Senior Chemical Safety & EHS Consultant for Inventory

Sire Search; Utrecht; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sire Search is seeking a Senior Chemical Safety & EHS Consultant to support Lab Safety and chemical inventory management within a regulated life sciences environment in Utrecht. You will enhance SDS data, ensure storage compliance, and drive data governance across LabVantage, ChemWatch, and related systems.

This hands-on assignment involves gap analyses, CAPA, training material development, and collaboration with IT, Quality, and external vendors, with knowledge transfer at completion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in Chemistry, Laboratory Sciences, EHS, or a related field.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in chemical safety, EHS, laboratory safety, or chemical inventory management.
• HVK, Arbeidshygiënist, or equivalent qualification is strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of SDS, CMR/ZZS, ADR, PGS 15, GHS/CLP, and hazardous chemical storage.
• Experience with LabVantage, ChemWatch, SAP EHS, CISPro, or similar systems is highly desirable.
• Experience in pharma, biotech, life sciences, chemical, laboratory, or R&D environments.
• Strong stakeholder management and project coordination skills.
• Fluent in Dutch and English.

Responsibilities

• Validate and improve chemical inventory and SDS data in systems such as LabVantage and ChemWatch.
• Manage and assess CMR/ZZS substances, chemical classification, and hazardous chemical data.
• Assess chemical storage against ADR and PGS 15 requirements.
• Review chemical compatibility, segregation, quantities, and labelling.
• Support audit findings, compliance assessments, gap analyses, and CAPA activities.
• Develop and update SOPs, procedures, templates, and training materials.
• Improve chemical safety processes and data governance.
• Collaborate with Laboratory, EHS, Facility, Quality, IT, and external vendors.
• Ensure effective knowledge transfer and handover at the end of the assignment.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry

Master's degree in Chemistry/Life sciences

Tools

LabVantage

ChemWatch

SAP EHS

CISPro

Job description

Sire Search is seeking a Senior Chemical Safety & EHS Consultant to support Lab Safety and chemical inventory management within a regulated life sciences environment in Utrecht. You will enhance SDS data, ensure storage compliance, and drive data governance across LabVantage, ChemWatch, and related systems.

This hands-on assignment involves gap analyses, CAPA, training material development, and collaboration with IT, Quality, and external vendors, with knowledge transfer at completion.