and experience:

Completed technical or scientific education (e.g., chemistry, process engineering, environmental sciences, engineering, or comparable) or alternatively completed vocational training at HF level with corresponding professional experience.
At least five years of professional experience in occupational health and safety, environmental protection, chemical production, or technical administration; experience in an industrial or chemical environment is an advantage.
Sound knowledge of Swiss occupational health and safety and environmental legislation (EKAS, UVG, ArG, USG, ChemG, StFV, GSchG, etc.) is desirable.
Further training in occupational health and safety or environmental protection is desirable, for example, ASGS training or an environmental protection specialist course, or the willingness to complete such.
Experience in handling hazardous substances, dangerous goods transport, and chemical law.
Knowledge of occupational hygiene and exposure assessment is desirable.
Business fluent German as well as good English skills for cooperation in an international corporate environment; French skills are an advantage.
Structured, careful, and independent way of working with high implementation and deadline reliability.
Good understanding of technical and environmental contexts as well as the ability to translate requirements into practical work steps.
Confident use of Microsoft 365; experience with EHS, waste, or substance data systems is an advantage.
You enjoy working in a team, listen to different perspectives, and actively contribute to joint solutions.
With a pronounced can-do attitude, you approach challenges persistently, set clear priorities, and reliably drive agreed measures forward. At the same time, you continuously seek improvements and want to make a sustainable contribution to safety and environmental protection through your work that goes beyond mere task fulfillment.

Arxada offers first-class solutions in two clearly defined areas:

Microbial Control Solutions (MCS) focuses on threats from microorganisms to humans and the environment. This area includes five independent business units: Professional Hygiene, Home & Personal Care, Wood Protection, Paints & Coatings, and Material Protection.

Nutrition, Care & Environmental (NCE) delivers materials for the manufacture of composites in electronics, aerospace, and other industries. Furthermore, the portfolio includes vitamins and nutrient components, high-performance chemical intermediates, and raw materials for a variety of demanding applications.

Arxada is an employer that promotes equal opportunity. All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of race, religion, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.