Manager, Occupational Safety and Hygiene

Arxada is a globally leading company for innovative solutions to protect our world. Our groundbreaking technologies, comprehensive regulatory expertise, as well as our competence in production and process development support our customers in protecting nutrition, health, and infrastructure efficiently – through chemistry and biotechnology that promote sustainability. 

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

With customers in over 100 countries, the company achieved sales of 2 billion CHF in 2024. Arxada's headquarters are located in Basel (Switzerland). Worldwide, the company employs 3,200 staff at 24 production sites and 14 R&D centres, all committed to the success of our customers. 

As an EHS Manager at the Visp, Switzerland site, you take on a central specialist role within our Swiss EHS team and support the further development of safety, health, and environment at our Visp and Basel sites. You combine sound chemical expertise with practical EHS knowledge and ensure that legal requirements as well as our global EHS standards are implemented effectively and pragmatically. 

Your professional focus is particularly in the areas of occupational safety and health protection, occupational hygiene, and dangerous goods management. As the dangerous goods officer for our Visp site, you also make an important contribution to safe and legally compliant transport processes. 

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• You advise and support managers, employees, production, and laboratory areas on occupational safety and health protection issues and accompany safety inspections, risk assessments as well as incident investigations. 

• You are responsible for and coordinate occupational hygiene topics, including substance and exposure assessments, occupational hygiene measurements, workplace assessments as well as the development of suitable containment and exposure strategies. 

• You take on the role of dangerous goods officer at the Visp site and ensure compliance with the requirements according to ADR, RID, IMDG Code, and IATA-DGR together with the relevant specialist departments. 

• You advise the specialist departments on dangerous goods transports and classifications, investigate incidents, and develop appropriate prevention and improvement measures. 

• You support the implementation and further development of corporate EHS standards and programmes and develop practical solutions considering Swiss legal requirements. 

• You plan and conduct EHS and dangerous goods training and develop modern learning formats such as e-learnings, training materials, videos, and awareness campaigns. 

• You maintain relevant EHS data, key figures, and documentation in systems such as Intelex and Veeva and support audits, inspections, and regulatory requirements. 

• You work closely with internal and external specialist offices and actively promote a sustainable safety and compliance culture. 

Qualifications and experience:

• Completed master’s degree in chemistry or a comparable scientific-technical field; a doctorate is an advantage. 

• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in the chemical industry, ideally in production, laboratory, occupational safety, occupational hygiene, or EHS. 

• Qualification as a specialist in occupational safety and health protection (ASGS) as well as a dangerous goods officer. 

• Sound knowledge in occupational safety, health protection, occupational hygiene, and chemical management as well as a good understanding of the relevant legal requirements. 

• Knowledge of dangerous goods regulations ADR, RID, IMDG Code, and IATA-DGR as well as experience in operational dangerous goods management. 

• You work independently and solution-oriented, can communicate complex requirements clearly, and successfully bring together different stakeholders. 

• Very good German skills as well as good English skills for collaboration in an international environment. 

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, Household and Personal Care, Wood Protection, Paints & Coatings, and Material Protection.

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

Arxada is an employer that promotes equal opportunities. All qualified applicants are considered equally regardless of skin colour, religion, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other legally protected characteristics.