Safety Engineer

About the role

Join 3M’s Abrasives Systems Division as a Laboratory Safety Engineer and lead the safety program for a high‑tech lab environment. You will work on‑site, collaborating with global teams to ensure safe operations of laboratory and manufacturing equipment.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the laboratory safety program for the Abrasives Systems Division Lab as the primary on‑site safety professional.
• Execute Management of Change (MOC), risk assessments, and safety reviews for lab‑scale and manufacturing‑scale equipment, including coating lines, automated machinery, and industrial robots.
• Review, approve, and improve Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Work Instructions (WIs) while coaching engineers and technicians on compliant documentation.
• Drive proactive safety communication through campaigns, training, and routine engagement to reinforce safe behaviors and hazard awareness.
• Support incident response, investigations, and corrective‑action implementation to reduce risk and strengthen laboratory safety performance.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering (completed prior to start).
• Three or more years of safety engineering or related experience in an industrial laboratory or manufacturing environment.
• Three or more years of hands‑on experience with machine guarding, automated equipment, or manufacturing‑scale systems.
• Three or more years of working knowledge of hazard identification, risk‑assessment methodologies, and Management of Change processes.
• Experience supporting R&D or pilot‑scale laboratory operations with manufacturing‑type hazards is a plus.

Required skills

• Machine guarding
• Automated equipment operation
• Hazard identification
• Risk assessment methodologies
• Management of Change (MOC) processes
• Development and review of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Work Instructions (WIs)