Environmental, Health, and Safety Engineer

Environmental, Health, and Safety Engineer; Vaud; On-site; CHF 111,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Incentive plan

Onsite work at Swiss facility

Job summary

Medtronic seeks an Environmental, Health, and Safety Engineer to support EHS projects at its Tolochenaz facilities. As an individual contributor, you will work under the EHS Leader, ensuring compliance and mitigating liabilities across operations.

You will develop, implement and maintain environmental health and safety programs, monitor site indicators, support auditing, and interact with regulatory bodies to resolve compliance issues. Fluency in English and French is required.

Qualifications

• Fluent written and spoken in English and French.
• Bachelor-level degree in industrial hygiene, environmental engineering, health and safety or related field.
• 3–5 years of EHS experience in manufacturing with environmental focus.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, analyzes, troubleshoots and provides EHS technical skills during equipment and lines development projects.
• Supports development and administration of program/system guidelines and procedures.
• Develops and implements environmental, health, and safety projects in line with regulatory and Medtronic policies.
• Provides technical support including training, documentation, data extraction, and reporting.

Skills

English

French

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Hygiene/Environmental Engineering/Health and Safety

Job description

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

The role supports the Environmental, Health, and Safety projects at the Medtronic Tolochenaz facilities. The EHS Engineer works under the direction and supervision of the EHS Leader.

As an individual contributor, you will also function in a team environment to ensure EHS compliance and identify, prevent, and resolve potential EHS issues and to mitigate EHS liabilities associated with current operations.

• Designs, develops, analyzes, troubleshoots and provides EHS technical skills during equipments and lines development projects.
• Applies knowledge of and experience in company operations to assist in the development, implementation and administration of program/system guidelines and procedures.
• Develops, follow, and implements environmental, health, and safety project in accordance with governmental requirements and Medtronic Enterprise policies
• Provides technical support, which may include program/system training, program/system documentation, data extraction, data review, and tracking
• Monitors site indicators and ensure appropriate reporting.
• Monitor prevention activities, compliance, and auditing effort.
• Conducts studies and prepares environmental impact reports for new construction projects, plant processes and permit changes.
• Monitors projects and recommends changes to improve EHS efficiency.
• Maintain all required records and documentation. Review and analyse environmental documentation issued by regulatory agencies; collaborate with regulatory agencies to determine corrective action plans.
• Assist EHS team in data analysis to identify trends. Develop corrective and preventative actions.
• Facilitate site specific Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Training requirements.
• Evaluate proposed regulations to determine financial, industrial, public and environmental impact.
• Interact with regulatory bodies to resolve compliance issues; establish permit requirements and assist in regulatory audits.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Examen professionnel fédéral de «Spécialiste de la sécurité au travail et de la protection de la santé (STPS) or equivalent.
• Bachelor of Science or equivalent Degree in Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Engineering, Health and Safety or related technical discipline.
• 3-5 years’ experience in EHS activities supporting a manufacturing site with a focus on environmental programs, permitting and reporting.
• Regulatory knowledge working under Swiss confederation and/or equivalent regulations such as ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 or capable of learning requirements
• Established and productive individual contributor.
• Works independently with general supervision on larger, complex projects / assignments.
• Fluent written and spoken in English and French.

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Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

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Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Switzerland: 111,200.00 CHF- 166,800.00 CHF|The final salary within this range will be determined based on objective, job-related criteria, including relevant experience, skills and qualifications, in accordance with our compensation framework.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).