Safety Services Specialist

About The Opportunity

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 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
• Create content and deliver first-class training on B11 to educate the wider workforce on machinery safety related standards
• 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
• 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

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.