Safety Engineer

Laboratory Safety Engineer

As a Laboratory Safety Engineer, you will collaborate with the Abrasives Systems Division to lead the laboratory safety program, manage risks, develop SOPs, drive safety communication, support incident response, and continually improve safety performance.

• Lead the laboratory safety program for the Abrasives Systems Division (ASD) Lab as the primary on-site safety professional, partnering closely with site and corporate safety resources.
• Execute Management of Change (MOC), risk assessments, and safety reviews for lab-scale and manufacturing-scale equipment including coating lines, automated machinery, and industrial robots.
• Review, approve, and improve Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Work Instructions (WIs), while coaching engineers and technicians in effective, compliant 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 strengthen laboratory safety performance.
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies, procedures, and security standards while performing assigned duties.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, chemistry, material science, or other physical sciences (completed and verified prior to start).
• Three (3) or more years of safety engineering or related experience in an industrial laboratory or manufacturing environment.
• Three (3) or more years of hands‑on experience supporting environments with machine guarding, automated equipment, or manufacturing‑scale systems.
• Three (3) or more years of working knowledge of hazard identification, risk assessment methodologies, and Management of Change processes.
• Additional qualifications that could help you succeed include 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, and interest in growing toward more advanced (T3‑level) safety engineering responsibility.

This role follows an on‑site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days per week at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN, with one flexible workday per week.

Travel is expected to be minimal to none.

Applicable to US Applicants Only:
The expected compensation range for this position is $98,964 – $120,957, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience.

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