Safety Services Specialist

Fortress Safety; Erlanger (KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

401(k) matching

Healthcare coverage

Holiday closures 9 days

Job summary

Fortress Safety, with U.S. operations in Erlanger, Kentucky, seeks a Safety Services Specialist to advance machinery safety standards and interlocking expertise for customers and teams.

Educate, advise and help shape industry practices by delivering standards-based training, supporting NPD/NPI with compliant design, and translating complex regulatory content into practical guidance for clients.

Qualifications

• Proven machinery safety knowledge and application expertise.
• Strong knowledge of machinery safety standards and regulatory frameworks.
• Effective trainer with ability to simplify complex concepts.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Analytical/problem-solving with ability to translate regulations to practical guidance.

Responsibilities

• Drive activity to position Fortress as a safety authority via site visits, webinars, and workshops.
• Align Safety Services strategy with customer demand and regulatory requirements across markets.
• Serve as the senior authority on machinery safety standards with clients and regulators.
• Create content and deliver training on machinery safety standards.
• Support New Product Development and introduction ensuring design-in of regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to Fortress training academy development.
• Translate technical content into accessible training materials for customers.

Skills

Machinery safety standards

Regulatory frameworks

Training delivery

Public speaking

Content interpretation

Education

University degree in engineering or health & safety

Job description

Safety Services Specialist (Machinery Safety / Interlocks)

Fortress Safety is looking for a Safety Services Specialist to bring deep machinery safety standards knowledge and expertise to our customers, our teams and the wider industry. Reporting to the Product Director, you'll connect engineering design and product specification with customer demand, market requirements, and evolving safety standards across our key global markets.

You will educate, advise and support the growth of Fortress as we deliver on our purpose of saving lives by providing the best safety solutions. This is a genuine opportunity to shape how the industry thinks about machinery safety compliance and training.

What You'll Be Doing

• Drive internal and external activity that positions Fortress as a trusted safety authority, including site visits, webinars, and standards and technical workshops
• Ensure the Safety Services strategy and roadmap aligns with engineering design/specification capability with customer demand and market/regulatory requirements across the UK, USA, Europe, Australia, China and India.
• Act as the senior authority on machinery safety standards (e.g. Machinery Directive/Regulation, UKCA/CE marking, relevant IEC/EN standards) both internally and with customers, distributors and regulators.
• Create content and deliver first-class training on B11 to educate the wider workforce on machinery safety related standards
• Support New Product Development (NPD) and New Product Introduction (NPI) activity, ensuring compliance and regulatory requirements are designed in from concept through to launch.
• Support the development of a Fortress training academy proposition
• Partner with Product Management and Marketing to translate technical and regulatory content into accessible, engaging customer-facing training materials
• Support New Product Development (NPD) and New Product Introduction (NPI) activity, ensuring compliance and regulatory requirements are designed in from concept through to launch

What You'll Bring

• Proven machinery safety standards knowledge and application expertise within machinery safety, industrial automation, EHS, product compliance or a related regulated engineering environment.
• Strong working knowledge of machinery safety standards and regulatory frameworks (e.g. Machinery Directive/Regulation, UKCA/CE marking, ISO/EN standards).
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Experience as an effective trainer with the ability to make the complex simple
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex regulatory requirements into practical guidance
• A meticulous approach, with a continuous improvement mindset
• The ability to lead and influence without formal authority
• A university degree or equivalent experience gained on the job in engineering, health & safety, or a related discipline; relevant professional certification (e.g. CMSE, NEBOSH) desirable.

What We Offer

• 24 days holiday per year plus 9 holiday office closures
• 401(k) matching and profit-sharing potential
• Paid parental leave – 14 weeks fully paid
• Financial insurance coverage, including voluntary life, disability, accident and illness insurance
• Group healthcare policy with medical, dental and vision, plus family and partner options
• WPO Employee Assistance Program
• Long service recognition

About Fortress Safety

Since 1977, Fortress Safety has been the expert in machinery safety and interlocking, protecting people and equipment in hazardous environments worldwide from our Wolverhampton HQ in the UK, with operations across the USA (including Erlanger, Kentucky), Europe, Australia, China and India. We're proud to be part of Halma plc, a FTSE 100 company with over 8,000 colleagues across 50+ businesses globally, all united by a purpose to build a safer, cleaner, healthier future for everyone, every day.

Inclusion & Accommodations

At Fortress, we don't just accept difference — we celebrate it. We're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues, and if you need any accommodations during the recruitment process, just let us know.