SHE Engineering Lead – Life Sciences Projects

QCS Staffing Ltd; Evansville (IN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

QCS Staffing Ltd in Evansville, IN is seeking an Engineering SHE Lead to support a major biopharmaceutical project. This initial 12-month contract focuses on delivering safety, health, and environmental excellence across the DS manufacturing network.

You will lead SHE studies, risk assessments, and design reviews, ensure safety-by-design, coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, and drive compliance from design through commissioning and handover.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Engineering SHE, Process Safety, or HSE leadership roles within major capital projects.
• Strong knowledge of SHE risk management methodologies, including HAZOPs, risk assessments, design reviews, Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSR), and implementation of safety-by-design principles.
• Proven ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary project teams, design contractors, construction teams, and stakeholders to ensure SHE requirements are embedded throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary SHE point of contact for the project, ensuring objectives, requirements, and performance targets are clearly defined, communicated, and achieved.
• Lead and coordinate SHE studies, risk assessments, and design reviews, ensuring safety requirements are effectively integrated into project designs and change management processes.
• Monitor and drive delivery of the SHE programme, including training, action tracking, reporting, schedule management, and support for key project stage-gate reviews.
• Provide SHE support throughout project execution, commissioning, and handover, including contractor selection, pre-startup safety reviews, mechanical completion activities, and knowledge transfer to operations teams.

Skills

SHE leadership

HAZOP

Risk assessments

PSSR

Safety-by-design

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Team leadership

Job description

QCS Staffing Ltd in Evansville, IN is seeking an Engineering SHE Lead to support a major biopharmaceutical project. This initial 12-month contract focuses on delivering safety, health, and environmental excellence across the DS manufacturing network.

You will lead SHE studies, risk assessments, and design reviews, ensure safety-by-design, coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, and drive compliance from design through commissioning and handover.