Workplace Safety Expert

Are you a safety expert, liaising with other departments and colleagues to achieve your goals with a motivating style? Are you an enthusiast to teach others what they need to know to work safely? Then you will make the difference in this position.

Questions about this job?

Bram Frings, HR, +316 29693168 / bram.frings@cpp.canon

Workplace Safety Expert

40 hours per week, hybrid/on location in Venlo (NL)

What You’ll Do
As one of the core experts of the department you will be active in risk assessments of our workplaces of the Venlo site. In case an incident happens, you are one of the safety experts to assist the involved department to analyze the root cause and give your expert advice about necessary measures to prevent recurrence. You are constantly looking for opportunities to uplift the safety culture in our company. Together with your colleagues you develop safe working instructions and roll them out in the organization by instructing and motivating all involved persons in the organization. One of your specialty task is to design and implement trainings that give handles to colleagues in the departments on how to work safely. 

You will be:
•    Instructing employees throughout the organization regarding specific safety aspects of their work
•    Executing workplace assessments / specific risk assessments
•    Analyzing incidents and ensure that the organization learns from these
•    Developing instructions and implement them in the organization

Who You’ll Work With
Canon Production Printing has an internal Occupational Health and Safety Department consisting of 7 professionals: safety experts, occupational hygienists, an ergonomist. We work together with the Research & Development, Manufacturing, Logistics and Support departments to ensure occupational health and safety for everyone. 

What You Bring
We are looking for a colleague who has:

• certification in Safety Science or Occupational Hygiene (IVK, MVK, MAH)
• preferably some years’ experience as a safety expert / occupational hygienist in an industrial environment
• a developed sense of organizational context
• a motivating communication style 
• fluent in Dutch
• good command of the English language

In addition to that you bring

• a Bachelor’s or AD degree, preferably in a technical or supply chain direction
• approximately 5 years of experience of which 2 years in a supervisor position, preferably within a warehousing and/or production environment
• strong leadership skills
• proven analytical and problem-solving abilities
• experience in working and acting on Key Performance Indicators
• strong verbal and written communication skills in Dutch and English
• fulltime (40 hours) available (on site)

What You’ll Get From Us?

We offer you a challenging job where you collaborate with interdisciplinary and cross-functional teams throughout the value chain and the organization, and deliver direct impact on the way we work. In addition, we offer:

• a competitive salary (range €4.850 -  €6.950 gross per month)
• 38 vacation days
• extra 13th month pay (8,6%), holiday allowance (8%) and commuting allowance
• hybrid working for a healthy work-life balance
• a huge range of training and professional development opportunities
• a laptop and smartphone
• an interesting lease (e-) bike plan

What do we stand for?

We develop and manufacture high-tech printing products and workflow software for the commercial printing market as part of Canon, a global leader in imaging technologies. With around 3,300 employees across three continents and our headquarters in Venlo, the Netherlands, we innovate to create high-quality solutions that add color to the world. Guided by the philosophy of Kyosei—living and working together for the common good—our culture is built on openness, collegiality, trust and stability. We empower our people to grow, take initiative, and make an impact.

With our company values collaboration, innovation and ownership, we strive to bring out the best in each other, expand boundaries and feel empowered to take ownership of our work.

Further information about Canon Production Printing is available at cpp.canon.