Description
Summary:
Seeking a passionate and detail-driven Health & Safety (HSE) Officer to develop, implement, and oversee health and safety policies across facilities and operations, ensuring compliance and excellence.
Highlights:
1. Shape the future of cannabis safely and responsibly
2. Ensure highest standards of safety, quality, and compliance
3. Lead investigations and develop safety policies
### **Be part of a movement shaping the future of cannabis \- safely and responsibly.**
We're looking for a passionate and detail\-driven Health \& Safety (HSE) Officer to ensure our teams, patients, and partners thrive in a workplace that prioritises wellbeing, compliance, and excellence.
This role is full\-time, based on\-site at our Setubal facility.
### **About the Role**
As an HSE Officer at Curaleaf International, you will play a key role in developing, implementing, and overseeing health and safety policies across our facilities and operations. You'll ensure that every process \- from cultivation to clinical service \- meets the highest standards of safety, quality, and compliance.
**Duties will include, but not be limited to:**
* Developing and executing workplace health and safety plans in accordance with legal and Curaleaf standards
* Preparing and enforcing policies to foster a culture of safety, quality, and accountability
* Conducting risk assessments, inspections, and audits to evaluate compliance across laboratories, clinics, and production facilities
* Delivering engaging training and awareness programmes on workplace safety and accident prevention
* Leading investigations into accidents and near\-miss incidents, identifying root causes, and recommending preventive actions
* Maintaining and communicating up\-to\-date Safety Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
* Keeping abreast of legislation, standards, and best practices, and advising management on required updates or changes
* Monitoring compliance with waste management regulations
* Maintaining key HSE metrics and producing regular reports for leadership review
### **About You**
You're driven by excellence, inspired by innovation, and passionate about creating safe, compliant workplaces. You combine technical knowledge with a proactive, empathetic approach \- embodying Curaleaf's values of leadership, commitment, and collaboration.
**Essential requirements:**
* BA or MS in Life Sciences, Environmental Science, or a related field
* Experience in Health and Safety management, ideally within pharmaceutical, healthcare, or manufacturing sectors
* Fluent in English, both written and verbal
* Strong organisational, analytical, and problem\-solving skills
* Exceptional communication and interpersonal abilities, with confidence engaging across diverse teams and cultures
* Proven ability to manage confidential and sensitive information with professionalism
* A proactive, detail\-oriented, and adaptable mindset, driven to deliver excellence in every task
### **Why Join Curaleaf International?**
At Curaleaf International, you'll be part of a global movement committed to shaping the future of cannabis through innovation, compassion, and responsibility. You'll work alongside experts across Europe, Canada, and Australasia \- united by one mission: to deliver superior products and services and drive the global acceptance of cannabis.
Join us, and help lead the way \- safely.
### **About Us**
***At Curaleaf International, we're not just participating in the cannabis industry \- we're leading it.***
Curaleaf International is shaping the future of cannabis through its commitment to research and product excellence. Powered by a strong presence at all stages of the supply chain, its unique distribution network throughout Europe, Canada and Australasia brings together pioneering research with cutting\-edge cultivation, extraction, and production. Amidst a rapid growth trajectory, the emphasis on quality and expertise aims to ensure the delivery of safe and legal cannabis.
Curaleaf International's network includes a clinic, pharmacy, and laboratory in the UK; cultivation and EU\-GMP processing facilities in Portugal; an EU\-GMP processing, quality assurance and research site in Spain; Four20 Pharma wholesaler and distributor in Germany; a Polish wholesaler and clinic; and the EU\-GMP producer Northern Green Canada.
Curaleaf International is part of Curaleaf Holdings, Inc., a leading international producer and distributor of consumer cannabis products.
**Our Vision:** To shape the future of cannabis through our commitment to research and product excellence
**Our Mission:** To be the world's leading cannabis company consistently delivering superior products and services and driving the global acceptance of cannabis.
**Our Values:** Lead \& Inspire Commit to Win Driven to Deliver Excellence Customer Obsession One Curaleaf