Health and Safety Engineer
What Does a Professional in this Career Do?
A Health and Safety Engineer develops workplace processes and procedures that help prevent people from getting injured or sick on the job, and also prevent property from being damaged. Works in industrial and manufacturing settings. Evaluates systems for health risks and designs solutions to minimize risks.
Job Outlook
There were 242 Health and Safety Engineer job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 8656 in the United States.
In combination with other careers in the Health and Safety Engineer industry, which includes the Health and Safety Engineer career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2016:
Salary
Many new Health and Safety Engineer jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.
National
The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $102,858.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $104,213.
Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Health and Safety Engineer postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $88,578.
Education and Experience
Posted Health and Safety Engineer jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.
| Education Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Associate's Degree | 0% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 76.92% |
| Master's Degree | 30.29% |
| Doctoral Degree | 2.74% |
| Other | 4.38% |
Posted Health and Safety Engineer jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.
| Years of Experience | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 0 to 2 years | 16.99% |
| 3 to 5 years | 59.07% |
| 6 to 8 years | 12.79% |
| 9+ years | 11.16% |
Skills
Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Health and Safety Engineer positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.
Baseline Skills
A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.
- Communication (43.22%)
- Leadership (36.16%)
- Management (35.77%)
- Operations (27.29%)
- Consulting (26.42%)
- Investigation (21.97%)
- Problem Solving (15.62%)
- Microsoft Office (15.31%)
- Planning (12.44%)
- Coordinating (11.81%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Fire Protection (49.38%)
- NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) Codes (19.47%)
- Auditing (20.59%)
- Fire Protection Engineering (37.59%)
- Functional Safety (4.71%)
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) (20.55%)
- Environment Health And Safety (29.25%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Fire Protection Systems (15.05%)
- AutoCAD (13.01%)
- Construction (13.03%)
- Systems Engineering (3.12%)
- Building Codes (7.1%)
- Autodesk Revit (14.67%)
- Business Development (22.39%)
- Electrical Engineering (6.84%)
- Continuous Improvement Process (9.36%)
- Calculations (2.73%)
- Environmental Engineering (3.93%)
- Chemical Engineering (6.37%)
- Fire Alarm Systems (14.29%)
- Mechanical Engineering (11.66%)
- Regulatory Compliance (18.64%)
- Occupational Safety And Health (16.1%)
- Engineering Design Process (6.21%)
- Fire Suppression Systems (6.61%)
- Environmental Science (4.36%)
- Occupational Hygiene (12.07%)
- Failure Mode And Effects Analysis (2.62%)
- Hazard And Operability Study (1.51%)
- Project Management (30.2%)
- Risk Management (6.86%)
- Safety Standards (21.51%)
- Hazard Analysis (9.6%)
- Risk Analysis (15.94%)
- Process Safety (7.44%)
- Safety Engineering (7.52%)
- Systems Design (5.43%)
Distinguishing Skills
A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.
- Fire Modeling (6.27%)
- ISO 26262 Standard (2.73%)
Salary Boosting Skills
A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.
- NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) Codes (37.24%)
- Fire Protection Engineering (71.9%)
- Functional Safety (9.01%)
- ISO 26262 Standard (5.22%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with Health and Safety Engineer skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- Fire Protection Engineer
- Safety Engineer
- Environmental Health and Safety Engineer
- Environmental Health and Safety Manager
- Plumbing/Fire Protection Engineer
- Environmental Health and Safety Specialist
- Functional Safety Engineer
- Process Safety Engineer
- Product Safety Engineer
- Fire and Life Safety Technician
Similar Occupations
If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.
- Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Coordinator
- Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Manager
- Safety Specialist (General)
- Safety Manager (General)
- Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Specialist
Common Employers
Here are the employers that have posted the most Health and Safety Engineer jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.
United States
- Ignis Global Recruitment Limited (324)
- WSP Global (168)
- HNTB (124)
- Jensen Hughes (108)
- Amazon (106)
- Black & Veatch (106)
- Jacobs Solutions (95)
- Actalent (93)
- Honeywell International (93)
- Primient (92)
North Carolina
- Black & Veatch (8)
- Ignis Global Recruitment Limited (7)
- Biogen (6)
- Jabil (6)
- Dewberry (5)
- The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company (5)
- Clark Nexsen (5)
- Wolfspeed (5)
- Novo Nordisk (4)
- Toyota Motor (4)
NC State Programs Relevant to this Career
If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!
- Environmental Assessment Master's Degrees
- Environmental Assessment Graduate Certificates
- Forest Biomaterials Master's Degrees
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