Health & Safety Specialist

Job Title

Health & Safety Specialist

Job Description

Job Summary:

At Philips Japan, we operate a health tech business centered on medical devices, where the highest standards of safety and compliance are required in environments handling patients' lives. This position will leverage expertise in Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) to ensure thorough legal compliance, foster a safety culture, and promote employee health and environmental protection. In sites involved in the transport, installation, and operation of medical devices, safety measures based on risk assessment are essential. We welcome individuals who can understand the characteristics of each site and plan and execute effective EHS measures.

Main Duties:

• Confirm EHS compliance based on domestic and international laws (e.g., Industrial Safety and Health Act, ISO45001), create and submit related documents.
• Monitor EHS-related KPIs, create and report management reviews.
• Plan and implement EHS audits, analyze trends, propose and execute corrective actions.
• Investigate accidents/incidents, plan and implement recurrence prevention measures.
• Plan and implement EHS education/training for employees (legal compliance, emergency response, waste management, sustainability, etc.).
• Manage health check-ups (regular, special, at hiring), specific health guidance, and stress checks.
• Health management in cooperation with industrial physicians, follow-up for employees on leave, interview coordination.
• Respond to crisis management events (emergencies, injury accidents, etc.) and support recovery.
• Improve safety and environmental considerations in cooperation with regulatory authorities, industry associations, and external vendors.

Application Requirements:

Required Experience/Skills:

• Practical experience in EHS-related work in manufacturing (4+ years).
• Strong motivation for safety improvement and continuous learning attitude.
• Excellent communication skills and teamwork.
• Japanese: Native level.
• English: Reading and writing proficiency (business level preferred).

Welcome Qualifications/Experience:

• Experience in responding to crisis management events (emergencies, injury accidents, etc.).
• Experience collaborating with regulatory authorities, industry associations, and external vendors.
• Holder of one of the following qualifications:
• Class 1 Health Officer
• Disaster Prevention Manager
• Class 1 Oxygen Deficiency Hazard Operations Chief

Why work at Philips Japan:

• Diversity and growth opportunities unique to a global company.
• Safety management work in the socially significant medical field.
• Corporate culture emphasizing sustainability and a comfortable working environment.

[Contract Period] No fixed term

[Probationary Period] Yes (generally 6 months from joining date)

[Work Location] Tokyo Head Office (Azabudai Hills)

[Working Hours] 9:00-17:30, Break time: Generally 12:00-13:00

[Holidays] Every Saturday (scheduled holiday) / Sunday (legal holiday), national holidays, New Year holidays (December 29 - January 4)

[Paid Leave] 20 days granted in the first year (varies by joining month)

Care Leave (10 days granted annually), Sick Leave, etc.

[Overtime Work] Flextime system

[Salary] 5.8 million JPY - 9 million JPY

[Bonus] 15% incentive

• Incentive is paid once a year (every March). However, it varies depending on company performance, departmental performance, and individual evaluation.
• Those who join mid-year will have their incentive calculated on a pro-rata basis for the eligible period.

[Insurance] Social insurance (Employees' Pension Insurance, Health Insurance) / Labor insurance (Employment Insurance, Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance)

[Retirement Benefit System] Two-tiered system: lump-sum retirement payment and defined contribution pension.

[Training System] Various online training, post-joining support training available.

[Internal Job Posting System] An internal job posting system is in place to promote career changes within the company.

[Other] PhiliFlex points: 72,000 points (1 point = 1 JPY)

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We have built our entire organization on the belief that "every human matters," and we will not stop until everyone around the world has access to the quality healthcare they deserve.

Do work that you can dedicate your life to. For people's healthy lives.

• Our Business
• Our History
• Our Beliefs

If you are interested in this position, please apply. You may be a suitable candidate for other positions within Philips. For more information on our diversity and inclusion initiatives, please see here.

About Us

At Philips, we believe that every human matters. As a global health-tech leader, we focus on improving people’s health and wellbeing through meaningful innovation. The people who work here share our passion and are motivated to bring this purpose to life.

For more than 130 years, we have been creating technologies and innovations that improve people's lives and support healthcare practitioners. Headquartered in the Netherlands and operating in more than 100 countries globally, we focus our advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights on Precision Diagnosis, Image Guided Therapy, Enterprise Informatics, Monitoring/ Connected Care, Sleep & Respiratory Care and Personal Health.

Together, we deliver better care for more people because we believe that every human matters. That's why we're taking steps to create an environment where we acknowledge and embrace our differences and uniqueness and listen to and value each other's views. When people feel cared for and listened to, they bring their best qualities to work, leading to better collaboration, communication, innovation and success.

It is the policy of Philips to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy/childbirth or related medical conditions, age, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran or military status, marital or domestic partner status or any other characteristic protected by law. As an equal opportunity employer, Philips is committed to fostering a culture where all are treated with respect and professionalism.

To ensure reasonable accommodations for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974 and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact 888-367-7223, option 5, for assistance.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.

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