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EHS Specialist, External Contractor

📍 Locations: Děčín, Litvínov and Brno, Czech Republic
📄 Engagement: External contractor, B2B service agreement or agency arrangement
📅 Duration: Six months, with the possibility of extension
⏱️ Working arrangement: Full-time equivalent
✈️ Travel: Regular travel between sites in the Czech Republic
🏭 Business area: Industrial Gases, Air Products Czech Republic

Help us maintain safe, compliant and responsible operations

We are looking for an experienced Environment, Health and Safety Specialist to provide EHS services across Air Products sites in the Czech Republic.

Working under the functional direction of the Central Europe EHS Manager, you will support the implementation of our EHS Management System and compliance with Czech occupational health and safety, fire protection and environmental legislation. You will work across industrial gas facilities, customer installations and other operational locations, partnering with site managers, supervisors and frontline teams. [EHS_Specia...ption.docx | Word]

As our EHS Specialist, you will:

• Prepare and update occupational risk assessments, workplace instructions, machine instructions and statutory OHS documentation.
• Monitor compliance with Czech OHS, fire protection and environmental requirements, maintaining legal registers and compliance calendars.
• Facilitate job-hazard and high-risk activity assessments, including work involving permits, lockout/tagout, confined spaces, work at height, hot work, ATEX and contractor safety.
• Conduct site inspections, safety tours and workplace checks, producing clear reports and tracking corrective actions to completion.
• Support investigations into incidents, near misses and occupational illnesses, including root-cause analysis and legally required accident documentation.
• Deliver induction and periodic OHS training, safety briefings and behavioural safety activities, while maintaining accurate training records.
• Support environmental compliance activities covering waste, emissions, wastewater, permit conditions and environmental reporting.
• Participate in audits, projects, construction activities, site start-ups and management-of-change processes. [EHS_Specia...ption.docx | Word]

What you will bring

✅ Required

• A degree in occupational safety, environmental protection, engineering or a related discipline.
• A qualification authorising you to perform OHS services under Czech regulations at specialist level or higher.
• At least three years of EHS experience in a high-hazard environment, such as chemicals, industrial gases, oil and gas, energy or a comparable industry.
• Strong working knowledge of Czech OHS, fire protection and environmental legislation.
• Experience conducting occupational risk assessments and delivering OHS training.
• Good written and spoken English.
• A valid category B driving licence and availability to travel regularly between sites.
• The ability to work independently, organise priorities and deliver agreed outputs within deadlines. [EHS_Specia...ption.docx | Word]

➕ Preferred

• Experience working with ISO 45001 or ISO 14001, supported by an internal or lead auditor qualification.
• Knowledge of pressure equipment, ADR, ATEX, cryogenic operations or asphyxiation hazards.
• Training in incident investigation or root-cause analysis methods, such as TapRooT, 5 Whys or ICAM.
• A fire protection or first-aid instructor qualification.
• Previous consultancy or contractor experience within a multinational organisation. [EHS_Specia...ption.docx | Word]

What this assignment offers

• A practical, visible EHS role across a varied network of industrial operations.
• Collaboration with operational, engineering, maintenance, distribution and project teams.
• Exposure to high-hazard industry standards and established global EHS processes.
• The opportunity to influence risk reduction, regulatory compliance and continuous improvement across multiple Czech sites.
• An initial six-month engagement with the possibility of extension. [EHS_Specia...ption.docx | Word]

Contractor arrangements

The successful contractor will be expected to provide the required professional qualifications, certificates and valid occupational medical fitness for field activities. Depending on the engagement model, appropriate professional liability insurance may also be required.

The contractor must follow applicable Air Products EHS standards, site rules, confidentiality requirements and data-protection obligations. This assignment does not include authority to commit Air Products expenditure or sign on behalf of the company. [EHS_Specia...ption.docx | Word]

Compensation transparency

The applicable contractor fee or rate will be determined using objective, assignment-related criteria, including relevant qualifications, experience, technical expertise, engagement model and scope of services. Details will be shared in accordance with applicable local requirements.

👉 How to apply

If you have strong technical EHS expertise, practical field experience and the confidence to work independently across multiple industrial sites, we would welcome your application.

Please submit your CV in English and include details of your relevant Czech OHS qualifications and availability.

Talent Acquisition Team at Air Products

Founded in 1940, Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. Working together, we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine what’s possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers, our communities, and the world.