Safety Engineer

About the role

The Laboratory Safety Engineer will lead the laboratory safety program for the Abrasives Systems Division (ASD) Lab, serving as the primary on-site safety professional. This role involves managing changes, conducting risk assessments, reviewing and improving safety documents, and driving safety communication.

Responsibilities

• Execute Management of Change (MOC), risk assessments, and safety reviews for lab-scale and manufacturing-scale equipment such as coating lines, automated machinery, and industrial robots.
• Review, approve, and enhance Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Work Instructions (WIs), and coach engineers and technicians on effective document development.
• Drive proactive safety communication through campaigns, training, and routine engagement to reinforce safe behaviors and hazard awareness.
• Support incident response, investigations, and corrective action implementation to reduce risk and improve laboratory safety performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering or chemistry, material science, or other physical sciences (verified prior to start).
• At least three (3) years of safety engineering or related experience in an industrial laboratory or manufacturing environment.
• At least three (3) years of hands-on experience supporting environments with machine guarding, automated equipment, or manufacturing-scale systems.
• At least three (3) years of working knowledge of hazard identification, risk assessment methodologies, and Management of Change processes.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting R&D or pilot-scale laboratory operations with manufacturing-type hazards.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and coach technical staff on safety expectations and documentation quality.
• Strong communication skills for delivering safety messaging, training, and campaign-based initiatives.
• Interest and demonstrated capability to grow toward more advanced (T3-level) safety engineering responsibility over time.

Benefits

3M offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, disability benefits, life insurance, voluntary benefits, paid absences, retirement benefits, and more. Specific compensation and benefits will vary based on factors including location and job grade.

Pay

The expected compensation range for this position is $98,964 - $120,957, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. Details on benefits and compensation are available at this link.